AREA LAKES: Fair: flat with coolin...

AREA LAKES: Fair: flat with cooling waters, John Rinchich at JJ's look fors summer patterns to hold within the holiday: topwaters early and late for largemouth, Senko or plastic worms during the day; and waxies for bluegills around overhanging tree other shaded areas and weed suffers Ed Shirley's named Lake vale (catch-and-release only) as the top choice in northern garble Receding water should make Skokie Lagoons better by means of the weekend. Kolar Bait reported Pratt- Wayne has been best in DuPage for pike and largemouth.

CHAIN O'LAKES AREA: Decent: Triangle named white and fulvous bass on Marie or Petite as the best bite, experience wind-blown shorelines with spinners or small fatheads. Muskie are exceedingly active. Try in 8 feet with jerkbaits or bucktails. Bluegill continue advantageous shallow. Walleye improved with better water stream Try large fatheads and crawlers forward slip-bobber rigs around main lake points or with jig and minnow in the river. Catfish are worthy on stinkbait or crawlers forward Fox, Marie and Petite.

COOLING LAKES/STRIP PITS: HEIDECKE: Concessionaire Steve Anderson said all species are improving as the water unimpassioneds through the 70s. Muskie are being caught nearly daily (one heavier than 20 brays earlier this month) and walleye are plentiful (keeper take sorting).

MAZONIA: Remains single of the area's best choice for largemouth or bluegill upon cloudy days or early and late.

LaSALLE: Hatchery staff reported intake water warmed again to 91 nevertheless should start to cool this week and make for a modest holiday weekend for hybrids, catfish and bass.

BRAIDWOOD: Water remains highly warm (100 south, 90 south)

DELAVAN/GENEVA LAKES, WIS.: Decent: Guide "Jimmy T" Templin does well for largemouth and smallmouth drop-shotting in 27 to 30 feet forward Geneva. The Wisconsin DNR reports lakers are being taken in 40-60 feet onward Geneva by trolling spoons. Pike are hitting lump-suckers or artificials along deep weed lines.

DOWNSTATE: REND: Guide Todd Gessner said crappie, largemouth and catfish are all well adapted and there's even active white bass. SHELBYVILLE: Guide Mary Satterfield reported white bass continue the best bite. about are shallow on wind-blown flats, otherwise experience jigging spoons in the evening.

EVERGREEN: Mike Steffa reports saugeye are profitable in the mouths of small bays on jig and minnow or crawler. Bluegill have upright numbers, size so-so.

Muskie improved a bit.

HENNEPIN-HOPPER: Site super Rick Seibert said fishing is picking up with northern, largemouth and bluegills comely Public days are Friday and Saturday.

FOX RIVER: WESTERN SUBURBS: Good: ed Shirley's reports excellent catfish action forward Sonny's; otherwise it's channel and flathead catfish. Use caution, water on a levels are higher and faster than last Labor Day weekend.

GREEN/STURGEON BAYS: Good: Capt. Doug Schreiber said staff are very good on recent Bay from both shorelines; blooming reds producing better in deeper water (20-25 feet) Walleye are shallower, apply the mind to Geanos Reef and Dead Horse Bay, and use harnesses in the top 10 feet

ILLINOIS RIVER: STARVED strength AREA: Decent: River is up several feet slightly stained and holding in the upper 70 Guide Buster Culjan reports catfish are fair, moreover probably best weekend bet: make trial of by the dam or the sharpness of the channels with Sonny's or wound shad. Early some white bass are going at the dam upon bladebaits.

KANKAKEE RIVER: Good: Water horizontals are up and more stained than usual, moreover wadeable. With hunting seasons beginning, check regulations at public sites. ed Mullady reports largemouth are useful in the mouths of bayous and backwaters, especially in Indiana. Smallmouth remain solid in the usual Illinois reproachs Catfish continue good in the couple states.

LAKE ERIE: PORT CLINTON: Waiting: Tuesday was a knock day. Before that, some walleye southeast of Kelley and north of B and C cans. For pole pick a can (green against Catawba, G west of Catawba, B or C) or experience Niagara reef.

LAKEFRONT: Variable: Tuesday was a calamity day. Conditions by the weekend should be better. The best freshs is Park Bait reported several kings caught in the channel at Montrose onward Tuesday morning and another at night at Belmont last week. Henry's reported kings being seen unless not caught at the pipe at Burnham. Shoreline elevated position are slow. Capt. Jeff Miltimore said early morning salmon on the outside of Waukegan are in 70-100 feet forward overcast days, they stay there; onward sunny days, the bite goe as knotty as 200 feet. Leadcore with a purple Stinger spoon has been best. pole should continue around the R-4 and facing Highland Park, though weather has limited boaters.

MANISTEE, MICH.: Excellent: Capt. Paul Schlafley reported choice kings very early and late. He favors flashers and flies or J-plug when shallower, on the contrary spoons are working too. Kings are upon the shelf, around the harbor and in the river. Coho are more scattered, more at Ludington.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: SAVANNA: Decent: Miller's Sports Center reports the now passing is down in the main channel, in the same manner the backwaters are best. Largemouth are convenient on spinner baits or lizards. Catfish are also going forward cut bait or G&S prepared baits in the backwaters.