Chain: With the cooler days the bite has moved to a midday time frame. There have been some reports of stained water in most of the lower lakes. Water clarity is poor, and this is
Nerissa McClelland, the recently hired district fisheries biologist covering the Springfield area, is at home.
Carlyle Lake: Crappie action is good below the dam. White bass are biting well below the spillway. Channel cats are good on the lake for anglers drifting or jug fishing with cut bait or leeches.
Lake Bloomington: Bass fishing is best on jigs, chatterbaits, and soft plastics off points with timber and along the weeds in the evenings. Catfish are fair on dipbaits and crawlers. Anglers are catching crappies up
Illinois River: The walleye and sauger bite has dropped off with the recent warmer weather. This shut the bite down and fish are harder to find. Anglers who are catching fish are finding them here
Banquets/Fundraisers Oct. 18: Quail & Upland Game Alliance Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Knights of Columbus, Lincoln. For more info call Willie McDaniel, 309-275-6123. Oct. 18: Logan Co. QUGA Banquet, 5 p.m. For more info call Jerry
Region I A District 1 CPO received a complaint from a state park saying a woman was running around her camper naked and her husband was intoxicated. The CPO arrived and the female subject was
Winter in the northern regions is by far the cruelest few months on the whitetail’s calendar.
The fall season triggers the fish to start to feed up heavily and this means that you are likely to hook into some real trophy fish.
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