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Sorry, but with at least 5 other Chicago sites up before yours, no time
to visit.

Duh_OZ wrote:
: Sorry, but with at least 5 other Chicago sites up before yours, no time
: to visit.

Actaully, Jason has had a site up for a long time (at least since 1998 from
my email archive), he just didn't have a name registered for it (I don't
remember when we added a link to his original site on aol, but it was before
January 28th, 1999, which I found quick, due to computer swaps, I'd have to
dig for earlier emails).

There are dozens now, perhaps a hundred. As far as I know, Roger Taylor's
Illinois Fishing Page (on a uiuc.edu server) was the first in Illinois, we
started migrating our site from ftp via netcom to http on ripco in March,
1995. Roger found me and he and I traded emails and added links to each
other in September of 1995 (his site used to be associated with Chauncey from
the Trib I believe also). The first time the SunTimes or Chicago Tribune
published articles mentioning our site was in 1996 (and they all messed up
the "~" character in our name at the time... must be a typsetting thing).

We still design our pages to work acceptably with lynx ;-)

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Duh_OZ wrote:
: Sorry, but with at least 5 other Chicago sites up before yours, no time
: to visit.

Actaully, Jason has had a site up for a long time (at least since 1998 from
my email archive), he just didn't have a name registered for it (I don't
remember when we added a link to his original site on aol, but it was before
January 28th, 1999, which I found quick, due to computer swaps, I'd have to
dig for earlier emails).

There are dozens now, perhaps a hundred. As far as I know, Roger Taylor's
Illinois Fishing Page (on a uiuc.edu server) was the first in Illinois, we
started migrating our site from ftp via netcom to http on ripco in March,
1995. Roger found me and he and I traded emails and added links to each
other in September of 1995 (his site used to be associated with Chauncey from
the Trib I believe also). The first time the SunTimes or Chicago Tribune
published articles mentioning our site was in 1996 (and they all messed up
the "~" character in our name at the time... must be a typsetting thing).

We still design our pages to work acceptably with lynx ;-)

--
John Nelson
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell)

Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
Duh_OZ wrote:
: Sorry, but with at least 5 other Chicago sites up before yours, no
time
: to visit.

Actaully, Jason has had a site up for a long time (at least since
1998 from
my email archive), he just didn't have a name registered for it (I
don't
remember when we added a link to his original site on aol, but it was
before
January 28th, 1999, which I found quick, due to computer swaps, I'd
have to
dig for earlier emails).

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Hmmm, surprised I never heard of it. I thought I saw every one out
there *oops* Took a looksie. Better get some imaging software. 24
- 34K thumbnail images - ugh.
=====
There are dozens now, perhaps a hundred. As far as I know, Roger
Taylor's
Illinois Fishing Page (on a uiuc.edu server) was the first in
Illinois, we
started migrating our site from ftp via netcom to http on ripco in
March,
1995. Roger found me and he and I traded emails and added links to
each
other in September of 1995 (his site used to be associated with
Chauncey from
the Trib I believe also). The first time the SunTimes or Chicago
Tribune
published articles mentioning our site was in 1996 (and they all
messed up
the "~" character in our name at the time... must be a typsetting
thing).

We still design our pages to work acceptably with lynx ;-)

--
John Nelson

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to
Sell)
=====
Oh yeah Roger Taylor's, your's and his were the first two I visited!
=====
Word is Maple Lake is going to be lowered by 3' for major restoration,
including a new pier extending out from the east lot. If they start in
January '05, I wonder what happens when there is ice and no water
underneath LOL.

Duh_OZ wrote:
: Word is Maple Lake is going to be lowered by 3' for major restoration,
: including a new pier extending out from the east lot. If they start in
: January '05, I wonder what happens when there is ice and no water
: underneath LOL.

This will be Maple Lakes second major restoration in 5 years... Also, when
I was a kid they had it completely drained (70's). We were there for a church
picnic and my grandmother, wearing a white suit, fell into the only section of
mud in the lake while I was dragging her with me to explore the (almost) dry
bed (Course, maybe that was BullFrog lake... I was little then, but i'm
pretty sure it was maple lake).

Maybe the last work they did on Maple Lake was just Rotenone and restocking?

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Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:

This will be Maple Lakes second major restoration in 5 years... Also,
when
I was a kid they had it completely drained (70's). We were there for
a church
picnic and my grandmother, wearing a white suit, fell into the only
section of
mud in the lake while I was dragging her with me to explore the
(almost) dry
bed (Course, maybe that was BullFrog lake... I was little then, but
i'm
pretty sure it was maple lake).

Maybe the last work they did on Maple Lake was just Rotenone and
restocking?

--
John Nelson

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to
Sell)
========
You must be thinking of weed kill, although they do that every year.
They did put fish habitats in about three years back, but other than
that nothing very "exciting". For those wondering, and heck, not
wondering, Maple Lake is in Cook County IL and one of the better
fishing lakes (from shore) as it has both shallow flats and steep drop
offs available from the shoreline. It also gets weed choked (millfoil)
in the shallower eastern side. Just rental row boats (no private)
which keeps the overall pressure down somewhat.

They keep trying to kill the weeds to no avail. Pike started getting
stocked, I forget how far back, and it seems to be helping the gills
get to a better "decent" size. Decent being a whopping 6 - 7''.
Much better than the thousands upon thousands of 4'' ones way back
when.

Anyway back to their master plan - drain the lake about three feet,
appply a different type of weed killer? and have volunteers pick up
rubbish from the muck. Now, how in the frick will they do that with a
frozen over lake? Once again the CCFP sits on their collective ass
and waits too long. No word if the drawdown is still scheduled in
January. I better hit it next week in case they do.

Here's a short clip (`800k) of a crib (put in too deep (17') of water
IMHO):
http://www.ccfp-fishing.com/videos/MapleCrib_1.m1v

Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:

This will be Maple Lakes second major restoration in 5 years... Also,
when
I was a kid they had it completely drained (70's). We were there for
a church
picnic and my grandmother, wearing a white suit, fell into the only
section of
mud in the lake while I was dragging her with me to explore the
(almost) dry
bed (Course, maybe that was BullFrog lake... I was little then, but
i'm
pretty sure it was maple lake).

Maybe the last work they did on Maple Lake was just Rotenone and
restocking?

--
John Nelson

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to
Sell)
========
You must be thinking of weed kill, although they do that every year.
They did put fish habitats in about three years back, but other than
that nothing very "exciting". For those wondering, and heck, not
wondering, Maple Lake is in Cook County IL and one of the better
fishing lakes (from shore) as it has both shallow flats and steep drop
offs available from the shoreline. It also gets weed choked (millfoil)
in the shallower eastern side. Just rental row boats (no private)
which keeps the overall pressure down somewhat.

They keep trying to kill the weeds to no avail. Pike started getting
stocked, I forget how far back, and it seems to be helping the gills
get to a better "decent" size. Decent being a whopping 6 - 7''.
Much better than the thousands upon thousands of 4'' ones way back
when.

Anyway back to their master plan - drain the lake about three feet,
appply a different type of weed killer? and have volunteers pick up
rubbish from the muck. Now, how in the frick will they do that with a
frozen over lake? Once again the CCFP sits on their collective ass
and waits too long. No word if the drawdown is still scheduled in
January. I better hit it next week in case they do.

Here's a short clip (`800k) of a crib (put in too deep (17') of water
IMHO):
http://www.ccfp-fishing.com/videos/MapleCrib_1.m1v