I've been kayaking fishing in lakes in Illinois before, but not the Kankakee River. Is the water typically slow enough to be able to paddle upstream so that you can enter and exit the water in the same location?
In the late summer or during other low water periods it is doable in certain sections but it will definitely still be physically demanding. The Kankakee is a big river and there is usually quite a bit of water moving through it.
Just watched your vid ad well as EH's. Great trip! Wade that river often though not where i think you yak'ed - that is on my to do list. Seems that segment has more large fish than my wade sites. Gotten them to 18" but thats rare. Most 14-16. Still a blast! Thanks for sharing.
I've caught more quality in that section for sure but I've still had days upstream when I put multiple fish over 17" in the yak. Those tend to be spring days. Once summer rolls around, it seems like those big fish are harder to find. I don't know if I've ever caught anything in the 18 range June-Sept.
@@RivermanTV- because I'm wading, almost all my fishing is July-Oct. This was the rare spring I could wade in May and June. Heck, even Apr once. Smallies been hard to come by though. Wonder if they need that spring flood pulse.
Check out Engineering Hooksets' video here:
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Jealous of that clear water!
It's a beautiful stream for sure
I've been kayaking fishing in lakes in Illinois before, but not the Kankakee River. Is the water typically slow enough to be able to paddle upstream so that you can enter and exit the water in the same location?
In the late summer or during other low water periods it is doable in certain sections but it will definitely still be physically demanding. The Kankakee is a big river and there is usually quite a bit of water moving through it.
Just watched your vid ad well as EH's. Great trip! Wade that river often though not where i think you yak'ed - that is on my to do list. Seems that segment has more large fish than my wade sites. Gotten them to 18" but thats rare. Most 14-16. Still a blast! Thanks for sharing.
I've caught more quality in that section for sure but I've still had days upstream when I put multiple fish over 17" in the yak. Those tend to be spring days. Once summer rolls around, it seems like those big fish are harder to find. I don't know if I've ever caught anything in the 18 range June-Sept.
@@RivermanTV- because I'm wading, almost all my fishing is July-Oct. This was the rare spring I could wade in May and June. Heck, even Apr once. Smallies been hard to come by though. Wonder if they need that spring flood pulse.
Great video, man! Hopefully, I'll have mine done by next week. We gotta do 1 more before it gets overrun with tubers
Thanks! Check back in here with the link so I can pin it for everyone.