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Rend Lake, IL
Reservoir spanning Franklin/Jefferson counties, Illinois. An 18,900-acre USACE reservoir on the Big Muddy River in southern Illinois near Benton. Famous for crappie (both white and black) and a productive largemouth bass, white bass, bluegill, and channel/blue catfish fishery. Shallow, fertile and stained, with abundant standing timber and brush piles that hold crappie spring through fall.
Overall bite score
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What swims here
9 tracked species in Rend Lake, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
USACE reservoir; no in-lake temp gauge. USGS 05597000 (Big Muddy River near Plumfield) is a live downstream flow proxy; lake temp uses the seasonal baseline. Special regs: largemouth 14 in min; crappie 25/day with no more than 10 fish >=10 in. Ramps: Rend Lake Marina, Sandusky Creek, North/South Sandusky, Gun Creek, Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park.
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