| Illinois is definitely not known for its excellent walleye | | | | lake to fish, but there are plenty of walleye in Lake |
| fishing. Most anglers that live in Illinois will plan their | | | | Shabbona. Your best bet is to fish mid-week during |
| fishing trip to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Canada or Lake | | | | low light conditions. |
| Erie when they want to fill their coolers with walleye. | | | | The Fox Chain of Lakes is a popular boating and |
| There are some places that you can consistently | | | | fishing destination. The walleye fishing can very good |
| catch walleye and sauger and if you are within a | | | | here in the spring and fall. Summers can be tough |
| short drive to these waters, you can catch some | | | | because the pleasure boaters are all over the lake |
| nice fish for the dinner table. | | | | and they seem to get up earlier and earlier every |
| When most people think of walleye, they typically | | | | summer. It is not uncommon to see someone on a |
| think of fishing lakes and rivers farther to the north, | | | | jet ski at 8 in the morning during the summer. There |
| but in Illinois, it seems like some of the best walleye | | | | are plenty of lakes to fish in this chain and many of |
| waters are to the south. Some of the lakes in the | | | | them produce healthy populations of keeper-size |
| southern part of the state that have plenty of | | | | walleye. |
| walleye in them are Lake Carlton, Clinton Lake, | | | | Another lake up north worth mentioning is Pierce |
| Kinkaid Lake and Evergreen Lake. Head out to the | | | | Lake, which is located in the Rockford area. This lake |
| western Illinois area and you will find Pittsfield City | | | | is stocked regularly making it a good lake to catch |
| Lake, which is probably the best walleye lake in the | | | | some walleye. |
| state for big fish. | | | | As far as the rivers go, experienced anglers can |
| Once you head up north, there are a few lakes to | | | | catch walleye consistently in the Fox river and |
| focus on to go along with a few rivers. Lake | | | | Kankakee river, but they don't even compare to the |
| Shabbona is located a couple of hours west of | | | | walleye and sauger fishing in the Illinois river. Fishing |
| Chicago and it is mostly known for its state record | | | | tournaments get going in the early spring and many |
| muskies. People would talk more about the walleye | | | | tournament boats catch their limit on the Illinois river. |
| fishing if you were allowed to fish after dark on this | | | | There are lots of fish in the 3 to 5 pound range on |
| lake. There are plenty of walleye in the lake with | | | | the Illinois river and if you want to get in on the |
| many trophy-sized fish, but the extremely heavy | | | | action, head out the Starved Rock State Park. |
| fishing pressure here makes it difficult to land more | | | | For more information on the lakes listed above to go |
| than a couple of fish per outing and some anglers | | | | along with some of the other places to fish in Illinois, |
| that fish out here never catch a walleye. It's a tough | | | | take a look at our Illinois fishing page. |