Carlyle, Illinois

Dam West Spillway in Carlyle, IL

It turned out to be a nice day to fish weather-wise for December.

I gave up fishing here snugged my bait on logs and rocks all day

🚨EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING🚨 I was exhausted and havin' a hoot, and got pretty careless with the language in all of my gar-wrastlin' videos. My apologies 😅😇 Been a busy lad! Took a crack at Carlyle spillway before a road trip; the white bass didn't get my text, but a LOAD of gar (and unfortunately a bunch of Asian carp) got the memo! Hammered the gar, removed a few invasive asian carp, fell in the spillway and ripped up my hand a little bit, it was a blast 🙏🎣 PSA to folks fishing out here; the carp-like fish with the all-black eyes are buffalo! Please stop killing them, they belong here and they're good for the ecosystem 🙏💔