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Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 7 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius.
Today you are in an orderly frame of mind, plus you have a strong sense of personal self-discipline. This means you will tackle whatever you have to do in a calm, practical way — and you will work steadily to complete your task. Bravo!
This is an excellent day to do research or work alone or behind the scenes. Whatever you do, you will keep at it until is done because you are persevering and dedicated to any task at hand. Follow the advice of someone older or more experienced.
Do set aside time to set goals because you are in the right mindset to do this. When you make goals, it makes your future decision-making easier. It also gives your life structure and a sense of purpose. Try it.
You make a great impression on teachers, parents, bosses and VIPs because they see you as conscientious, reliable, disciplined and someone who will pay attention to detail. This is great! How can you use this to your advantage?
This is the perfect day to study or write a paper or finish a manuscript because you are focused, persevering and will pay attention to detail. This is not a day for fun and frivolity. Quite the opposite. It’s a day to pay attention to practical matters and get the job done.
You couldn’t pick a better day to wrap up loose details with taxes, debt, shared property, inheritances and anything that you own jointly with someone else. You will be focused and self-disciplined in your approach to whatever you do, which means you will get top results.
Discussions with partners and close friends, as well as members of the general public, will be productive today because these exchanges will be practical and realistic. Nobody’s trying to pump you full of sunshine. Quite the opposite. “Just the facts, ma’am.” Sign on the dotted line.
This is a super productive day both at work or in your own personal tasks. You have an orderly state of mind and a strong sense of discipline, which is why you will be careful about whatever you do. “Measure twice, cut once.” Your boss will approve!
Those of you work in the arts can make great strides in whatever you do today. Ditto for those in sports. For example, you can practice and hone a technique so that you get better and better at it. This is because you have the patience and discipline to do this today. Good day to teach children.
Family discussions will go well today if they deal with down-to-earth matters in a logical way because people are prepared to look at all aspects of a problem carefully. Likewise, discussions with parents or older relatives will be practical and productive as well.
Because you have an orderly state of mind today, you will do well in anything that requires attention to detail. You will be patient with others. This is a good day to learn something, especially from someone older or more experienced.
You will be practical and prudent with all financial matters today because you do not feel frivolous — you feel very careful about your money. Likewise, you will do what you can to maintain what you own so that it lasts a long time.
Actor Ewan McGregor (1971) shares your birthday. You have your own sense of style with a quirky sense of charm. You have a quick mind and are hard to define. Good news! A fun-loving year ahead! Expect increased popularity and warm friendships. Gratitude will be a theme because you will appreciate the everyday joys and beauty around you. This year is the time for an important choice. Choose wisely.
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Johnny Juzang poured in 28 points while playing most of the second half on a hurt ankle, and UCLA survived a series of nail-biting misses by top-seeded Michigan in the closing seconds for a 51-49 victory Tuesday night that made the Bruins the fifth No. 11 seed ever to reach the Final Four.
The Wolverines missed their final eight shots, including a 3-pointer by Mike Smith with a couple seconds left and another by Franz Wagner at the buzzer that sent the Bruins (22-9) flying off the bench in a wild celebration.
The team that backed into the tournament with four consecutive losses, needed overtime to beat Michigan State in the First Four and another overtime to beat Alabama was off to face overall No. 1 seed Gonzaga on Saturday night.
“These guys get all the credit,” said UCLA coach Mick Cronin, who had never been to the Elite Eight much less the Final Four in 18 years as a college head coach. “Unbelievable heart, toughness. Nobody picked us. Nobody believed in us. That’s how we like it. Obviously we know our next assignment is tough, but their resiliency is unbelievable.”
After dictating the pace all game, eschewing the slick style of Michigan in favor of a rock fight, it only seemed fitting that the underdog Bruins would take it to the buzzer.
They were clinging to a 50-49 lead when Michigan called a timeout with 19 seconds to go, intending to set up a final shot. Juwan Howard set up an open 3-point look for cold-shooting Wagner, who missed most of everything, and Eli Brooks also missed a put-back before UCLA was able to corral the rebound.
It was merely the start of a chaotic finish.
“We worked extremely hard this year, coming down to one possession — that’s how it goes sometimes in the game of basketball,” Howard said. “There’s one or two possessions that can either help you or hurt you and for us, we came up short.”
