Lake Shelbyville Illinois Fishing Blog

I had 2 half day trips today and fished for whites, it was a slow morning with only 21 that we kept. In the after noon it was a little better and thanks to Barb we had 41 to clean. She found us a nice school of big fish in 18ft. of water in the point 3 area.

Barb and I went out for 2 hrs. just to stay up on the whites. There a little harder to find then they were, but we seen lots of them busting shad on the surface and caught them on 2 jig rigs on top and spoons on the bottom.

I had 2 half day trips today and kept 97 white bass and one 17in. walleye. We caught our fish on 1oz. man-o-lures in 7 to 18 ft. of water on the flats north of the Findlay bridge.

Sorry we didn’t have a chance to fish today.

Barb and I fished bass today with I.T.T . We caught 7 keepers and our biggest 5 weighed 11.06 lbs. to get us 13th. place. We caught our fish on worms and jigs 10 to 20 ft. deep on main lake points.The winners had 5 at 15 lbs.

We fished for bass an hour and a half caught 3 keepers on jig and worm 8 to 15 ft. on points.

Barb and I fished for bass from 1 to 7pm today and caught 5 keepers the biggest about 4lbs. We fished worms , jigs and crankbaits on points 2 to 25ft. deep. Covered a lot of water from the dam to the findlay bridge.

I had 2 clients today for a full day of white bass fishing. We fished the flats north of findlay bridge 10 to 15 ft. of water with 1 oz. spoons and the 2 jig rig. For more then 5 hrs we had 2 or 3 acres of whites busting 4in. shad on the surface and caught them on top and on the bottom.They moved around a lot, but the sea gulls kept us on them. Didn’t clean any so I don’t have a count, but we could have filled some buckets. Barb and I fished for bass 5 to 7pm. and only caught one short one.

Barb and I fished for bass this afternoon and caught 14 keepers biggest was 9lbs. They were all caught on hulla -poppers trolled about 40mph……………OK, I just hate boring stories, but the truth is we only had 1 short fish for our time in the hot sun and no wind.

I had a half day with 2 clients and fished for white bass form point 3 north wth 1oz. spoons and two jig rigs. Found our fish on sand bars from 8 to 22 ft. deep. We caught lots and keep 53. Barb and I fished in the after noon for bass and had 3 nice keepers that we released. Caught 2 on texas rig worms and one on deep diving crank bait off main lake points in 8 to 20ft. of water.

Barb and I fished for bass about 3 hrs. on main lake points with jig and worm. Barb had a 3 lb. on a worm and I missed the only two bits I got on a jig.