Banquets/Fundraisers July 18: Rivers Edge WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Sullivan & Son Auction House & Event Center. For more info call Derrick Nelson, 309-224-2210. July 25: Kaskaskia Valley Son’s O’ Bucks WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Mascoutah Sportsmen’s Club. For more info call Jeff Peck, 618-234-1786. Aug. 8: West Central IL WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Big …
Rock River (Byron-Dixon): Walleyes best early and late with minnows or minnows with a jig head. Channel cats deep around islands and brush with dip baits, chicken liver, crushed minnows, large shiners, and shrimp with a dead hook. Lots of smaller flatheads biting on bluegills and goldfish and even nightcrawlers. Carp good on homemade dough
Mattoon: Crappies slow. Fish have moved back deeper; lower a minnow near submerged brush. Bluegills good. Cast a waxworm or red wiggler near the docks or shallow weedlines. Largemouth bass good. A recent tournament reported that everyone caught fish with 12 pounds being the winning stringer; anglers using plastic, topwater, and spinnerbaits. Channel cats good.
Lake Murphysboro: Channel cats good using cut shad. Bluegills excellent using worms. Crappies good on minnows. Kinkaid Lake: Bluegills good to excellent using waxworms and red wigglers. Coming off spawn. Crappies good using minnows. Channel cats fair to good using cut shad and nightcrawlers. A 43-pounder was caught earlier in the month. Muskies good using
Chain: Panfish action continues to be hot. The shallow portions of the bays seem to be producing quite well also. Find the newer weeds in 8 feet of water or less and the gills will be there, but look for deeper water for the white bass and crappies. The bite changes from day to day
As hunter surveys go, it was short and sweet – a handful of questions designed to gauge reaction to a proposed bag limit for archery deer hunters and whether that bag limit should feature a crooked number or not.
Region I – Captain Laura Petreikis CPO Posateri completed a boat safety inspection with an operator at Johnson Sauk Trail State Recreation Area. The Kewanee man was found to be in violation of having no fishing license, no valid boat registration, no throwable personal flotation device (PFD), no horn or whistle and no fire extinguisher.
ASHLAND AREA Smallmouth bass are starting to move back to shore and can be found in the shallows, mostly at the east end of the bay. They are making beds, though some are still in pre-spawn mode. Most of the smallie fishing is occurring in 1 to 5 feet of water. Walleyes remain active at
LAKE MICHIGAN/METRO AREA LAKES The Lake Michigan perch season will open June 16. In Sheboygan, trollers were catching kings and lake trout on spoons in 30 to 40 feet of water, but not in big numbers. Cohos, lake trout, and browns were caught by shore anglers, mostly on spoons. More alewives were noticed in the
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