Illinois River Fishing Report 4/6/11

I was out on the Illinois tonight. There were lots of boats up by the 178 bridge. We got some bites there using jig and minnow combinations, but caught nothing. We saw a couple of fish caught.

We the floated down the south side of Plum Island and casted jig and soft plastics. We caught 5 saugers, 1 walleye and a nice sized white bass on one drift. Most of the fish were caught on the downstream half of the island. These fish were all cauhgt in less than 5 feet of water. I went there expecting to catch white bass, but I will take nice sized saugers any day!

One of the saugers was over 18 inches long! What a night!

Here is a photo of Steve Vesta from Plainfield, IL. He caught this sauger while we were fishing together this evening by Plum Island.