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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

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

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.

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