4/13 & 4/14

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Jamie here with your report.
The action is still very hot in the northern Illinois area with largemouth bass now taking up the slack for the smallmouth bass action that has slowed slightly due to a massive cold front this past weekend.
Mike got out on 4/13 for an hour or two of sundown largemouth fishing and racked up 20 or 30 in no time by working incoming water sources on ponds after the rains the day before. He got several in the 18" range and 3 that went 23" + !!! His main lure was a Rattle Trap reeled in with a lift/drop/lift/drop cadence. Husky Jerks and Strom Sub Warts also worked well.
I got out on 4/14 on the same waters abiding by Mike's recommendation. Steve J and I nailed a few in late afternoon while he was taking a lunch break. Skip & Buzz met up with me as Steve left and we threw for about two hours. Skip picked up a nice 16" smallie and a few largemouth by throwing Chompers soft plastics on Slider Head jigs. Buzz did the same and got a few largemouth. I stayed with the Storm Sub Wart, a gold Husky Jerk and a bleeding shad Rattle Trap and did ok myself. I even picked up this 23" largemouth that took me for a ride.

Go find some water coming into a pond...any pond. And throw the baits mentioned. Or use the crappie jig under a float trick. Drop us an email and let us know how you did.