Chi-Yak Adventures

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Late post.....2nd week of shore camp wrapped up last week. Liam and Ben were smashing all week. Not as many bigs as week 1, but great numbers of fish everyday. Little vaca break then onto kayak camps in July.

And now......back to your regulary scheduled programming

Just out checking off species this morning!

Week 1 in the books. Kids got on some good fish this past week. If your son or daughter is into fishing, there is still a few spots open for week 2 shore fishing camp.

Exploration day.....all ponds we've never tried. Going pretty decent this morning

Week 1 of camp...2 days in. Kids stacking up some pretty good fish from shore so far this week. Weather's been awesome.....bass and good bluegills at every stop. River day tomorrow.

Holy big bass.....this kid has alot to live up to the rest of the week! Left scale on the bus....but a 21.25in is a giant

Breaking news.....new all time camp PB today.....stay tuned!!

Still a few shore fishing camp spots next week.....sign up and catch a PB bluegill like this dude!

Got some camps starting up next week. Hit us up if you want to get on some fish!

Camp Dates Summer 2023

June:
5-8 Carol Stream Park District (GBN Shore Fishing Camp)
12-15 Carol Stream Park District (GBN Shore Fishing Camp)

July:
10 Carol Stream Park District (Kayak)
12 Carol Stream Park District (Kayak)
14 Carol Stream Park District (Kayak)
17 Bloomingdale Park District
19 Kane County Forest Preserve (Big Rock)
21 St. Charles Park District (Fox River)
25 Kane County Forest Preserve (Grunwald)
27 Bloomingdale Park District
29 St. Charles Park District (Fox River)

August:
4 Kane County Forest Preserve (Oakhurst)

All these dates should be available in the summer programs when they get released.

We will also be adding camps periodically for the next few weeks, including camps at Giant Goose Ranch. Message us with any questions, or inquire about private outings.

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3 Shankdowns for sale other two are spoken for ..

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**Season 3 Sponsor Alert**

Let's welcome Chi-Yak Adventures to the ICASSTT Team.
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Get out on local lakes with a professional kayak fishing instructor from Chi-Yak Adventures. Using water crafts specifically designed for anglers, you're sure to get into secret spots not reachable from shore. Whether you're looking to learn the skills involved in fishing from a watercraft or to pick up a few pointers for improving your angling skills, this is the program for you! Take one, two, or all sessions. We'll provide the pedal kayak, safety equipment, kayaking instruction and all the fishing gear required to get you out on the water safely and catching fish effectively! We require registration at least one week prior to the program and full payment at the time of registration. This program is for youth entering grades 6-12.

YOUTH KAYAK FISHING EXPERIENCE

Thursday, July 7; 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Oakhurst Forest Preserve
1680 Fifth Ave., Aurora
Fee: $99/person

Saturday, July 9; 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Big Rock Forest Preserve
46W072 Jericho Rd., Big Rock
Fee: $99/person

Tuesday, July 19; 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Oakhurst Forest Preserve
1680 Fifth Ave., Aurora
Fee: $99/person

Tuesday, Aug. 2; 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Big Rock Forest Preserve
46W072 Jericho Rd., Big Rock
Fee: $99/person

To register, call 630-444-3190 or email [email protected].

Got busy at the end of the week....didn't get around to posting the final days of camp. Caught some good fish, kids did awesome

Opening day of shore fishing camp.....dodged rain off and on all day, kids powered through and caught some great fish today. Day 2 beatdown about to get underway.

So many things happening....some old stuff, some new. If this weather would break, the fish would be in a much better mood.

**** 2022 RULES CHANGES ****

This is gonna be a long one, so grab a beer and hold on tight.

Many of you have been anxiously waiting for us to drop the 2022 schedule. For those of you that don't know, Illinois instituted a new tournament tax and permit fee for this season, and the delays were because we were waiting for a resolution to a bill in the IL house that aimed to remove these unfair practices. In the end they weren't even able to get enough support to bring it to a vote, so the tournament tax is here to stay.

How does that effect us?

As a small club that is 100% payout, this is definitely a kick in the shorts. GRBY-IL was built around the idea that we wanted to make tournament angling as accessible as possible to beginners and those folks with busy schedules. We had an awesome season last year where over 100 anglers competed and enjoyed the series. Unfortunately, the new IL state policies are going to force us to make some changes to stay compliant with the rules. Dave Brooke and I decided in November when the news was announced that we would not support these measures taken by the state against our anglers, and until recently we thought that they might walk back the new regulations... That didn't happen.

So what are the changes to GRBY-IL?

First, since we will be changing the format we will also be changing the name. Henceforth we will be KPR (Ketch Photo Release). We will continue to post event information here on this page, but we already have a KPR page, so like and follow there. I promise we won't change names or pages again.

The format will be changing to an online regional format. The state will be broken into 5 regions; Northwest, Northeast, East Central, West Central, and Southern divisions. We will still maintain the GRBY style 5 day event window where you pick one day to compete. However due to the new regulations regarding site usage fees (tourney tax) we will no longer be able to specify a single body of water. Therefor, you'll be able to fish any of the IDNR managed waters in your particular region. We are compiling a list which we'll post here later today, but the DNR website has a nice tool to break it down for you here:

https://www.ifishillinois.org/profiles/select_lake.php

Just click on your region and it will show you all the eligible lakes for that area. NO, we will not be allowing additional lakes to be added unless the state adds them to their managed properties. There are over 50 lakes in each of the regions including all of our lakes from last years GBRY-IL events, so we're going to keep it simple for this year and stick to state managed waters.

We will also be doing away with the trail series this year since the events won't be live, but we're tossing around the idea of doing an overall AOY which would be the most points accumulated using your best finish in each region. More details on that to come. If you have some thoughts or ideas on this please drop them in the comments. Ultimately we do this for the anglers, so any solid ideas you guys have will be strongly considered as long as we can stay within the state regs.

We are already setup to run on TourneyX, but that's a backup plan at this point. Because so many of you fish more than one event per month Fishing Chaos is a better fit and Dave and I will be discussing that with their owner this week. Additionally, we are looking into using the TopWater app... which is totally free! Free is always great, but we're waiting to see if they can customize their platform to accommodate our 5 day format. We should have an answer on this by the weeks end.

Dave is busy making the schedule and we'll also have that released by weeks end, but expect something similar to last year with an event running almost every week, but alternating regions weekly.

That's the gist of the changes for this season. We realize it's not the same as last year, and we had no intention of changing the format, but politicians in this corrupt state had other plans. Hopefully the online nature of this format will bring more anglers into the fold and at least make the series more accessible for everyone. If the state drops the tournament tax we will bring back the live events, but for now that looks like a distant possibility.

If you guys have any questions or comments drop them below, and we'll be sure to clarify everything for you.

Thank you guys for your patience! It's going to be a little different this year, but hopefully we'll have another fun season and continue growing this awesome club.

Cheers,

Duke