Bright moon and an empty sky tonight, with light air out of the W and pressure easing off. On Lake Louise, work sheltered bays and points first. The strongest window runs from night into morning. Stay mobile and follow the activity. Shortening days concentrate the feeding into fewer hours.
The bites are excellent now
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Lake Louise is one of the Fulton County listings for Illinois. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. The water measures roughly 7 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by Fulton County standards. 4.3 miles away sits Cuba, the nearest town. Canton is 5.2 miles away, with Lewistown at 9.8 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.
No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Records held for Fulton County cover common carp, goldfish, white perch, bluegill and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Lake Louise as a water to read rather than to cover.
Climate records put July near 75°F and January near 23°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid March. From about mid March to around late December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan around that when you fish Lake Louise.
We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Long Lake at 0.4 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lake Louise may have changed since it was mapped.
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The bites are excellent now
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| 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8 | 7.4 | 9 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30.15 | 30.14 | 30.13 | 30.12 | 30.09 | 30.08 | 30.07 | 30.08 | 30.1 | 30.11 | 30.09 | 30.08 | 30.06 | 30.04 | 30.04 | 30.04 | 30.04 | 30.05 | 30.07 | 30.09 | 30.1 | 30.11 | 30.13 | 30.13 |
| 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 89 | 80 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 59 | 70 | 76 | 81 | 84 | 87 | 89 | 91 |
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