Thursday, February 26, 2015

Spring is right around the corner, are you ready?

Come see us for 20% OFF regularly priced rods, reels, tackle boxes and lures!



Thursday, February 19, 2015

Fish stocking for your pond offered by the Peoria County Soil and Water Conservation District

Semi-Annual Fish Sale and SPECIALTY Fish Sale.

Have the past few winters been hard on your fish populations?  So many ponds have recently experinced fish kills from the hard winter and this year could have the same results.  There are ways to avoid this problem, Click Here to read.   If you are looking to improove your ponds this is a great way to get a head start on making the best of your situation.

The Peoria County Soil and Water Conservation District (PC SWCD) is having a fish sale for pond stocking for the central Illinois area.

Many species should be available like hybrid sunfish, bluegill, redear, channel catfish, and smallmouth & largemouth bass, grass carp, and some specilty fish.   The deadline to order is Thursday March 26th for GRASS CARP and Friday April 3rd for all other fish.
Regular Fish delivery is scheduled for 8:00 AM, Saturday, April 11th, at the USDA Service Center.   The Specialty Fish will be delivered at a time to be determined later.   Orders can be made over the phone, but payment is due when the order is made.

Logan Hollow Fish Farm will be suppling the fish and they will bring a truck based on the number of fish that are ordered.  AS A CHANGE THIS YEAR, ALL FISH WILL BE BAGGED!!! The only fish you will need water for is the largest of the catfish.  For everything else simply bring a container large enough to hold your bags.


See the order form(s) below for sale specific details or CLICK HERE for more details.


Fish Sale Order Form


Specialty Fish Sale

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Ice fishing report for February

Finally, we have good ice to fish and it looks like it will be here for a while.   Many places in Central Illinois are reporting 5 to 10" of ice and making more each day.  The 10 day forecast shows cold temps and we should have good ice for the next 2 weeks.






The fishing the past few days has been a bit slow.  The first and last hours of of the day have predominately been the best bite.   You may have to work hard to get the mid-day active fish to show interest during those inactive times, but they can be caught.   Most of the fish have been caught on wax worms and small jigs but don't forget about other jigs and baits,  you might be surprised.  Woody and his crew had some luck with a chunk of a Gulp pink worm.

Check out these pics from the past week of our success.