Lucas Wise shared some Chicago River knowledge after another good day Sunday.
“Before and after work, I throw a couple of casts around there and have been tying into some decent largemouth bass,” emailed Wise, who works at the Police Marine Unit at the Marine Safety Station near DuSable Harbor. “I have the best luck with the Zoom Trick Worm [in Junebug, black or green pumpkin], rigged weightless on 6-pound fluorocarbon. Bluegill-pattern 1/4-ounce swim jigs with 3.8 Keitech trailers have been working well, too, on 12-pound fluorocarbon.
“I’ve had luck on the main branch near the Merchandise Mart on my kayak with the same rigs.”
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