walleye trip in illinois

[Norm M]

Change of pace, chasing walleyes intentionally .

Hit a creekmouth in an urban environment late afternoon . Suspending rogue, purplish in color, steady retrieve working the entire area in a clockwise pattern . Picked up two walleye 21 and 22 inches, both in the protected slot so they were released . It figures I go out hoping for some walleye for dinner and I can't catch any legal ones twixt 14 and 18 inches . Hit two other spots with shad raps and wally divers , no fish .

hit up a spot that has produced some nice sized fish in the past . went with a 3/4 oz tandem spin[ #5 willow-#2 Colorado both gold, yellow head and skirt tipped with greenish 4 inch swim bait] slow rolled near bottom making occasional bottom contact to be sure it stayed in the zone . One walleye just under 30.5 inches , 3rd 30 inch or better walleye in over 5 decades of fishing this river . As the river gods willed I lost that lure to a snag three casts later .