Event 1 Saturday April 10th
Here is the schedule for Saturday's club event: if you plan on attending, call to reserve a spot before 8:30 AM- E-mail anytime up to Friday night-

Or Sat. call 630-675-6265 and leave a message- tell how many people are fishing with you and need spots There is no cost to club members and also anyone is invited to fish this event as a guest and may fish any 1 event for free.

There will be 2 demonstrations before the fishing begins. Registration is at 8:30 AM in the East Parking lot. Show up, sign in anytime before 9:00 (if you need to show up late, you will miss the demonstrations, but can fish starting at 10:30 AM.

Schedule of events:

8:30 AM Registration/Sign-in
8:45 AM Lake Tips, Equipment, tactics demo
9:00 AM Draw for spot
9:15 AM Setup period- head to spots
9:45 AM Demonstration- peg/location TBA- float fishing, whip, basic setups for gills
10:30 AM Fishing Begins (long whistle)
1:55 PM 5-minute short
1:59 PM 1-minute whistle short
2:00 PM Long whistle Stop fishing- all lines out of water
2:15 - 2:30 Fish Weigh-in

2:50 Medal Presentation/Ribbon Presentation

Rules are pretty simple- all fish count total weight wins. There are two divisions so the "regular angler" really has a great chance to win in very first competition/outing.

Lake Species:

#1 (By far) Bluegill
#2 Common Carp
#3 Channel Catfish
#4 Crappie
#5 Bass
#6 Goldfish, Koi
#7 Bullhead
#8 Grass Carp

Recommended Bait:

spikes, red worm, corn, night crawler pieces, wax worm (in that order)

Recommended Lure:
Spinner, Rapala, twister Jig, plastic worm

Lake Depth- 2.5 feet on edges in deep side- 1 foot deep on shallow side
Center of lake 6.5 - 8 feet. Average depth 5 feet of water can be reached 30 feet off shore from most any spot!

Tips for lake: water temperatures are chilly- best to work smaller bait, baits with smaller hooks and light line. Fish will not be super active yet, even though the lake is fed by two creeks. The bluegills can be your friend if you catch a lot of them. If you use larger baits, you can prevent gills from stripping your bait for catfish/carp. 2 corns, larger crawler or meat chunk might be in order for cats.. Some fish will be found only 5 feet away from you in decent quantity- don't be surprised if you get a larger fish not to far out! The shallows near you will warm faster than the deeper water in the afternoon.