Southern Illinois bass anglers – and those from central and northern regions who like to hop on I-57 or Illinois 127 and head south for solid fishing – have patiently waited for Washington County Lake
Illinois DNR biologists are expecting big things at Ramsey Lake in coming years – big bass, to be specific.
“The 2021 and 2022 surveys both collected many bass in the 9- to 14-inch range
The numbers tell a story, with bigger bass being brought to tournament scales. According to DNR’s data on the 54 fishing tournaments held on the lake in 2022, several largemouth bass over the 6-pound mark
An experiment to see how a blacknose and white crappie hybrid species would fare in the somewhat cozy Citizens Lake appears to be going well, according to DNR’s report on the Fall 2022 sampling of
Saugeye fishing on Lake Carlton continues to draw anglers who want to give the species a try.
But as DNR predicted, fishing for the walleye-sauger hybrid “takes some dedication.”
Smallmouth bass isn’t a fish you expect to find among a collection of small lakes.
But Boss Lake in the Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area is going against the grain. DNR’s 2022 survey
For reasons other than pike and gars, Rice Lake attracts curious anglers. It is popular with some anglers for the same reason it is unpopular with others: it is not separated from the Illinois River
A 9.3-pound largemouth bass was caught during a Rend Lake fishing tournament last year, and anyone who thinks it was a fluke need only look at two other bass caught in the lake in 2022.
For a lake of its size, Ramsey does get a good deal of fishing pressure – probably because it is located in the center of relatively small fishing lakes in the central part of the
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