The Wolverines quickly fouled and sent Juzang to the line, where he missed the second of his two free throws with 6.3 seconds left. Michigan grabbed the rebound and called another timeout, and Howard had Smith race up court and unload a good look from the wing that was halfway down before bouncing back out.
The buzzer sounded but the officials halted the Bruins’ celebration, putting a half-second back on the clock.
That was enough time for Michigan to inbound one last time to Wagner, who again let fly a 3-pointer that clanked off the iron — and finally gave the Bruins freedom to spring from their benches for their first Final Four trip since 2008.
“I’ve been trying to teach these guys how to win. Winners know why they win,” Cronin said. “They don’t worry about offensive struggles. They believe. They just keep defending, keep playing with heart, keep playing with toughness.”
Hunter Dickinson led the Wolverines (23-5) with 11 points, but nothing came easy for the Big Ten freshman of the year — or anyone else in maize and blue. They were 3 of 11 beyond the arc, shot 39% overall and couldn’t make the shot at the end.
The No. 1 seed in the East Region had confidently strolled onto the court about 30 minutes before officials even rolled out balls for pregame warmups. The Wolverines almost looked bored as they milled about, some listening to their music, others catching glimpses of the Southern California-Gonzaga game on the screens hanging over the court.
The Bulldogs won so easily it must have lulled them to sleep.
Instead of the crisp passing, unselfishness and eye-pleasing positionless basketball that carried Michigan to three easy wins in the tournament, there was sloppy ballhandling, off-balance jumpers and breakdowns on defense.
Then there was Juzang, who scored 14 of the Bruins’ first 16 points. Whether it was a step-back 3-pointer, floater in the lane or drive to the bucket, one of March’s breakout stars simply willed UCLA to a 27-23 halftime lead.
The Bruins quickly stretched it to 34-25 before Juzang twisted his right ankle during a rebounding scrum, sending him to the bench to get it taped. He was only out a couple minutes, but Michigan took advantage. Dickinson and Brooks each had back-to-back baskets, wiping out most of UCLA’s hard-earned lead.
Two programs quite familiar with college basketball’s biggest stage kept trading blows the rest of the way.
Gonzaga 85, USC 66
INDIANAPOLIS — Can anybody stop these guys?
For the 30th straight time this season, Gonzaga answered that question with a resounding “No.”
The Bulldogs got on a roll and put on a show, cruising into the Final Four with an 85-66 beatdown of a Southern California team that was nowhere near ready for what it ran into Tuesday night.
Drew Timme had 23 points and five rebounds and, after one dunk, pretended to slick down his handlebar mustache for the few thousand fans in the stands.
“This is a really, really big deal,” coach Mark Few said of the program’s return to the Final Four after a four-year hiatus. “And Zags know how to celebrate, OK?”
The top-seeded and top-ranked Bulldogs (30-0) will be the third team to bring an undefeated record into the Final Four since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last team to go undefeated was Indiana in 1976. On Saturday in the national semifinals, the Zags will face 11th-seeded UCLA, which beat Michigan 51-49 in a later Elite Eight game.
In the early contest, Timme did whatever he wanted against the nation’s fourth-ranked defense — a team that won its first three tournament games by an average of 21 points — as did pretty much everyone else in a white uniform.
Jalen Suggs finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. All-American Corey Kispert had 18 points and eight boards on an “off” night — only 6 for 19 from the floor. Gonzaga shot 44% in the second half and “only” 50% for the game. That was five under its nation-leading average, but it didn’t matter much.
“We just tried to stay moving,” Suggs said about attacking the USC zone, which had been shutting down teams all month in Indy. “We didn’t let the ball get too sticky. We kept moving, flashing into the high post. It was a lot for them to deal with — good cuts off the baseline, vertical cuts off the wings.”
Blowouts are supposed to be boring, but this had the feel of a Globetrotters game at times, filled with fancy bounce passes through traffic, reverse layups, a swooping power dunk from Joel Ayayi (nine points) and the occasional post-basket flex from the 6-foot-10 Timme.
Gonzaga led sixth-seeded USC 7-0 after two minutes, 25-8 after 8:30 and 36-15 after Kispert took a nifty dish from Timme for an easy layup with 6:03 left in the half.
“It was a little surprising,” USC coach Andy Enfield said, “because we’d been playing great basketball.”
The Zags have a way about doing that to people.
