Thread: January - What's Biting and When

Looking at the chart...
Are things usually that dead in the first week of January?
Both pier and beach
As luck has it, I have been in a position the last few years to come down at the low catch times

As a fellow Illinoisan, there is more biting down there than up here. Barely.

Originally Posted by 1000 Miles Away

Looking at the chart...
Are things usually that dead in the first week of January?
Both pier and beach
As luck has it, I have been in a position the last few years to come down at the low catch times

Check out the January bite from previous years. I was just checking out reports from 2018 and there were some pretty impressive whiting chew-downs that January.

Historically the water temperature then is in the middle to low 60s.
Warmer water usually boosts the sheepshead bite.
Cooler water favors the whiting.

J/S