
Illinois Fishing Report – March 13, 2020
According to reports, catfish are taking an early lead in the spring bite across the state.

According to reports, catfish are taking an early lead in the spring bite across the state.

While the walleye can be difficult to locate, largemouths can be found in their customary hangouts, notably in the weedy southern end of the waterbody.

If you can get to the fish, reports indicate angler success at fisheries across the state.

While the number of people venturing out continues to drop as we head toward the end of the ice-fishing season, panfish and crappie reports aren’t bad and there was a definite slide into shallower water

These fisheries have not seen this many consecutive years of below-average sauger abundance estimates since initiating these surveys in 1980. In addition, there was a significant decline in sauger abundance from 1998 through 2019 of

The 750-acre 11th Crow Wing has a reputation for not only producing good numbers of walleyes and bass, but also plenty of quality fish. Both tend to get the attention of local anglers.

“Unsafe ice” is the theme across a good part of the state, particularly on southern fisheries.

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Ice fishing has ended in southern Michigan and anglers are starting to hit the open water. In the northern two-thirds of the state, winter is hanging on and ice fishing continues. Walleyes, pike and panfish
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