Lake Michigan
Indiana: SH: Port of Indiana, Michigan City on shrimp, spawn, spinners. CN: East Chicago and Hammond Marinas on spoons, spawn. PE: Hole in the wall on minnows.
Illinois: SH: Montrose Harbor on spawn, crawlers, shrimp, spinners. PE: 95th St. on minnows, crawlers.
Kankakee River
Indiana: The Point north of English Lake: NP big minnows, #5 mepps spinners, dr. spoons, dardevles. CH on minnows, crawlers, cheese bait. CR on minnows, crawlers, pinkie jigs. WA on jig/minnows, rattlin' rogues. Dunn's Bridge: CR on pinkie jigs, crawlers, minnows. BG on redworms, #1 slab buster spinners, rubber spiders. Route 55 through Route 41: NP on minnows, dr. spoons, #5 mepps spinners. CR on small beetle spins, pinkie jigs, minnows.
Illinois: Momence: SM on minnows, chug bugs, spinners. Aroma Park: SM on surface baits, rattlin' rogues, jointed countdowns. Kankakee Dam: WA on minnows, rattlin' rogues, jointed countdowns, jig/crawler. RB on spinners, minnows, crawlers. Kankakee River State Park: #2 mepps spinners, minnows, chug bugs, tiny torpedoes, fly rod streamers, imitation crawfish. Wilmington Island Park: WA on jig/minnow, countdowns. SM on minnows, chug bugs, crankbaits.
Trail and Salt Creeks
SH on spawn, shrimp, spoons, spinners. CO, CN on spinners, spawn.
Little Calumet and St. Joe Rivers
SH on spawn, shrimp, spinners.
Wolf Lake
WA on white mega-baits, leeches. CR in Maizo channel on minnows, jigs. LM on minnows, leeches.
Lake George
CR on minnows. BG on bee moth. CH on worms, minnows. LM on spinners, minnows.
Flint, Long and Loomis Lakes
CR on minnows, jigs. BG on bee moth, wigglers. LM on minnows, rubber worms, weed walkers. WA, NP on minnows.
Fox Chain O' Lakes
WA, WB on jig/minnows, jig/crawler, twister tails. CR on minnows, pinkie jigs. NP on minnows, dardevles. CH on minnows, worms, cheese bait.
Fox River
SM on minnows, crankbaits. WA on jig/minnow, crawlers.
Illinois River
CH on minnows, cheese bait, crawlers. SA, WB on jig/minnow, jig/crawlers. DR on minnows, crawlers.
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; 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.; Lake George Bait & Tackle, Hobart; and Country Bait Shop, Valparaiso.
