Lake Michigan
Indiana: LT: Port of Indiana, Michigan City on spoons, body baits. PE: Hole in the wall on minnows. SM, LM: Portage on minnows, crawlers, crankbaits.
Illinois: CN, LT, SH: on spoons, body baits, SM: Commonwealth Edison warm water discharge on minnows, tube jigs.
Kankakee River
Indiana: The point north of English Lake: CR, BG on minnows, crawlers. CH on crawlers. SM on minnows, crankbait. Route 55 area: SM on minnows, jig/twister tail, crankbaits. WA on minnows, jig/twister tails. NP on large minnows.
Illinois: State line to Momence: CR on minnows. SM on minnows. CH on minnows, chicken liver, cheesebait. Kankakee River State Park: RB on crawlers, minnows, fly rod rubber spiders, popping bugs. SM on minnows, crankbaits, jig/twister tails. CH on crawlers, minnows, cheesebait. Wilmington through Island Park: SM on live and imitation crawfish, mepps Nos. 2 and 3 spinners, jig/twister tails. CH on minnows, crawlers, cheesebait.
Trail and Salt Creeks, Little Calumet River
SH, CN, CO: skein, spinners.
Wolf Lake
CR in the Maizo channel on minnows.
Lake George
BG, on redworms, bee moth. CR on minnows. LM on minnows, crawlers.
Cedar Lake
CH on minnows, crawlers, cheesebait.
Flint, Long and Loomis Lakes
CR, LM on minnows. BG, RE on bee moth, wigglers.
Powderhorn Lake
CR on minnows, tipped jigs. LM on minnows, crankbaits.
Fox Chain O' Lakes
WA, WB on jig/minnow. BG on bee moth, worms. LM on minnows, crawlers, crankbaits.
Fox River
SM on jig/minnows, twister tails. BG on bee moth, redworms, crickets.
Illinois River
SA on crankbaits.
NOTE: The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has reported that trout and salmon fingerlings are being released in area tributaries. If you happen to catch any of these, please release the fish immediately.
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.
