Lots of stuff, because it ought to in the course of May, goes for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report for Chicago fishing. Yes, the lilacs are blooming huge time, particularly south. I took the picture above this morning. That’s one among nature’s indicators for a lot of fishing to go. BTW, in one other signal for spring fishing, full moon is Saturday. The condensed Midwest Fishing Report seems Wednesdays on the outside web page of the Sun-Times newspaper. The sprawling raw-file report is posted right here on-line on the Sun-Times open air web page. HENNEPIN-HOPPER OPENER Fishing reopens Wednesday, May 15, at Dixon Waterfowl Refuge at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes and runs by means of Labor Day,