They walked into the locker room at halftime ahead by 19 and with a big fat zero in the turnover column — a gold-standard stat for a team that thrives on offensive efficiency.
The last 20 minutes were extended garbage time — plenty of time for the Bulldogs to pad the stats.
They are a statistician’s dream — a team that came in No. 1 scoring (91.8), that has won 29 of its 30 games by double digits, and that wasn’t going to be slowed by the Brothers Mobley — Isaiah and Evan — who roam the middle for one of the country’s tallest teams (Average height, 6-7).
They both got theirs — Isaiah with 19 points and seven rebounds, and Evan with 17 and five — but the evening belonged to the Bulldogs.
“It’s such a special accomplishment, and to do it this year with as crazy as it’s been, as challenging as it’s been,” said Few, whose team had four games canceled in December because of COVID-19, but never lost its stride. “They’ve been unbelievable from Day 1.”
The game was interrupted by a frightening moment early, when official Bert Smith collapsed on the floor and had to be taken off in a wheelchair. In the second half, CBS passed along word that Smith was feeling OK and resting in the arena.
He was replaced by Tony Henderson, but there was no heavy lifting for the backup.
USC didn’t get closer than 16 in the second half, and though their intensity wandered at times, there was never any doubt the Zags would be returning to Lucas Oil Stadium later this week, two wins away from perfection.
If you want to go to Westeros, you can soon just take a trip to a theater for the pleasure.
A play based on the “Game of Thrones” books will be heading to stage in 2023, producers announced Tuesday. The play is being written and adapted by Duncan Macmillan (“1984”) and directed by Dominic Cooke, in a collaboration with George R.R. Martin, author of the novels.
“Our dream is to bring Westeros to Broadway, to the West End, to Australia… and eventually, to a stage near you,” Martin said in a news release. “It ought to be spectacular.”
The play will not simply be a rehash of the events of the HBO series, which ran from 2011-2019 and won legions of fans, critical acclaim and dozens of Emmy Awards. The stage show will include a preceding event not seen in the series or books: a tournament at Harrenhal that set the wars in motion. A news release hyped the return of beloved characters from the series, although it did not identify which names would reappear.
“Few in Westeros knew the carnage to come when highborn and smallfolk alike gathered at Harrenhal to watch the finest knights of the realm compete in a great tourney, during the Year of the False Spring,” Martin said in a statement. “It is a tourney oft referred during HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” and in my novels, “A Song of Ice and Fire” … and now, at last, we can tell the whole story… on the stage.”
“Thrones” fans can expect more from Westeros in HBO’s coming prequel series, “House of the Dragon,” based on Martin’s book, “Fire & Blood.” The spinoff is set 300 years before the events of “Thrones,” which featured one of the family’s most famous descendants, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). Two more books in the “Ice and Fire” series by Martin are also due.
Read more at usatoday.com
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Three Chicago police officers were hospitalized following a police chase from the Far South Side to suburban Dolton.
Officers responded to a call of multiple people with firearms about 6:15 p.m. in the 10300 block of South Stoney Island Avenue, according to preliminary information from Chicago police.
The group then fled the scene in two separate vehicles and officers followed them into Dolton, where they were taken into custody, police said.
Three CPD officers were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries from the incident, and all listed in good condition, police said.
Multiple firearms were recovered, according to police.
The incident remains under investigation.
Shortly after the Blackhawks’ 2-1 win over the Hurricanes on Tuesday, Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour called it a “gross hockey game.”
Without a doubt, it wasn’t pretty. But on the home side, coach Jeremy Colliton wasn’t concerned about aesthetics.
“We need the points,” Colliton said. “They’re in a different position than us — maybe they can worry about style points. But we’re just trying to get a win.”
Get a win Colliton’s team did, in boring but ultimately effective fashion against an opponent that entered the day with the NHL’s best record.
Shot attempts were 62-32 and shots on goal 32-16, both in favor of Carolina, but the Hawks managed to lock down their defensive zone when it mattered most. In the third period, holding that 2-1 lead throughout, they conceded only seven shots on goal (and only four until the final minutes).
“We talked about a lot of stuff this morning as a team…[like] knowing, when these games are on the line, how to play as a group together,” said defenseman Connor Murphy, who played 9:56 in the third period alone. “It seemed like we were able to pack it in and understand that every puck and battle you’re in is a valuable one to the game.”
