going rooning up the sangamon river

well we had rain most of yesterday.i think i'm going to drive up to chandlerville and put my boat in the sangamon river and come down.but first i have to find a willing sole to drive my truck back tp town.i know for sure i can go down river nut there is to many sandbars  for me to go up river.should hit the mother load today.there is 19 miles of river bottoms to hunt from chandlerville to beardstown.gotta be carefull not to get lost there is alot of timber up there.some  times i get looking down for mushroons and don't pay attention where i'm going.i have had afull good luck up there and this year the water did not go out of their banks.i'll keep you posted on todays hunt.get out there and get ya some!!!

sangamon river to low to get up! mushroons are poppin

well went and tried to get up the sangamon river this morning not happening .there's about 6 inches of water not near enough for my boat.it rained all morning chance all day either hpe we get a couple of inches to raise the sangamon or i'm going to have to take the boat up to chanlersville and put in there and drift down if i can't run.i'm sure the mushroons are up in the bottoms.i will get up there one way or another.been finding a few in the hills but i'm not liking the up and down of it.my legs aren't what they used to be.

bigheads very dangerous beware!

that's a good load of  big heads.here's a few that won't knock anybody out of their boats.can't prove it but i do think i have lost a couple of freinds because of these fish.i would like to keep the population of this fish down and am doing our best.if you ever run through this breed of fish you won't forget it.they will jump up in your boat and more than likely hit you some where.they go from 2  to 50+ pounds.BEWARE!!!

channel catfish mmmmmgood!!

went up to croocked creek this morning catfish are biting very good.4 of filled this cooler up in around 4 hours.no way you could fish 2 poles 1 is enough  it will keep you plenty busy. there was 76 head here and now they are getting put in the freezer.mite keep a couple out for supper tho!!!better get out there this kinda thing don't happen year round.i'd say 2 weeks and the pole and line fishing will get tougher.see ya!!!!!

catching asian carp (BIGHEAD FISHING)

here's a couple more pics of these asian carp (bigheads) as we call them.here in this bottom pic the fish are hitting our nets.we  are in the  back of them revving up the boat motor driving them into our nets.see how they jump in the air.it's pretty cool i will take a video some day soon.i think you'll get a big kick out it.there around 7-8 tons in the boat at the top.they have tournaments up above us in havane,il in the summer.they run their boats through them and hit with baseball bats,shoot them with bows and arrows.dip nets or what ever.

a big patch of yellow morel mushroons

we went down south of beardstown yesterday.put the boat in and just took off exploring new river bottoms have never been on this part of the river.but boy did it pay off.we picked a few grey's and walked another hour or so and bam!! hit the honey hoole.nice fresh big yellow mushroons.ended picking 9 and a 1/2 pounds.think i'll take the day off from rooning and go down river to crooked crick and catch me some catfish.i don't have any in the freezer and am getting hungry for some.get up and out the door.there's alot to do this time of the year!!

morel mushrooms aplenty

the mushrooms are coming on good prime time.i'm just afraid they aren't going to last very long (short season).the vegitation is allready coming up and will take over in a couple of weeks.in other words i will have to look harder through the weeds and grass.i got about 3 pounds this morning but there are alot of people out there also.so in order to keeping my hot spots a secret i will lay off till this week end is over.then i will get dropped off by a reliable sorce and be fully camo'd out.beware of the ticks out there they are aplenty and we did not have a cold winter so they say the ticks that carry the lime desiese will be out there more than ever.so get some kinda of good tick repellent and wear dark clothing.this is going to the best year for mushrooming in quite afew years.so get out there and get to pickin!!!!