Illinois River: The sauger and walleye bite has been really good with recent weather patterns. Fish are being caught vertical jigging jigs with minnows or using a floater jig and lindy rigging minnows have been doing well. Pulling three-way rigs has also started to put some fish in the boats. The white bass can be …
Lake Taylorville: A few catfish have been taken on dough baits. Bluegills excellent on worms. Crappies good to excellent on minnows. Bass have been hitting plastic worms. Coffeen Lake: Bass are good on topwater baits, crankbaits and plastics. Bluegills are fair on wax worms and fairly shallow catfish are good on dip baits, crawlers and cut bait, with some big flatheads
Devils’ Kitchen: Bluegills are still on beds and can be caught on crickets, wax worms and red wigglers. Bass are good on spinners and crankbaits. Most are hanging in structures. Crab Orchard Lake: Catfish action has improved markedly on stinkbaits, leeches and cut shad. Bass are still holding in shallow areas and can be caught on a variety of
Lake Michigan: On the south end it seems that the fish have moved out a bit, and there are some kings as well as good steelhead action on spoons and dodgers and flies. The coho have slowed down on the north end near Waukegan and Northpoint. Reports are that 00 orange dodgers with peanut flies in blue/silver and black/gold
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One of Illinois’ newest public sites may soon be home to the first ATV park on DNR property.
Region I – Capt. Laura Petreikis While patrolling Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Park, CPO Hoogerwerf observed a vehicle parked in the parking lot across from the main shelter building. The same vehicle was reported by park staff as suspicious on a previous day, as it was parked and occupied for over eight hours. A white male
ASHLAND AREA Chequamegon Bay fishing is very productive for trout and salmon trollers. Most anglers continue to use crankbaits. The colder nights dropped water temperatures, keeping fish in shallower water for now. Anglers using the same crankbaits as they are for trout are catching some walleyes in the channel, the slough areas, and along the
DOOR PENINSULA AND ALGOMA/KEWAUNEE AREA Bass fishing is off to a good start and will get better with the forecasted nice weather. There have been good reports coming from the whole Door County Peninsula. The warmest water is to the south, from the Sturgeon Bay Flats down to Little Sturgeon where there is now some bedding starting.
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