Lundy Lake Fishing in Carroll County, Illinois

• Overview

  Lundy Lake is listed under Carroll County, Illinois. Elevation runs to 587 feet. This is a pocket water of some 14 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Carroll County list. Savanna sits 6.6 miles from the bank. For a city, Davenport is 48 miles off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lundy Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Carroll County records list common carp, bluegill, orangespotted sunfish and johnny darter among the fish reported. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Read Lundy Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 18°F to 73°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late March. In an average year the thaw lands around late March and the freeze near mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That shapes the year on Lundy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Horseshoe Lake is 0.8 miles distant. Ask locally about Lundy Lake if anything is unclear.