...Andy Ross and I live in Glen Ellyn.

I have been fishing my whole life but it slowed quite a bit while my kids were younger. I enjoy doing anything outside. I have 3 daughters so it's a great way to spend some time with them. We enjoy fishing, canoeing and hiking.

I used to fish the Fox quite regularly before I had kids. I would wade south of Wilson Street up to the dam. Now that the girls are getting older, I was able to get out more last year. I was back wading the Fox and the DuPage River and look forward to more this year.

Welcome Andy and welcome back to fishing!

Hi Andy. It's been a long time since I've walked the stretch from Wilson for as far down stream as you want to go. I know the Glenwood FP and Les Arends areas like the back of my hand. You ever need info for that stretch, just ask.

Then there's North Aurora all the way past Indian Trail Road. All easy to get to from Glen Ellyn and sure to keep you busy.

Thanks guys. I look forward to learning a lot on this forum.

Ken - I would love any information on Glenwood and Les Arends FP's that you might share. I've paddled through there multiple times and it is gorgeous. I wanted to wade it but felt a little intimidated on where to go and how to approach it.

A canoe or kayak is perfect for the whole stretch where the limestone bluffs are.
The rest I know quite well. Perfect wading conditions are when the river comes down below 1000 cfs, so get used to looking at this, the bottom graph.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/il/nwis/uv?dd ... o=05551540

There are only a few spots you have to side step. Never any surprises, you'll always feel them coming. Well, at least I do. I can wade some areas when it's up over 2000 cfs, but I don't recommend that if you don't know where you're stepping. That takes a bit of time in the water.

Take a look at this.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=638

Then this.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=236

Never did finish the more detailed descriptions on these, but it's a start. I'll fill you in with more over time.

This is great. You have put quite a bit of work into these!

On the color aerials, I noticed in one of the posts that the red line is the deepest part of the river. What are the blue lines and the labeled yellow shapes?

Thanks again.

Andy Ross wrote:On the color aerials, I noticed in one of the posts that the red line is the deepest part of the river. What are the blue lines and the labeled yellow shapes?

That's the descriptions I never finished. The yellow is all worth fishing when the water is at normal levels, which is 750 cfs. The blue is the shore areas to pick apart as you wade down stream, they are also good areas to fish when the water is high. There's shore access through quite a bit of this, it won't be easy though.

I can do this type of map from Geneva all the way down to and a bit through Yorkville. It's on my "Probably Never Get Around to Doing It" list.

I took advantage of long stretches of low water we had years ago and waded as much as possible. It's all in my head. Then there's almost another 20 miles of Fox creeks I've waded. It adds up.