Grandwood Lake Fishing in Lake County, Illinois

• Overview

  You will find Grandwood Lake in Lake County, Illinois. The ground round it is lake country bush. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lake County list. Grandwood Park sits 0.4 miles from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Elgin, 29 miles distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Grandwood Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Lake County: bluegill, common carp, green sunfish, pumpkinseed and largemouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Grandwood Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 71°F and January near 20°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late March. Open water usually runs from late March until about mid December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That is the shape of the year on Grandwood Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. The car has to stay half a mile away, which shapes how much tackle you bring. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Druce Lake, 1.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Grandwood Lake for certain.