Lake Shelbyville Illinois Fishing Blog

Fished south of point 3 today for walleye. Ended up with 4 keeprs, one that was 7lb 5 oz. Threw and trolled crankbaits in 5-12 feet of water. The 7+ pounder was caught trolling over a steep break off a point. This is the biggest walleye I have ever caught, and I’ve been to Canada many times. Another boat was trolling the same point with me and they ended up with 4 walleye. I saw one they caught that had to be at least 4 pounds. I’m doing nothing but walleye fishing for the month of June. I believe the last time the lake flooded was back in 2002. The following year produced good numbers of walleye. With last year’s flood, and this year’s flood, I think fishing for all species will be good for years to come. They are hard to find in the flooded water, but in my opinion, these floods are a good thing. This fall will be unbelievable for crappie. I caught limits in less than 1 hour in October and November last year, with several fish over 12 inches. I think we could see fish in the 13-14 inch range this fall. I had a few last fall that were 13 inch black crappie. They had some serious sholders.

Fred

Due to the recent heavy rain, the lake is rising fast. With the forecast of more rain, who knows how high we will get here. It is time to exercise extreme caution while traveling the high water. When the water rises this fast there is a lot of floating debris that you sometimes do not see until you are on top of it. Keep your eyes open and be aware of this in the next week or as long as we are getting these spring rains in Shelbyville and the surrounding area’s. What is really nice (a good thing) about the heavy rain and rising water is the catfish go nuts in the mouths of the creeks where the running water meets the calm water….