Lake Michigan
NOTE: There is a perch explosion on the southern shores of the lake -- monster schools and monster sizes
PE: From Calumet Harbor to the Port of Indiana on minnows, crappie rigs, jigs. LT: Port of Indiana over the reef on dodgers/spin-n-glows in clown colors, bodybaits. BT: around warm-water discharges on golden roaches, spoons, crankbaits. SH: Michigan City Pier on shrimp, spawn, tipped jigs, spinners, spoons.
Kankakee River
Indiana: The point north of English Lake: SM on spinners, jig/plastics, minnows. Route 55 area: NP on jig/minnow, dardevle spoons. CR on pinkie jigs, beetle spins, minnows.
Illinois: Momence: WA jointed plugs, jig/minnow. SM on spinners, minnows, imitation crawfish. Kankakee: SM on jig/plastics, jig/minnow. Kankakee River State Park: SM on wtd. keeper hook/double twister tail, minnows, mepps No. 3 spinners. WA on jig/minnow, jig/crawler, rattlin' rogue. Wilmington: SM on minnows, crankbaits. WA on jig/golden roaches, spinners, jointed plugs.
Trail and Salt Creeks, Little Calumet River
SH: on spawn, shrimp, tipped jigs, spinners.
Wolf Lake
CR in the Maizo channel on minnows, jigs.
Flint, Long and Loomis Lakes
BG on bee moth, wigglers. CR on minnows. NP on large minnows. LM on minnows, crawlers.
Potato Creek
BG, RE on bee moth, redworms. CR, LM on minnows, crawlers.
Powderhorn Lake
CR on minnows. BG on bee moth, redworms. LM on minnows, crawlers,
Fox Chain O' Lakes
BG on bee moth. CR on minnows, jigs. LM, SM on jig/minnow, jig/crawler minnows.
Fox River
SM, WA on jig/minnow, spinners. CH on minnows, crawlers, cheesebait, chicken liver.
St. Joseph River
(MI): SH on spawn, crawlers, shrimp, spinners.
Legend: bluegill, BG; blue catfish, BC; brown trout, BT; bullhead, BH; carp, CA; channel catfish, CH; chinook (kings), CN; coho, CO; crappie, CR; dogfish, DG; drum, DR; flathead catfish, FC; hybrid white bass, HYB; lake trout, LT; largemouth bass, LM; muskie, MU; northern pike, NP; panfish, PN; perch, PE; rainbow trout, RT; redear, RE; rock bass, RB; sauger, SA; sheephead, SP; smallmouth bass, SM; smelt, SL; steelhead, SH; striped bass, ST; sunfish, SU; tiger muskie, TM; walleye, WA; white bass, WB; whitefish, WF; yellow bass, YB.
Updates contributed in part by Mik Lurch Fishing Tackle Outlet, Hammond; the Sportsman's Letter, Kankakee, Ill.; and Country Bait Shop, Valparaiso.
