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Illinois Fishing Reports
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** Last Update was made on 6 - 20 - 08 ***
ILLINOIS FISHING REPORTS - LICENSES - REGULATIONS
ARGYLE LAKE - Bluegill: fair-good but small on wax worms or nightcrawler pieces
Crappie: slow on minnows
Channel catfish: good on dip baits and nightcrawlers
Largemouth bass: fair on plastics and spinnerbaits
Redear: fair on wax worms
CARLYLE LAKE - Bluegill: good using wax worms & meal worms
Crappie: excellent using minnows more than tube jigs. In the coves around 16" deep. In the lake
around 3 to 4 feet deep.
Channel catfish: good using night crawlers, crickets, minnows & shad gut. Starting to move into the
banks for spawning.
Largemouth bass: good using spinners & crank around the Peppenhorst Branch
Walleye/Saugeye: fair using minnows, curly-tail jigs & spinners being caught in the spillway
White Bass: good using Panther Martin spinners, rooster tails & curly tail jigs
FOX CHAIN OF LAKES - Channel catfish: good using leeches by boat at the south end of lake
Catherine and averaging 3 pounds
Crappie: crappie are spotty by boat fishing at the North river and averaging 10-12 inches in length.
Northern Pike: fair using spinner baits by boat and averaging 28-30 inches
Walleye: fair using small jigs by boat and are averaging 19 inches in length
MATTOON LAKE - Bluegill: Excellent; wax worms are producing in the shallower water off rocks
Largemouth bass: Good; Early morning hours best; tournament fishermen are catching the limits
Crappie: Fair; Cast jigs and minnows in deeper water, approximately 8 to 10 feet near brush or
structure
Catfish: Fair to Good; Fish are close to the spawn; liver, stink bait, shad, shrimp and cheese bait
will get a bite anywhere - deep, shallow, or drifting
REND LAKE - Crappie: good using minnows & anything chartreuse color around the rocks spawning
Largemouth Bass: Fair
SHELBYVILLE LAKE - Crappie: Good; An angler reported catching 17 fish near the shorelines; 11
still had solid eggs. Fish the shallows around 4 to 6 feet deep - less than 8 feet deep
Bluegill: Good; Place wax worms under a bobber on the bottom of shallower water
Largemouth bass: Good; Head up the creeks, fish the back of the coves, pockets, and small points;
Cast rattle traps and white spinner baits into the coves
White Bass: Good; Shad and twister tails are getting bites in shallow water off the flats. FISH:.
Catfish ... Good; Fish are very active and several are being taken with crappie jigs
SPRINGFIELD LAKE - Bluegill: fair to good using wax worms & crickets
Crappie: spotty to fair using jig/minnows around deeper brush early
Catfish: fair to good using crawlers, dip baits & drifted shad out from creeks
Largemouth bass: fair to good using plastics, topwater & crankbaits around timber or rocks
Walleye: spotty
White bass: fair to good using jigs & small crankbaits off flats and near bridge early or late
Report by: IDNR
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ILLINOIS FISHING REPORTS - LICENSES - REGULATIONS
ARGYLE LAKE - Bluegill: fair-good but small on wax worms or nightcrawler pieces
Crappie: slow on minnows
Channel catfish: good on dip baits and nightcrawlers
Largemouth bass: fair on plastics and spinnerbaits
Redear: fair on wax worms
CARLYLE LAKE - Bluegill: good using wax worms & meal worms
Crappie: excellent using minnows more than tube jigs. In the coves around 16" deep. In the lake
around 3 to 4 feet deep.
Channel catfish: good using night crawlers, crickets, minnows & shad gut. Starting to move into the
banks for spawning.
Largemouth bass: good using spinners & crank around the Peppenhorst Branch
Walleye/Saugeye: fair using minnows, curly-tail jigs & spinners being caught in the spillway
White Bass: good using Panther Martin spinners, rooster tails & curly tail jigs
FOX CHAIN OF LAKES - Channel catfish: good using leeches by boat at the south end of lake
Catherine and averaging 3 pounds
Crappie: crappie are spotty by boat fishing at the North river and averaging 10-12 inches in length.
Northern Pike: fair using spinner baits by boat and averaging 28-30 inches
Walleye: fair using small jigs by boat and are averaging 19 inches in length
MATTOON LAKE - Bluegill: Excellent; wax worms are producing in the shallower water off rocks
Largemouth bass: Good; Early morning hours best; tournament fishermen are catching the limits
Crappie: Fair; Cast jigs and minnows in deeper water, approximately 8 to 10 feet near brush or
structure
Catfish: Fair to Good; Fish are close to the spawn; liver, stink bait, shad, shrimp and cheese bait
will get a bite anywhere - deep, shallow, or drifting
REND LAKE - Crappie: good using minnows & anything chartreuse color around the rocks spawning
Largemouth Bass: Fair
SHELBYVILLE LAKE - Crappie: Good; An angler reported catching 17 fish near the shorelines; 11
still had solid eggs. Fish the shallows around 4 to 6 feet deep - less than 8 feet deep
Bluegill: Good; Place wax worms under a bobber on the bottom of shallower water
Largemouth bass: Good; Head up the creeks, fish the back of the coves, pockets, and small points;
Cast rattle traps and white spinner baits into the coves
White Bass: Good; Shad and twister tails are getting bites in shallow water off the flats. FISH:.
Catfish ... Good; Fish are very active and several are being taken with crappie jigs
SPRINGFIELD LAKE - Bluegill: fair to good using wax worms & crickets
Crappie: spotty to fair using jig/minnows around deeper brush early
Catfish: fair to good using crawlers, dip baits & drifted shad out from creeks
Largemouth bass: fair to good using plastics, topwater & crankbaits around timber or rocks
Walleye: spotty
White bass: fair to good using jigs & small crankbaits off flats and near bridge early or late
Report by: IDNR
If your in the area, stop by and visit our new store:
BOBBERSTOP TACKLE SHOP
1227 MILWAUKEE AVE.
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WI. 53172
