Lake Profile

It’s been described as “remote” and “difficult to access.”
Illinois DNR only occasionally samples the body of water bulging out of the Des Plaines River not coincidentally called Des Plaines Lake. If you can

The fall 2023 survey of Du Quoin City Lake turned some heads – specifically the heads of anglers hoping to see an improved catfish population in the southern Illinois water.

The 6-pound bass has reappeared at Glenn Shoals Lake.
Those who didn’t know such a fish ever existed – or those who never realize it had disappeared – may not take note. So let’s

A pair of fishermen wandering about in the wetlands just outside of Banner were among witnesses to a rare site almost four years ago.
In April 2020, just as the COVID pandemic was taking

DNR points out in its most recent report on Wolf Lake that “electrofishing is not a standard method to evaluate northern pike populations.”
But from an angler’s perspective, that line of the report should

Saugeyes and muskies appear to be doing quite well in what some consider to be the “cozy” Lake Carlton.
Actually, except for a few pauses in the crappie and largemouth bass populations, all fish

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