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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Dale Bowman

A taste of LaSalle Lake opening day and prospects for the season

Bounnak Thammavong of Kingston lands a blue catfish last Wednesday on opening day at LaSalle Lake. (Dale Bowman)

MARSEILLES — ‘‘Mike,’’ who was coming back along the gravel road above the riprap at LaSalle Lake, said: ‘‘They’re catching hybrids and blues from mile marker 50 to 70.’’

That was advice I could use on the opening day for fishing at the lake last Wednesday. I had only a couple of hours before sunset and, in the wind, figured I would need to do bait and had chicken livers and night crawlers.

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