We lived on the far east side of Belleville just off of route 15. I launched at Fayetteville some, but most of the time I went down to the marina at New Athens. Most of the time I would run north toward Fayetteville, though the last year we were up there I caught the most fish just south of the bridge by the marina. I also did some fishing down by Baldwin. I loved that river, except when the morons in ski boats showed up during the summer. Caught a lot of fish out of the Kaskaskia. Now that I am down here in Kentucky the only thing I miss is that river.
Chris