Goalie Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves and was, as in most of his wins this season, the biggest reason why the Hawks did win.
On the other end, the Hawks only generated any semblance of threatening offense for about five minutes — the first five of the second period — but made their two juiciest chances count.
Dylan Strome kept the puck on a two-on-one rush and beat Alex Nedeljkovic upstairs, then Patrick Kane pickpocketed Brett Pesce and fed Alex DeBrincat for a tap-in power-play goal.
But overall, the Hawks were credited with only 12 scoring chances, yet again tying for their lowest since March 2017 — for the second consecutive game and third time this month.
“We’re probably going to have to play better to win again against these guys [on Thursday],” Strome said.
“You’re not going to win too many games in the NHL where you only get 16 shots. We were fortunate enough tonight, but we’ve had some games this year where we’ve had a lot of shots but not much success. Hockey is a funny game like that, but we’ll take the two points.”
Fire crews put out an extra-alarm blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the yard of a Brighton Park paper recycling plant.
The wind-blown fire started in a prairie after 4 p.m. and “spread really fast” to the yard of the paper plant near 48th Place and Christiana Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials.
The blaze reached the plant’s main building by about 5 p.m. as huge piles of paper continued to burn in the back, fire officials said.
The fire was extinguished about two hours later, with the majority of the damage confined to the paper products in the yard, fire officials said.
Crews upgraded the fire to a hazmat situation due to containers of acid and propane being kept at the plant, but the firefighters were able to keep the flames away from any hazardous materials, fire officials said.
As a precaution, the CTA shut down power to the Kedzie station nearby for over three hours Tuesday evening, suspending Orange Line service entirely between the Midway and Western stops.
Trains were running again by 7:20 p.m., and resumed stopping at the Kedzie station about an hour later, the CTA said.
No one was injured in the fire, officials said.
INDIANAPOLIS — Can anybody stop these guys?
For the 30th straight time this season, Gonzaga answered that question with a resounding “No.”
The Bulldogs got on a roll and put on a show, cruising into the Final Four with an 85-66 beatdown of a Southern California team that was nowhere near ready for what it ran into Tuesday night.
Drew Timme had 23 points and five rebounds and, after one dunk, pretended to slick down his handlebar mustache for the few thousand fans in the stands.
“This is a really, really big deal,” coach Mark Few said of the program’s return to the Final Four after a four-year hiatus. “And Zags know how to celebrate, OK?”
The top-seeded and top-ranked Bulldogs will be the third team to bring an undefeated record into the Final Four since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last team to go undefeated was Indiana in 1976. On Saturday in the national semifinals, the Zags will face the winner of a later Elite Eight matchup between UCLA and Michigan.
Timme did whatever he wanted against the nation’s fourth-ranked defense — a team that won its first three tournament games by an average of 21 points — as did pretty much everyone else in a white uniform.
Jared Suggs finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. All-American Corey Kispert had 18 points and eight boards on an “off” night — only 6 for 19 from the floor. Gonzaga shot 44% in the second half and “only” 50% for the game. That was five under its nation-leading average, but it didn’t matter much.
“We just tried to stay moving,” Suggs said about attacking the USC zone, which had been shutting down teams all month in Indy. “We didn’t let the ball get too sticky. We kept moving, flashing into the high post. It was a lot for them to deal with — good cuts off the baseline, vertical cuts off the wings.”
Blowouts are supposed to be boring, but this had the feel of a Globetrotters game at times, filled with fancy bounce passes through traffic, reverse layups, a swooping power dunk from Joel Ayayi (nine points) and the occasional post-basket flex from the 6-foot-10 Timme.
Gonzaga led sixth-seeded USC 7-0 after two minutes, 25-8 after 8:30 and 36-15 after Kispert took a nifty dish from Timme for an easy layup with 6:03 left in the half.
“It was a little surprising,” USC coach Andy Enfield said, “because we’d been playing great basketball.”
The Zags have a way about doing that to people.
They walked into the locker room at halftime ahead by 19 and with a big fat zero in the turnover column — a gold-standard stat for a team that thrives on offensive efficiency.
The last 20 minutes were extended garbage time — plenty of time for Timme to wax his handlebar mustache and for the Bulldogs to pad the stats.
