Sportinus wrote:
Took the kids out yesterday fishing with worm, bobber and small
sinker.
We only got 2 small bites and 0 fish caught. What do people
generally
use when fishing from the shore. We are fishing in a burb of
Chicago.
We could see doem fishing jumping in the middle of the lake but
cannot
cast that far.
=========
Water still cold in the area, so the fish are still going to be
sluggish. Use no higher than 4 lb test, hook size 10 or 12 and a
single redworm (waxworms better). Don't use those round floats
either, use a pencil type one, they offer less resistance to the fish.

What burb are you in? Someone may be able to point you a lake that
seems to have good action early in the season.

There's also some Chicago area fishing message boards that have a lot
of information. Try googling +chicagoland +fishing +forums

As to the jumping fish, they may have been Carp. I know I some
jumping in a forest preserve lake last week.