Fishing with goldy

Fishing with goldy Fishing with Goldy is a page of my adventures in the exciting world of fishing..

often joined by my partner in crime Tony we fish the local Chicago suburban rivers and ponds for Pike, Big Cats, Bass and any other scaled friends we can find!

Haven't been out much lately.Combination of low water and bad weather and packing and planning for a vaca.Weather in Chi...
05/05/2023

Haven't been out much lately.
Combination of low water and bad weather and packing and planning for a vaca.
Weather in Chicago has finally started to get consistent so the bite should be as well.
Here's the last two cats I got last week.
1st 6pd 1oz 2nd 6pd 7oz.
Until next time
Tight lines and fresh baits
Keep it reel
Goldy

I love a good storm stirs em up....Good evening fellow anglersGoldy here and I got off work at a reasonable time and aft...
04/21/2023

I love a good storm stirs em up....
Good evening fellow anglers
Goldy here and I got off work at a reasonable time and after the storms blew through I decided to head down to the mighty Des Plaines and hunt some cats and carp.
No cats but 2 carp.
One really good!
One coming in at 7pd
The other 13pds 8oz.
All in all a great night on the river!
Picture 3 I am holding it out for extreme dramatic effect
Until next time
Tight lines and fresh baits
Keep it reel
Goldy

With the river being on fire.I decided to suck it up and go out for a couple hours.GLAD I DID2 PIKE one not pictured I w...
04/14/2023

With the river being on fire.
I decided to suck it up and go out for a couple hours.
GLAD I DID
2 PIKE one not pictured I was helping a fellow fisherman and he bit through my line and headed back to the water. He was caught touched and brought ashore.
1 HUGE crappie.
And another over 10pd carp.
Next week's weather looks interesting.
I dont know if the front moving in will shut them down.
Only time will tell
Till next time
Fresh baits and tight lines
Keep it reel
Goldy

Good evening fellow anglers and fishing enthusiasts!OMG!!!!!Des plaines did not disappoint this evening. Thanks to an am...
04/14/2023

Good evening fellow anglers and fishing enthusiasts!
OMG!!!!!
Des plaines did not disappoint this evening. Thanks to an amazing owner I managed to kick ass and get outta work bye 4:15 and get on the water bye 5:10.
I fished foe Cats Euro style using a baitrunner a 45pd korda spliced leader a ngt inline lead and a 50pd florocarbon leader with a 4/O Gamakatsu octopus hook. I threw a large creek chub live on the bottom looking for a cat, instead got a big dog!
Beautiful Bowfin weighing in at 7pd 7oz.
After safely releasing this beautiful specimen I baited back up and threw it back out.
Now if you know me you know I LOVE fishing for big carp. Well big around here at least.
After being in the water for over two hours with out so much as a nibble I changed strategies.
I focused on chumming a small area that had a deeper hole within a shallow bay.
Within 20 minutes my bite alarm SCREAMED!!!
Litterly casted less then 15 feet from shore!
With an assis from Tony we landed this 10pd 14oz (so I'll just say 11) common.
What an awesome night of fishing!
Until next time
Tight lines and fresh baits
Keep it reel
Goldy

Good Morning fellow anglers and fishing enthusiasts!Weekend was pretty decent.Hit my pb of this season 4 times over the ...
04/12/2023

Good Morning fellow anglers and fishing enthusiasts!
Weekend was pretty decent.
Hit my pb of this season 4 times over the weekend.
Pb Carp 14pd
Personal best cat at 6pd 14oz
A huge crappie off a shiner and my pb for a largemouth caught on a river minnow..
Never took pics of the crappie or bass but they were my biggest of the season thus far.
The catfish came on bluegill cut bait and this beautiful 10pd Carp was caught on corn on the hook.
Today starts my workweek but I am hoping to get down to the river tomorrow night.
Keep smashing them fish.
Please post pics in the comments below of your Easter weekend catches!
Until next time
Tight lines and fresh baits
Keep it reel
Goldy

Hit my carp spot in the city this am. Glad I did.Hit this beautiful 14pd 3oz common.Plan on hitting a pond this afternoo...
04/09/2023

Hit my carp spot in the city this am.
Glad I did.
Hit this beautiful 14pd 3oz common.
Plan on hitting a pond this afternoon and the Ole Des Plaines this evening for the cat bite.
Keep it reel
Goldy

Good evening fellow anglers.You boy Goldy here and I managed to get out this evening from 7 to 9 for a little flood wate...
04/07/2023

Good evening fellow anglers.
You boy Goldy here and I managed to get out this evening from 7 to 9 for a little flood water catfishing. The ole Des Plaines is still on the rise from all the storms on Tuesday making the water dirty, snaggy, and a nightmare of raging current.
I did manage to snag me two Cats this evening with both bites coming after dark.
One was pretty decent and the other was decent.
Weather is looking awesome for Sunday and I am hoping the water comes down considerably so I can get my Carp rod back in the water.
Till next time
Tight lines and fresh baits
Keep it reel
Goldy

Damn that was a rough session.Good day fellow anglers. Hit the ole Des Plaines today for quick session. Winds were out o...
04/05/2023

Damn that was a rough session.
Good day fellow anglers. Hit the ole Des Plaines today for quick session. Winds were out of the east which happens to be the direction of my swim. So 16 to 20 mile an hour gusts over cool water right in your face is quite the unpleasant experience. None the less I persisted on.
Th cat bite was non existent.
But I did manage to wrangle up these two small commons.
One I believe may be a hybrid of some kind.
Check out the koi like tale and red highlights in the fins.
Needless to say a beautiful 6 pound specimen.
Next I caught this little fella right here probably in the 2 to 3 pound range.
My scheduled work week starts tomorrow so I dont see myself getting out until Sunday.
If I do make it out Thursday night after work it's to gather bait cause supplies are running low.
Until next time remember
Tight lines and fresh baits
Keep it reel Goldy.

Hello fellow anglers! Early spring fishing hasn't been so bad.Hasn't been so great due to extremely uncooperative water ...
04/04/2023

Hello fellow anglers!
Early spring fishing hasn't been so bad.
Hasn't been so great due to extremely uncooperative water levels and weather patterns but here is what Goldy has been up too.
So far
5 pike
10 Carp
8 Catfish
2 Crappie
One Pike was pretty good.
Des plaines hasn't been giving them up.
Flood waters have made the current angry but there are fish to be had.
For the Carp corn on the hook has been my current go to. Bollies will be the next logical step but with flood water currents and heavy snag areas corn is my choice.
For cats cutbait, bluegill.
Pike has been floating minnows and creek chubs but surprisingly my largest came on cut bait on the bottom.
Next weekend weather is looking really favorable so hopefully the water level comes down.
Until next time
Fresh baits and tight lines
Keep it reel
Goldy

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