I know it's bad form to creep on another man's fishing spot. But I figure this one is fair game because he's posting videos of it on YouTube. My oldest daughter (7 now!) loved this video and hopes to fish here some day:
She was fascinated not just by the size but variety of fish. He's based in southern Illinois so it Might be there or nearby. I looked at photos of nearby spillways and didn't recognize it. I checked the comments and nobody says. Any ideas??
There are some very distinctive looking buildings in one or two of the shots. Those coupled with overhead shots from Google Earth might help?
If you know what rivers you think he might be on I'll do some looking around
Based on the species of fish (gar, carp, catfish, crappie) and the terrain, it could really be anywhere in Illinois south of I80. Really any tributary of the Mississippi or Ohio, or any of their tributaries, would carry the same fish.
Do you know where in Southern Illinois he is based?
Mr_Asa said:There are some very distinctive looking buildings in one or two of the shots. Those coupled with overhead shots from Google Earth might help?
If you know what rivers you think he might be on I'll do some looking around
2:30 - Top right, looks like a tower of some sort back there? Windmill maybe?
3:05 - Tower in mid-frame, two tall somethings to the right of it. Tower kinda looks like a traditional clock tower? The tall somethings remind me of smoke stacks of some sort. At 3:07 a barely visible car goes over a bridge right there.
3:13 - Better shot of the smoke stack looking tower and the bridge.
8:24 - Both smoke stacks again, helps when they aren't in the edges of the screen, GoPro lenses suck for distortion at the edges.
8:34 - 4 stacks, and a massive high power electricity transmission tower.
That's really all that's available. I'd Google Earth it and look for roadways that go over water. The various overhead drone shots should give you some great confirmation shots, just remember that they might be rotated so that north might be at 5 o'clock in the video and 12 o'clock on your screen
At 29 seconds there is a cop car. Does it's livery provide any clues to city or county?
In reply to dculberson :
The vid says he's from Hamel, IL which is on I55. It appears he's heading northbound based on the farmland. I see Lake Lou Yeager is nearby, did you check it out?
Taylorville Lake & Lake Springfield are both relatively close too.
John Welsh said:At 29 seconds there is a cop car. Does it's livery provide any clues to city or county?
Saw that and discounted it, could be from his home district, could just be stock footage he used to fill a gap. He might've intentionally used all the driving footage as a misdirect. Fishing people get weird about protecting their spots.
Mr_Asa said:John Welsh said:At 29 seconds there is a cop car. Does it's livery provide any clues to city or county?
Saw that and discounted it, could be from his home district, could just be stock footage he used to fill a gap. He might've intentionally used all the driving footage as a misdirect. Fishing people get weird about protecting their spots.
That's an IL State Trooper.
I don't know which river they favor, but my SIL and her husband are in the Peoria area and last weekend landed some big catches.
Pete got it.
Lake Springfield.
It has the powerhouse, the funky broken pieces of concrete at the base of the damn, the pipe bridge, and the large chunk of culvert seen at 0:05.
In reply to Toyman! :
Good sleuthing!
In reply to Toyman! :
Specifically Sugar Creek off of East Lake Shore Dr, near Adlai Stevenson Dr
In case anyone else wants to find it.
Fun fact about Lake Springfield: You cannot own a house on the lake. You enter into 99 year lease agreements with the power company (or city?). It works out to you own it, but there is some funny business with it.
I'm not sure that superb fishing is worth it for me to step foot in that town again, but if I do, I'll bring some fishing gear with me.
mtn said:Based on the species of fish (gar, carp, catfish, crappie) and the terrain, it could really be anywhere in Illinois south of I80. Really any tributary of the Mississippi or Ohio, or any of their tributaries, would carry the same fish.
Do you know where in Southern Illinois he is based?
Lolzers. Anything south of Interstate 80 is considered Southern Illinois to anyone from Chicagoland.
Wow I did not expect so much interest and an answer! Thanks guys! I haven't mapped it yet but it's unlikely we'll make a dedicated trip for it but as a long stopover on the way somewhere it might be good.
thanks a ton! I'm excited to show her.
In reply to dculberson :
This is way more fun than a bullE36 M3 argument thread arguing about bullE36 M3.
Appleseed said:In reply to dculberson :
This is way more fun than a bullE36 M3 argument thread arguing about bullE36 M3.
Right?
We should do something like that more often.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
Fishing sucks and people who like fishing suck 
Nailed it.
In reply to thatsnowinnebago :
Hatchback ?
mtn said:Fun fact about Lake Springfield: You cannot own a house on the lake. You enter into 99 year lease agreements with the power company (or city?). It works out to you own it, but there is some funny business with it.
it's the same way on the conowingo in PA/MD. 99 year lease with the power company, you gotta pay cash for the house as no one will lend on them.
Steve_Jones said:mtn said:Fun fact about Lake Springfield: You cannot own a house on the lake. You enter into 99 year lease agreements with the power company (or city?). It works out to you own it, but there is some funny business with it.
it's the same way on the conowingo in PA/MD. 99 year lease with the power company, you gotta pay cash for the house as no one will lend on them.
A big section of Orange County is on land lease from the Irvine company , they seem to be able to buy and sell them without problems.
I can see if getting iffy when you get down to less than 10 years or so left before the lease expires.....
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