Good bluegill lake

[Nick322]

I've been looking for a good bluegill lake in south central Illinois. I mean a lake with legit bluegill, I have been to mississippi and caught their hog headed gills but haven't found any outside of a pond around home lol. I really don't want to travel more than an hour so closer to home the better.


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[wilbur]

You would have a better chance asking for the wining lottery numbers.

[Pool13_Jeff]

Apple Canyon Lake in Jo Daviess County. By far the best bluegill lake in the state. Only problem is you have to be a landowner and pay the dues. Then you have to put up with all the people that are out there that have no business owning a boat. I grew up with the lake, as it was built. One year, I went through 13 pounds of panfish leeches, catching those beasts. Bought my own lot in 2000 and sold it in 2009. Even with the the real estate crash, I made 4x what I paid for it. If I'd have resigned my position from the board of directors and sold it two years prior, I would have made 20x what I paid for it. Oh well, I had decades of great fishing, before I bought my own lot, and almost 10 years of ownership.

[thicks]

Ramsey Lake State Park- lots of eatin sized bluegill, not real big, 5-9 inches. The redear are really nice though up to 11 or 12 inches

Hillsboro City Lakes- Good size and plenty of them, but you'll need a sticker or day pass for your boat, plenty of good bank fishin though.

Lincoln Trail State Park- lots of them, and good size.

[Nick322]

Thanks


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