SPECIES |
RATING |
BAIT OF CHOICE |
SUGGESTED LOCATIONS |
REGULATIONS |
Largemouth Bass |
Fair |
Black buzz bait, large minnows, spinner baits |
Jackie Branch, Gun Creek, Route 154 |
14” minimum length limit, 6 daily creel limit. 1 fish daily creel limit in PONDS 14” minimum length. |
Crappie
|
Fair
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Minnows, chartreuse tailed jigs, white jigs, pink/green jigs
|
Christmas tree sets, Sailboat Harbor wall, pillars on bridges, reports of crappie being caught in both shallow and deeper water.
|
25 fish daily creel limit with no more than 10 fish 10 inches or longer |
Bluegill
|
Good
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Wax worms, crickets, red wigglers, meal worms |
Cover in shallow coves, outlet channel below the dam |
10 fish daily creel limit in PONDS. North Marcum Pond fishing is for youths 15 years of age and younger. |
Channel Catfish
|
Excellent
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Liver, night crawlers, large shiners, stink bait, shrimp
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Rip-rap areas, sub-impoundment dams, shallow water areas. Being caught on many different varieties of bait. Catfish action occurring closer to shoreline.
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6 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.
Jugs must be attended at all times while fishing. |
White, Striped, Yellow, & Hybrid Striped Bass |
Fair
|
Curly tailed jigs, large minnows |
Striped bass intermittently being caught in the spillway area. |
20 fish creel limit.
No more than 3 fish 17” or longer daily |
Information as of 6/17/2008
Clarity of Lake - Clearing
Lake Level This Week: 409.85
Lake Level Last Week: 409.37
Average pool for this date: 407.10
Average pool for last week: 407.24
Water temp This Week: 80 degrees F
Water temp Last Week: 76 degrees F
Lake Level Records:
Record High level: 413.92 ngvd recorded on May 19, 1995
Record Low level: 402.95 ngvd recorded on Nov. 2, 1974
Note:
Use of a minnow seine, cast net for bait collecting within 1000 yards downstream of the Rend Lake dam and spillway is prohibited. For more details call the Illinois Department of Natural Resouces Region V office at 618-435-8138.
Note: Maps of the Fish Attractor Tree Locations along with GPS readings are available at the Rend Lake Corps of Engineers project office. Contact Oliver Craig for more information at (618) 724-2493
email to: rendinfo@mvs02.usace.army.mil
Website for Corp
http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/rend
State of Illinois Fish Records
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