Lake Saint Benedict Fishing near Lisle, Illinois

• Overview

  Lake Saint Benedict lies in DuPage County, Illinois. The bank gives way to rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 4 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by DuPage County standards. The closest town, Lisle, is 2.2 miles away. Naperville is the closest city, 2.5 miles away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lake Saint Benedict

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Reported across DuPage County: bluegill, green sunfish and common carp. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lake Saint Benedict the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 74°F; the cold one sits at 22°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in mid March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The water is typically free of ice between mid March and mid December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Lake Saint Benedict follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. A car park sits roughly 150 yards away. Hickory Grove Forest Preserve runs up to the bank here, which usually means extra restrictions. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Four Lakes is 1 mile distant. Nothing here settles the position at Lake Saint Benedict for certain.