Chain: The panfish bite is very consistent. Fish small jigs tipped with spikes or waxies under a slip float. Fish the weedbeds and set your depth to just above the weeds. The shallow portions of
Crab Orchard Lake: Crappie action has improved most recently. Most fish are being located in 8-10 feet of water over submerged cover, rip rap or bridge pillars. Minnows and jigs are equally effective. Catfish action
Powerton: Smallmouths fair on crankbaits and tubes. Some smallmouths being taken with little jigs. A few channel catfish are being taken, but they are not big. Asian carp are showing up in increased numbers in
Illinois River: The sauger bite is slow with fish being caught near the tailwaters of dams or on the flats vertical jigging jigs with minnows or pulling “three-way rigs.” The white bass are starting to
Region I A CPO was on patrol in Johnson Sauk Trail State Park. The CPO observed three young men fishing at the site lake. As the men left the area, they left trash at the
If you’re a hunter who buys into estimates put forth by federal scorekeepers, there’s plenty of reason to look at last year’s Illinois duck season and grumble out a good ole “it can’t get any
Banquets/Fundraisers Sept. 21: Loud Thunder WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Milan Community Center. For more info call Tony Petreikis, 309-791-0116. Sept. 21: Cumberland Trail QUGA Banquet, 5 p.m., Vandalia Moose Lodge. For more info call Bill
It was a better year for the smallmouth bass stocking program on Kinkaid Lake after last year produced few fish for the lake.
A buck in Illinois must endure plenty of hardships through the year to survive, and that’s not even counting the upcoming bow season.
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