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
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
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
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
AMERY AREA Look for sunfish in 5 to 8 feet on Lake Wapogasset, Bear Trap Lake, and Pike Lake, or crappies in 6 to 10 feet on Big Round Lake, Sand Lake, and Bear Trap.
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
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
A good shot of rain late last month had the West Branch of the Ausable flowing high and off color, but it has settled down since then. Both the East and West branches of the
The South Shore fluke season opened to anglers finding fewer fish than in previous years, but instead of catching and releasing a dozen or two shorts before catching a keeper, most fluke were keepers. The
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