They are a statistician’s dream — a team that came in No. 1 scoring (91.8), that has won 29 of its 30 games by double digits, and that wasn’t going to be slowed by the Brothers Mobley — Isaiah and Evan — who roam the middle for one of the country’s tallest teams (Average height, 6-7).
They both got theirs — Isaiah with 19 points and seven rebounds, and Evan with 17 and five — but the evening belonged to the Bulldogs.
“It’s such a special accomplishment, and to do it this year with as crazy as it’s been, as challenging as it’s been,” said Few, whose team had four games canceled in December because of COVID-19, but never lost its stride. “They’ve been unbelievable from Day 1.”
The game was interrupted by a frightening moment early, when official Bert Smith collapsed on the floor and had to be taken off in a wheelchair. In the second half, CBS passed along word that Smith was feeling OK and resting in the arena.
He was replaced by Tony Henderson, but there was no heavy lifting for the backup.
USC didn’t get closer than 16 in the second half, and though their intensity wandered at times, there was never any doubt the Zags would be returning to Lucas Oil Stadium later this week, two wins away from perfection.
ALL-WEST TEAM
The All-region team included both Mobley brothers, Suggs, Kispert and Timme, who was named the West’s most outstanding player. Timme had 45 points and 11 rebounds over the two games this week.
Consider opening day as the theme for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Jesus Arellano messaged the photo at the top and this on Sunday from downtown:
First smallmouth bass of the season.
ILLINOIS SPRING TROUT SEASON
Opening day is Saturday, April 3, except at the five Forest Preserves of Cook County sites, which open April 7. Regulation are same: daily bag of five, those 16 and older needed a license and a stamp. Nearby sites opening Saturday, April 3: Wolf Lake (Cook County); Silver, Pickerel and Grove (DuPage); Bird Park Quarry and Rock Creek (Kankakee); Big Lake (Kendall); Sand (Lake); Piscasaw Creek and Atwood (McHnery); Milliken (Will). Remember: the FPCC sites–Axehead, Belleau, Green, Horsetail, Sag Quarry East–do not open until April 7.
Click here for general information on Illinois’ spring trout season. Click here for details on the delayed start of FPCC.
ILLINOIS’ EARLY CATCH-AND-RELEASE SPRING TROUT SEASON
Nearby early catch-and-release sites (need trout stamp, fish must be released) are Rock Creek at Kankakee River State Park, Pine Creek at White Pines Forest State Park and Apple River at Apple River Canyon State Park. Early season opened March 20.
Click here for general information on Illinois’ spring trout season.
HEIDECKE OPENER
Reopens Thursday, April 1. See column for prospects. Open daily 6 a.m. (6:30 for bank anglers) to sunset.
LICENSES
New licenses are needed for the Lake Michigan states on Thursday, April 1.
SMELT
Smelt netting opens the night of Thursday, April 1, in Chicago. Chicago Park District regulations: nets may go in at 7 p.m., must be out of the parks by 1 a.m., no open fires, no closed tents, no parking on grass or sidewalks, dispose of coals in appropriate trash receptacles. Click here for the preview of smelt prospects from last week.
LAKEFRONT PARKING
Chicago Park District’s parking passes for the fisherman’s parking lots at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henry’s Sports and Bait in Bridgeport and Park Bait at Montrose Harbor.
Readers suggest SpotHero app downtown. Otherwise, here are some basics: Foster (free street parking or pay lot); Montrose (free street parking); Belmont (pay lots on north and south sides); Diversey (pay lot or street parking); DuSable Harbor (pay lot or fisherman’s lot); Northerly Island/Burnham Harbor (meters, pay lot or fisherman’s lot); 31st/Burnham (meter parking between McCormick Place and 31st Street Harbor); Oakwood/39th (meters); 63rd Street/Casino Pier (pay lot); Steelworkers Park (free street parking at east end of 87th); Cal Park (free parking).
AREA LAKES
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Pete Lamar emailed the photo above and this note on Friday:
Hi Dale,
I’ll submit this now as I will not be doing any other fishing between now and Tuesday. I just stopped at a Kane Co. F. P. on the way home from work to make a few casts. Air was 42; water was 49; I was not optimistic. But fish were feeding. There was a hatch taking place-midges if I had to guess-and there were occasional dimples on the surface where insects were eaten before they were able to fly off. I used a tiny wet fly, intended for brook trout, and got into some big bluegills and a couple of small bass. The bluegill in the image was a legitimate nine inches plus.
