Northern Illinois Fishing Map Guide

Northern Illinois Fishing Map Guide
Author: Sportsman's Connection
Publisher: Sportsman's Connection
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2016-07-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1885010346

Newly updated for 2016, the Northern Illinois Fishing Map Guide is a thorough, easy-to-use collection of detailed contour lake maps, fish stocking and survey data, and the best fishing spots and tips from area experts. Fishing maps, detailed area road maps and exhaustive fishing information for lakes and rivers in the northern half of the state are provided in this handy eBook. Shabbona Lake, Evergreen Lake and the Fox Chain are just some of the notable fishing waters included in this guide, along with Lake Michigan harbors and the Mississippi, Illinois and Rock Rivers. Over 160 lakes and rivers in all! Coverage area runs from just north of Springfield and Decatur to the Wisconsin border. Whether you're salmon fishing on Lake Michigan, throwing bucktails for muskies on Shabbona Lake, casting swimjigs for bass on Lake Vermilion or exploring the little lakes of Kickapoo State Park, you'll find all the information you need to enjoy a successful day out on the water on one of Northern Illinois' many excellent fisheries. Know your waters. Catch more fish with the Northern Illinois Fishing Map Guide.

The Fishes of Illinois

The Fishes of Illinois
Author: Philip Wayne Smith
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2002
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780252070846

Illinois bodies of water are home to a diverse population of fishes. This title includes the twenty-eight families of fishes, identifying each family's common and scientific name and detailing its evolutionary relationships and economic importance.

The Fourth Fisherman

The Fourth Fisherman
Author: Joe Kissack
Publisher: Waterbrook Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 030795627X

Weaves together the incredible true voyage of fishermen adrift in the sea and the author's own life's journey as a man lost in the world.

Simple Fly Fishing

Simple Fly Fishing
Author: Yvon Chouinard
Publisher: Patagonia
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-04-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1938340280

Modern-day fly fishing, like much in life, has become exceedingly complex, with high-tech gear, a confusing array of flies and terminal tackle, accompanied by high-priced fishing guides. This book reveals that the best way to catch trout is simply, with a rod and a fly and not much else. The wisdom in this book comes from a simpler time, when the premise was: the more you know, the less you need. It teaches the reader how to discover where the fish are, at what depth, and what they are feeding on. Then it describes the techniques needed to present a fly at that depth, make it look lifelike, and hook the fish. With chapters on wet flies, nymphs, and dry flies, its authors employ both the tenkara rod as well as regular fly fishing gear to cover all the bases. Illustrated by renowned fish artist James Prosek, with inspiring photographs and stories throughout, Simple Fly Fishing reveals the secrets and the soul of this captivating sport.

Flatheads and Spooneys

Flatheads and Spooneys
Author: Jens Lund
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-10-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813184770

Since the early 1800s, people have made a living fishing and harvesting mussels in the lower Ohio Valley. These river folk are conscious of an occupational and social identity separate from those who earn their living from the land. Sustained by a shared love of the river, deriving joy from the beauty of their chosen environment, and feeling great pride in their ability to subsist on its wild resources and to master the skills required to make a living from it, many still identify with the nomadic houseboat-dwelling subculture that flourished on the river from the early nineteenth century to the 1950s. Today's community of fisherfolk is small and economically marginal, but their activities sustain a complex set of traditional skills and a body of verbal folklore associated with river life. In Flatheads and Spoonies, Jens Lund describes the activities, boats, gear, verbal lore, and sense of identity of the fisher folk of the lower Ohio River Valley and provides historical and ethnobiological background for their way of life. Lund connects the importance of river fish in the diet of inhabitants of the valley to local fishing activities and explores the relationship between river people and those whose culture is primarily land-based, painting a colorful portrait of river fishing and river life. This book offers a look—historical and ethnographic—at a little-known aspect of traditional life in the American Midwest, still surviving today despite immense changes in environment, resources, and economic base.

Fish of Illinois Field Guide

Fish of Illinois Field Guide
Author: Dave Bosanko
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Fishes
ISBN: 9781591932192

Make identifying fish easy and enjoyable. This field guide by Dave Bosanko features detailed information about 86 types of Illinois fish, and the book's waterproof pages make it perfect for the dock or boat. Identify your catches with the intricately detailed fish illustrations, and verify them using the "Similar Species" comparison features. Then read fascinating facts on spawning behavior, feeding habits and more. Plus, match up your best catches against the state and North American records. With inside information for locating fishing hotspots, this book is essential for every tackle box, beach bag, RV and cabin.

Lake County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book

Lake County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book
Author: Jim Maccracken
Publisher: Recreational Guides
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2016-12-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Lake County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 821 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. NEW NEW Now with a complete set of 11 full sized U.S.G.S. Topographical Maps for the entire county that normally cost from $12.00 to $14.00 each but are included on the disk for FREE. These maps are complete full sized 7.5 minute series quadrangle maps in 1:24,000 scale maps. Contains complete information on Acorn Lake Asbury Park Pond Banana Lake Bangs Lake Beaver Lake Bevier Park Lagoon Big & Little Beaver Lakes Bluff Lake Buffalo Creek Reservoir Butler Lake Cambridge Park Lake Cedar Lake Cedar Valley Park Lake Channel Lake Charles E Brown Park Lake Community Park Pond Countryside West Park Pond Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve Lake Danny Cuniff Park Pond Deep Lake Deerpath Park Lakes Des Plaines Lake Des Plaines River (*) Diamond Lake Duck Hill Farm F P Lake Dugdale Lake Edina Park Pond Everett Park Pond Foleys Pond Fourth Lake Fox Lake Fox River (*) Gages Lake Gateway Park Pond Grant Woods Forest Preserve Lake Grass Lake Grays Lake Grayslake Park Ponds Grosse Point Park Ponds Half Day Pond Heron Pond Hunt Club Park Pond Indian Creek (*) Lagoon Park Lake Lake Carina Lake Catherine Lake Charles Lake Linden Lake Marie Lake Michigan Lake Xila Township Park Pond Lake Zurich Langendorf Park Pond Larry Fink Memorial Park Pond Long Lake Park Lake Loreli Park Pond Mill Creek Nippersink Creek (*) Nippersink Lake Old School Lake Paradise Park Pond Pederson Park Pond Peterson Park Lake Petite Lake Pickerel Lake Piskatee Lake Pulaski Lake Redhead Lake Reed Turner Woodlands Lake Robert Depke Center Park Pond Rollins Savannah Forest Preserve Lake Roosevelt Park Lake Round Lake Rudd Farm Park Lake Rule Park Pond Sand Lake Sand Pond Sequoit Creek (*) Shiloh Park Pond Spring Lake Pond Squaw Creek (*) Squire Park Pond Sterling Lake Steve Sherwood Memorial Park Pond Taylor Lake Third Lake Trevor Creek (*) Turner Lake Village Park Wadsworth Park Lake Willow Stream Park Lake Wright Woods Forest Preserve Pond (*) are floatable or canoeable rivers)