Lake Profile

Heidecke Lake opened for the 2024 season on April 1 with a particular memory from 2023 occupying a certain corner of every angler’s brain.
An April 3, a DNR social media post may have

The coveted but common 6-pound bass in Lake of Egypt had downsized in recent years, with anglers pulling in more 4- and 5-pound largemouths than those nearing the magical 7-pound mark on the scale.

Is there competition among Braidwood Lake’s coveted catfish population?
The lake opened for the 2024 season on March 1, so maybe the first topic to note in wake of DNR’s 2023 fall sampling is

Bass anglers who frequent Du Quoin City Lake will have to navigate new regulations this spring.
Following a sampling of the lake this past fall, DNR announced, “Given that largemouth bass abundance is relatively

The Illinois DNR mostly has scaled back on the stocking of northern pike, but Wolf Lake’s status as a solid pike lake makes it an exception.
In 2023, biologists stocked 964 northerns in Wolf

A lot of attention has been paid to the largemouth bass and muskie populations in Lake McMaster, but it appears walleyes deserve the spotlight – even if briefly.
During DNR’s most recent survey of

There’s a new kid on the block, so to speak, that many Lake Sule anglers will likely get to meet very soon.
If they haven’t hooked one already. Saugeyes were initially stocked in the

Walleyes appear to be stealing some of the spotlight away from bass and muskies at Shabbona Lake, a 318-acre lake in DeKalb County.

The exciting thing about fishing the tranquil Beaver Dam Lake in wintertime is the possibility of hooking one of the rainbow trout that were stocked for the fall season.
But don’t call them “leftovers.”