Enjoy the weekend.
Pete
Steve Palmisano at Henry’s Sports and Bait texted:
Same as last week. . . . Same crappie reports too. Take care happy Easter
Last week, he texted:
Licenses up and running. . . . and crappie interest is better. Wolf lake, tam pier, maybe try saganashkee. . . . Take care
Dicky’s Bait Shop in Montgomery reported that largemouth bass are picking up in warmer pools of ponds in the western suburbs.
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Ken “Husker” O’Malley emailed the photos above and below and this:
Hey Dale,
Here is a recap of this past weeks fishing.
. . .
Area lakes-bass continue to be good on lipless crankbaits during sunny afternoon hours. Focus on the outside weed lines for the most active fish.
Crappie are still scattered with the up abs down temps. Search baits are best to pick off a few here and there. Consistent temps will get them staging.
TTYL
—
Ken “Husker” O’Malley
Husker Outdoors
Waterwerks fishing team
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BRAIDWOOD LAKE
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Jim Shell emailed the photo above and this:
Dale,
Just a quick report on the hybrid stripers (wipers) at Braidwood. The state did not stock wipers in 2017 and 2018 due to what they thought was a low population of shad. After a two year break the shad population rebounded and stocking resumed again in 2019. I fished at Braidwood this past Saturday. I was expecting to catch largemouth and catfish, as I have done on many past trips. It didn’t dawn on me that in just under two years the wipers would be worth wild catching. I decided to hit my wiper spot from past years (a submerged roadbed) and give it a try. On my first trolling pass a nice wiper was caught. I quickly switched to a casting position to see if that wiper caught trolling was from a school. The first cast answered that question as one was hooked and landed. In the next 30 minutes another 7 wipers were hooked and boated. I was pleasantly surprised to see in two short years they have become very nice catchable size!
Link for video of my day yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3pPzF2YrCw&t=144s
Jim Shell
Open daily 6 a.m. to sunset. Click here for the preview.
CHAIN O’LAKES AREA
Water levels were up very slightly on Tuesday, but levels are so low as to make launching and navigating problematic.
Arden Katz reported with the low water he is not boating but shore fishing for good bluegill in channels with enough water.
Greg Dickson at Triangle Sports and Marine in Antioch said crappie are geared to the deeper channels where there is enough water; otherwise, some are trying for walleye.
NOTE: Check updates on water conditions at foxwaterway.com or (847) 587-8540.
DOWNSTATE
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CLINTON LAKE: Thomas Jones messaged the photo above and this from a week ago;
Monday’s catch 5 Blue catfish 105 lbs
This was the largest 30 lb 35 inches clinton lake on Monday all on cut chicken breast with garlic powder and red kool aid
POWERTON: Shore and boat fishing is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SPRING: Open for fishing.
EMIQUON: Basically, go to the launch. General information at http://experienceemiquon.com/sites/default/files/LakeAccessRules.pdf.
HENNEPIN-HOPPER: Closed for the season.
SHELBYVILLE: Check with Ken Wilson of Lithia Guide Service. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS: Check with Jason Johns of Boneyard Fishing.
FOX RIVER
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Dicky’s Bait Shop in Montgomery emailed the photo above and reported that catfish are picking up, a 10-pounder weighed in from Aurora area; walleye are sporadic below the dam (higher water might help); water temperature Monday above the dam was 49.5 on Monday.
FOX RIVER, WISCONSIN
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Jason Fox emailed the photo above and this:
Hi Dale. Glad to see you’re on the mend, and doing your thing. I was able to get up to the legendary Fox river in DePeer. Fishing was awesome as usual this time of year. Was able to get my non Lake Erie pb walleye. The top one was 26 3/4 and close to 10lbs the other two are 22-23 jig and minnow and jig and swim bait got the big girl day before my birthday on a 7′ ultra lite my preferred walleye rod. Let’s hope that this madness of the past years is finally behind us and some smooth years are ahead.
GREEN LAKE AREA, WISCONSIN
Guide Mike Norris emailed:
Fishing Report 3/29/2012
Mike Norris
Big Green Lake – Big Green is ice free now and anglers are getting out in boats and catching lake trout jigging with spoons in 90 feet of water. Minimum size for trout is 17 inches with a two fish limit.
