spawning 5/1/12

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spawning 5/1/12

Postby Jesus » May Wed 02, 2012 3:15 am

Been hitting up good ol Ax every morning for the last week on my way home from Work. Largies are all spawning in the comfy beds.have not had any action, trout guys still trying but have not seen any pulled out . Hard weather plus egg watch is whats going on.
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby SKIPPY69 » May Wed 02, 2012 8:42 pm

good deal, sight fishing is fun when you are successful, and it's educational to find what triggers each different fish.
I'll sometimes work a fish for 20-30 mins before moving on.
Learn your knots, LUBE your knots, CHECK your knots-ALWAYS!!, and RE-check periodically ....... and you'll have AT LEAST 50% less break offs... (and less leaving your lures and tackle in the fish's face, which is often soon fatal.... :(
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby JasonN » May Fri 04, 2012 10:34 am

20-30 minutes?! Closer to an hour. And then 20-30 minutes moving lures around in your bags. :shock:
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby catchafew » May Fri 04, 2012 10:41 am

Working a spawing bass can be intersting, frustrating and educational. I just leave them alone now so they can protect the nest and help keep bass fishing prospects good in the future.
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby krispydave » May Fri 04, 2012 11:45 am

JasonN wrote:20-30 minutes?! Closer to an hour. And then 20-30 minutes moving lures around in your bags. :shock:


too true!
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby Jesus » May Sat 05, 2012 12:05 am

I agree with you catchafew, Axehead usually always has clear water so i like to see if they even look at some of my lures. I have never caught a LM there. They are so picky, im sure they feast on those trout when they get poured in.
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby tommy k » May Mon 14, 2012 10:05 am

i've done pretty good flipping t-rigs and jigs along with squarebills with the occasional spinner at axehead while the largemouth are spawning.
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby pikekid96 » May Tue 15, 2012 7:06 am

ive never had luck at axehead
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby bubblefish » May Thu 17, 2012 4:59 pm

The Cook County Forest department needs to know that they are doing a crummy job for not letting people in row boats, kayaks, canoe's and float tubes into Axehead. To top it off we pay hundreds of thousands of tax dollars for a lake that we can only use one half of the time that it is able to be used. I know most of you may sit here with your non challenging state of minds and think "oh yes mighty government, everything you are telling me to do is ethically and socially correct", but the fact that this lake and forest preserve is closed off at night is first off ridiculous. Second off, who ever decides to get out and fish the damn lake with out a life preserver from a row boat/ float tube/ kayak/ canoe kind of deserves to drown, yes its sad and mean but why wouldn't you put one on? That could be the only objection I could see as to why they would not want to let us out on this lake, as someone may drown and they might be sued or get bad publicity. Axehead is a great body of water, with giant fish in the bottom that no one can ever seem to get to with out powerlining in.
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Re: spawning 5/1/12

Postby Jesus » May Fri 18, 2012 8:58 pm

I was just thinking how awesome it would be to kayak there
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