NOTE: Whatever ice is still on lakes is slushy, thin and unsafe. It is time to concentrate on open waters once again.

 

Lake Michigan  

CO, BT, SH: Commonweath Edison, BP, and the Mouth of Burns Ditch on jig/squid, spoons, golden roaches. PE: In the river near 92nd and 95th Streets, Navy Pier on minnows, spikes, jigs.    

Kankakee River

Indiana: Point North of English Lake: NP on minnows, Dr. spoons, Johnson silver minnow/pork strip. CH on minnows, cheesebait. Kankakee Fish & Wildlife Area: WA on jig/minnow, jig/crawler, rattlin' rogues. NP on large minnows, spoons.

Illinois: Momence: WA on jig/minnow, rattlin' rogues. Kankakee River State Park: WA on jig/minnow, crankbaits. CR on minnows, jigs. Wilmington: WA on jig/minnow, silver spoon/pork rind, crankbaits. CH on cheesebaits, minnows.

 

Trail and Salt Creeks, Little Calumet River  

SH on shrimp, spawn, crawlers.

 

Wolf Lake

CR in the Maizo Channel on minnows.

 

Three Rivers County Park  

CR on minnows, jigs.

 

Lake George

BG on bee moth.

 

Flint, Long and Loomis Lakes  

BG on bee moth, mousies. CR on minnows.

 

Fox River

WA on jig/minnow, crankbaits.

 

Fox Chain O' Lakes

BG on bee moth. CR on minnows.

 

St. Joseph River, Mich.

SH near Berrien Springs on spawn, 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.