Beaver Dam Lake – Crappies continue to be the main attraction for shore anglers fishing neck down areas with a jig and minnow fished beneath a float.
Castle Rock Flowage – Water clarity is good with a moderate current flow. Boaters are catching walleyes on jig and plastic combos casting to current seams on the edge of sandbars.
I am now taking reservations for the 2021 guide season. For information on guide trips reach out to me via my Facebook page at mike.norris.7773 or email me through my website at www.comecatchsmallmouth.com
GREEN/STURGEON BAYS, WISCONSIN
Click here for the Wisconsin DNR weekly report.
HEIDECKE LAKE
Reopens Thursday, April 1. When the column on for Wednesday is posted, I will link to it. The column is a preview of Heidecke prospects.
KANKAKEE/DES PLAINES RIVERS
Rob Abouchar emailed this catchup on life and music:
Hi Dale
I Have not dropped you a line in a while. Announcing basketball and a first Football game to announce this Thursday have kept me home this Spring Break until Friday when I may venture up to the Wisconsin River to check for open water.I was hoping to have a report from Braidwood with the high school squad but had to cancel this past Saturday with Back spasms. I did see that there was a tournament with the Happy Hookers Bass Club out of Big Basin Marina on the Desplaines/Kankakee rivers last weekend. The Tournament had 25 boats brave the elements.9 of the 25 boats had 5 fish limits. It looked like some nice pre-spawn largemouth were going on the rivers. First place was won by Tom Ondras with18.18 lbs. 2nd place was won by Roy Minick and Bryant Bohlin 14.80 lbs. 3rd went to the team of Brad and Fred Krause with 14.75 lbs., and 4th went to Mike Lepper and Nick Defonzo. A nice photo of the winner with some nice river largies but the photo of the angler in the union suit spoke to me. Something inside still finds the tournament fishing exciting perhaps I may give it another go if time and schedule allows. On the music front i am continuing recording of my original reggae demos and have picked a studio for recording. Hopefully that will be scheduled soon. Menwhile i am continuing rehearsals once a month or so with the band for possible performances and the recording. I will try to send the songs for you to listen to at your leisure. Hopefully you can open the link. These are solo demos I recorded at home on the Mac-Book Pro another small miracle if you knew my computer history. At one of the Varsity boys games the head basketball coach came to the announcer table and said he has a request and asks for Chronic and Coffee one of my songs it gives a great sense of satisfaction. From a fishing perspective it’s like planning for an outing, picking a spot, and a bait and making the cast and hooking a nice 3lb smallie. Very very rewarding; almost like you know what you are doing.
Tight lines
Rob
LAKE ERIE
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LAKEFRONT
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Victor Blackful emailed the photo above on Monday and this:
Hey Dale
Cant wait to hit Hediakee this weekend but in the meantime despite all the wind there were some nice cohos around. Large minnows 4ft down with a bobber. About to have dinner
Tight Lines
I am hoping to get a bit of time in on opening day Thursday at Heidecke.
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Robert France messaged the photo above and this on Wednesday:
I got one on the powerline with a worm. Missed two…
Steve Palmisano at Henry’s Sports and Bait texted:
Same as last week. Coho still doing well. . . . Take care happy Easter
Last week, he texted this:
Licenses up and running. Coho continue to hit well . . .
Stacey Greene at Park Bait at Montrose Harbor texted:
Hi DaleThe winds have been making fishing tricky but Coho are still being caught up and down the lakefront.I also had one of my regular customers who fishes rod and reel in the harbor come in yesterday with a two to three pound brown trout and about a 10-pound steelhead on medium roaches fishing toward the bottom.
Also starting tomorrow April 1st store hours will be 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. 7 days a week
Lori Ralph at the Salmon Stop in Waukegan texted:
Browns and steelies off the piers and the rocks , with a few cohos are showing up
LaSALLE LAKE
Ken “Husker” O’Malley emailed:
Hey Dale,
Here is a recap of this past weeks fishing.
LaSalle Lake- water temps are always a key factor along with current at this cooler. At the ramp temps were 55 with pool A being 58. Pool B was 63-68 and the hot water discharge was 70 with just enough current.
Bass were decent early morning on square bill and lipless cranks.
Blue cats are excellent mid-afternoon hours on Berkley gulp. The average size was in the 4-5 pound range.
