May is the greatest month for fishing records in Illinois, here’s an apt reminder, spurred by a catch of a koi on the Fox River, on what to do to be ready.
Even with the extra variable weather, a mix of spring fishing coho, steelhead, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, crappie, trout lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Hoping on a true spring warm-up around Chicago fishing later this week leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus there’s salmon and trout on southern Lake Michigan and better smallmouth on inland rivers.