Lake Shelbyville Illinois Fishing Blog

Fished 8 hrs today and we tried for what ever would bit. 2 jig rigs, crank baits, Rat-L-Traps and Mann-O-Lures were the lures we tried and they all worked. We caught fish from 15 to 1 ft. of water and released most , kept 1 walleye and 16 whites that’s all they wanted to go home with. We found the shallow fish on the wind blown sand and rocky banks and the deep fish were on the sand bars next to the drops.

Fished for whites and had a hard time finding them we caught some small bass 2 nice walleye and 20 whites. We fished from 15 to 3 ft. of water and used the 2 jig rig and spoons .

Fished for whites and found them in 10 to 14 ft. on the sand bars along the channels. We used 1oz Mann-o-lures and 2 jig rigs to catch these fish and kept 37.

Fished 4 hrs 1 to 5 pm for whites found them in 14 to 18 ft. on the sand bars from point 3 south. We use 1 oz Mann-o-lures and the 2 jig rig to catch our fish , we kept 32 and had some nice ones.

Fished a full day and tried for whites, walleye and what ever would bite. We fished with the 2 jig rig , Mann-o-lures and crankbaits. We kept 25 whites, 1 walleye and 1 channel cat. We caught and released a few bass. Found fish deep and shallow on the points and sand bars from point 5 south.

Had 2 half day trips and fished for whites had 52 in the morning and 72 in the afternoon. We found our fish in 8 to 10 foot on the edge of the sand bars from point 3 south. We used the 2 jig rig to catch our fish, some were busting bait on top, but most were caught on the bottom with a stop and go retrieve.

Fished for whites and crappie for 4hrs had 2 keeper crappie and went looking for whites and ran out of time before we found them. They were not on the deep stuff anymore and we checked a lot of sand bars from point 3 south.