Fox River, Burlington, Rockchester, Waterford, Racine County (all postings)

Jay, Have u tried a dryer sheet in ur pocket 4 mosquito's? It works 4 me @ night ball games. Smells nice 2. lol Good Fishin'-Herb PS. "A Reminder 2 everyone" Free fishing week-end coming up on June 1st & 2nd. I think I might try 4 some coho or salmon fishing. Haven't done that sense the stamps came out.

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Have fished burlington a couple times looking for cats with no luck. any tips?

I'll try this post again.I know there's guys who run outboards on this stretch of river,and I know there's been a pretty fair number of views on this thread since I last posted this:

5/20/13 6:56 PM CST (edit this post)

I wonder if anyone is willing to help. It's been a bunch of years since I've been to Rochester...

I'd like to dump my 12' jonboat in at Rochester and run to the state line and back...6hp mariner... Any ideas for a good launch site? If I were to launch downstream,I'd want to run up to the dam and back as well.

Also,I'd like to run the little stretch between the dams,up to Waterford. Any obstructions I should be aware of? Launch site?

Thanks

I'll add this: I'm not going to bring fishing equipment. I'm not looking for future fishing spots. I have a bigger boat,I fish bigger,better water. If I want to fish the Fox,I fish near my house.

I just want to see the part of the river that I've never seen...without having the kind of problems I can avoid with just a sentence or three's help from one of the LL'ers who post on this thread.

I've been on LL almost since it's inception and shared knowledge often,some of which has bitten me in the ass later. I rarely ask for any kind of advice...Nobody from this stretch of river wants to help a guy out who lives upstream and just wants to run his boat down here for a look-see?

The fish

Was out with my buddy Marky from about 5:30pm till about 8pm it was a pretty slow nite we managed to get 1 17inch Walleye 2 nice Rockbass and 1 nice Gill and your usual junk Sheepshead Bullhead and Carp. Still a pretty fun nite till the Mosquitos came out. GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.

I wonder if anyone is willing to help. It's been a bunch of years since I've been to Rochester...

I'd like to dump my 12' jonboat in at Rochester and run to the state line and back...6hp mariner... Any ideas for a good launch site? If I were to launch downstream,I'd want to run up to the dam and back as well.

Also,I'd like to run the little stretch between the dams,up to Waterford. Any obstructions I should be aware of? Launch site?

Thanks

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Cant seem to catch the cats here, any tips?

Late report was at waterford dam this weekend water was raging only few spots to fish caught couple cats 5pounds or so took some smallerones home bellys full of shad lost ton of rigs tons of snags wife caught bunch 9in gills,went next day(Sunday) with sister n law wanted to hook her in to a big cat but nada plus so windy my sis in law is nine was shiverin like a wet poodle had to keep sending her to truck what a diffrence a day makes.

How's the river looking, haven't been down in 2 weeks , I'm assuming the waters still high but I'm hoping I'm wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Tried Burlington again Thursday morning. Managed a young Smallmouth, but otherwise it was pretty dead there. Drove up to Waterford across from the Library and within the first few casts had a nice, healthy 12 1/2" Smallmouth. That was it for that location as well. Called it a day after a total of about 90 minutes.

Fished early morning from 5 to 8 and not a single bite.

Spent about 90 minutes below the dam at Echo Lake Park this morning tossing a white spinner. Within 5 minutes I had a nice-sized Smallmouth. A little while later I snagged a Gizzard Shad. That was it for me however. A couple across from me were in "Thee Hot Spot" and were hitting fish about every five minutes. They looked like they had a real nice morning. Oh well, it was just good to be out again on the water.

Any fishing at Burlington??