Fishing Report Highlights For Illinois Lakes And Rivers
Carlyle Lake tailwater offers catfish white bass and sauger with shad gut cat shad and maribou jigs in favor. Cedar Lake crappie bass minnows and jigs productive. Crab Orchard slow due to front with crappie in 6-10 ft and wax worms best for bluegill. Devils Kitchen trout bass drifting night crawlers 3-4 ft. Horseshoe Lake crappie heavy with jig better, brush piles 2-3 ft. Kinkaid Lake crappie deep 15 ft plus muskie trolling. Lake Murphysboro crappie shallow migrating, minnows jigs. Lake of Egypt crappie shallow weed edges two pounds, bass slow. Little Grassy light traffic crappie over 15-20 ft, bass strong at tourney. Mermet Lake stump pads crappie bluegill in same areas, summer pool and 10 hp limit posted. Ohio River Smithland Pool muddy and falling, fishing light. 128-0429 15805
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Carlyle Lake
Cedar Lake
Horseshoe Lake
Kinkaid Lake
Lake
Murphysboro
Lake of Egypt
Mermet Lake
Ohio River
Smithland Pool
Bass tournaments add fee to aid Crab Orchard Lake
Byles Winkler reports three Crab Orchard Lake bass events the Bill Harkins tournament Boy Scout tournament and Midwest Bass Classic will add a ten dollar per team surcharge this year. Organizers hope funds meet stocking and habitat needs while regulators note tougher rules.
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Bill Harkins
SIHFD
Illinois spring trout season opens at 5 a.m. Saturday
The 2002 spring trout season begins at 5 a.m. Saturday with stocking funded by inland trout stamps priced at 6.50, available where licenses are sold. Anglers must hold a valid Illinois fishing license and stamp or a 24 hour license. under 16 or disabled are exempt. Areas include Mount Vernon Game Farm Ferne Clyffe Fort Massac Beall Woods.
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Springfield
Illinois
Dnr
State
Mount Vernon Game Farm
Ferne Clyffe
Fort Massac
Beall Woods State Park
Anna's Lingle Receives Hatchery Award for Co-worker Respect
Wayne Lingle of Anna, a long-time Little Grassy Fish Hatchery fish culturist, earned the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Hatchery Award after 28 years of service. Nominated by colleagues, he recalls a path from summer mowing to modernization driven by on the job training and inventive tools.
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Carbondale
Wayne Lingle
Anna
Little Grassy
Illinois
Wayne
Alan Brandenburg
Forest Service
Lingle
Little Grassy Hatchery
Ashes of Ashes teach shooting clinics at Rend Lake
Husband and wife team Gil and Vicki Ask teach shotgun fundamentals and target shooting with emphasis on comfort for women and lower recoil gear. They host clinics at Rend Lake Shooting Complex with a sold out April session and another in June. They emphasize individual learning, reducing shell use, and applying lessons to hunting and sport shooting.
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Gil
Vicki
Sporting Clays Magazine
Rend Lake
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Crab Orchard Lake
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Southern Illinois Celebration
of National Hunting and Fishing Days Committee
Don Sanders
Harkins
Dwight
Sanders
Wendell Stritzel
Southern Illinois
Chris Bickers
IDNR
NHFD
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Linuar
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Seagram’s V
Keystone Reg
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