. . .
TTYL
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Ken “Husker” O’Malley
Husker Outdoors
Waterwerks fishing team
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MADISON LAKES, WISCONSIN
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MAZONIA
Both units are open 6 a.m. to sunset.
NORTHERN WISCONSIN
Kurt Justice at Kurt’s Island Sport Shop in Minocqua emailed:
Ice fishing is pretty much over. Shorelines are opening up; it won’t be long until open water. A few people are still taking waders and walking through water to get to ice but it is not recommended. Most of the fishing is being done down south on the rivers. A few fishermen are hitting the rivers nearby in search of Perch but with limited success.
Strong winds now, and the past few days, along with temps pushing 60’s by next week, smaller to mid-size lakes should be accessible to get the boat out for some spring Crappies.
Kurt Justice
Kurt’s Island Sport Shop
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NORTHWEST INDIANA
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Andrew Beison emailed the photo above and this:
Hello Dale,
It has been a while since I’ve contributed. As I wait for the Coho on the southern end of the Lake to fatten up (I wait until about Easter by boat) I have been targeting small lakes here in NW Indiana on foot. I caught and released this nice slab the other day near home. Using a White/Pink Head vodo jig (Same jig I use in the creeks for Steelhead) with left over Behemoths from Ice fishing. Take Care!
Andrew Beison
Interesting thought on waiting for coho after Easter. Oh, and a nice crappie, too.
Capt. Rich Sleziak at Slez’s Bait in Lake Station texted:
Willow slough good for gills and crappie jigs tipped with waxworms best
Crappie good at pine lake in the coves jigs and or crappie minnows best
Coho action decent from cal park to burns ditch dodger flys and brads thinfish
Crappie on the river burns ditch and deep river fishing log jams and bridge areas using crappie minnows
Forgot to say they stocked the trout in lake county fairgrounds in crown point last week powerbait and beemoth best but some caught on lil money clip spoons and small rooster tails
Christina Petrites at Stan’s Bait & Tackle Center in Hammond emailed:
Hi, Dale. Here what I have for this week if it’s not too late…
Anglers are still catching good numbers of coho along the shore, trolling with thin fish and dodgers and coho flies. The rivers are very slow with just a few steelhead being caught. Inland lakes are starting to light up with nice catches of bluegill and crappie.
ROOT RIVER, WISCONSIN
This afternoon, the Wisconsin DNR emailed this:
Root River Report
The spring steelhead migration is in full swing, and our spawning facility on the Root River in Racine is up and running.
Fish were processed on Monday, March 29 and 141 steelhead were passed upstream of the facility. Our creel survey clerk reports that anglers have been catching steelhead and brown trout on flies, spawn sacs, beads and tube jigs.
Get all of the details from the Root River Steelhead Facility and the latest Root River fishing report by clicking the link below.
Click here for the Wisconsin DNR’s report, usually on Tuesday or Wednesday.
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
Staff at Tackle Haven in Benton Harbor said that coho are being caught off pier and by boaters. Steelhead are slow for anglers, but some going up the Berrien Springs camera. Paddle and Pole hosts the Berrien Springs Fish Ladder Camera.
SHABBONA LAKE
On Thursday, April 1, summer hours (6 a.m.-10 p.m.) begin. March site hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LAKEFRONT
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WOLF RIVER, WISCONSIN
Guide Bill Stoeger in Fremont texted:
Water temp came down with a few cool nights and snow. Temp 43.5 now. Walleye going both ways. Still picking up females full , and some spawned out
Fire crews were working to contain an extra-alarm blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the yard of a Brighton Park paper plant.
The wind-blown fire started in a prairie after 4 p.m. and “spread really fast” to the yard of the paper plant near 48th Place and Christiana Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials.
As of 5 p.m., the fire had reached the plant’s main building, as huge piles of paper continued to burn in the back, fire officials said.
Crews upgraded the fire to a hazmat situation as flames spread to containers of acid at the plant, and propane tanks were being stored outside, fire officials said.
As a precaution, the CTA shut down power to the Kedzie station nearby for over three hours Tuesday evening, suspending Orange Line service entirely between the Midway and Western stops. Trains were running again by 7:20 p.m., and resumed stopping at the Kedzie station about an hour later, the CTA said.
No injuries have been reported yet, fire officials said.
This is a developing story. Check back for details.
