Meyers Lake in Tazewell County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Tazewell County in Illinois is where Meyers Lake sits. Around the bank it is rolling bush. Roughly 99 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 1.7 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It is among the larger waters listed here for Tazewell County. Nearest place of any size is Pekin, 1.4 miles away. The big place round here is Peoria, 9.9 miles distant. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Meyers Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Tazewell County cover common carp, white perch and goldfish. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Work Meyers Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 76°F and January at 23°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid March. Break-up near mid March, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. At Meyers Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Recorded parking is half a mile off, far enough to travel light. There is a recorded fishing site some 0.9 miles from here. Mapping shows a picnic spot within 0.9 miles. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Sunset Hills Golf Course Lake, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Meyers Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.