Lake Michigan
Indiana: Amoco, Shipping Canal, Hole in the Wall, Gary Lighthouse, Port of Indiana, Michigan City: CO, BT on spawn, shrimp, golden roaches, spoons, spinners, crankbait, shad raps, dodger flies. Warm Water Discharges: SM on poor boys, minnows. East Chicago Harbor, Hole in the Wall: PE on minnows, crawlers, jigs.
Illinois: Calumet Park, Calumet River, Navy Pier: PE on minnows, jigs. 95th St.; McCormick Place; Burnham, Montrose and Belmont Harbors: BT, CO, SH on shrimp, crawlers, spawn, dodger flies.
Kankakee River
(CH at ditch mouths and bayous throughout river on chicken liver, crawlers, minnows.)
Indiana: Kankakee Fish & Wildlife Area: NP minnows, red/white spoons, spinners. Grand Kankakee Marsh: WA on jig/minnow, rattlin' rogue, johnson spoon/pork rind. LaSalle Fish & Wildlife Area: LM on plastic worms, sliders, spinner baits, minnows.
Illinois: Momence: SM on slab buster spinners, minnows. Aroma Park Area: SM on mepps spinners, countdowns, minnows. Kankakee Dam: WA on jig/minnow, cranbaits. Kankakee River State Park: SM on mepps spinners, keeper hook/fluorescent twister tails. WA on minnows. Wilmington Area: WA on jig/minnow. SM on spinners, minnows.
Little Calumet River
SH on spawn, shrimp, jig/wax worms, spinners, flies.
Salt and Trail Creeks
SH on spawn, shrimp, jig/wax worms, spinners, flies.
Wolf Lake
CR on minnows. WA at night on white mega-baits, minnows.
Lake George
BG on bee moth, red worms. CR on minnows, pinkies. LM on rubber worms, small crankbaits.
Flint, Long and Loomis Lakes
BG on bee moth, crawlers, wigglers. CR on minnows. LM on minnows, crawlers. WA on minnows. BC on crawlers, minnows.
Pine and Stone Lake
CR on minnows, jigs. BG on worms, bee moth.
St. Joseph River
SH on wax worms, spawn, shrimp, spinners.
Fox Chain O' Lakes
CR on fatheads. BG on bee moth, worms.
Area Ponds
LM are becoming more active on rattle traps, spinners baits.
Note: The east branch of the Little Calumet River from U.S. 12 to U.S. 20 in Porter County and Trail Creek from the Franklin Street Bridge to U.S. 35 will both be closed to fishing April 1-June 15 for salmon and trout stocking.
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; redear, RE; rock bass, RB; sauger, SA; sheephead, SP; smallmouth bass, SM; smelt, SL; steelhead, SH; striper, 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.; Lake George Bait & Tackle, Hobart; and Country Bait Shop, Valparaiso.
