Petite Lake Fishing in Lake County, Illinois

• Overview

  Within Lake County, Illinois, you have Petite Lake. The setting is mixed forest on every side. With some 196 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 2.7 miles of margin, front to back. Few waters listed in Lake County are bigger. Fox Lake Hills lies 1.7 miles from the water. Lake Villa is 3 miles and Channel Lake 3.2 miles. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Petite Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Lake County names bluegill, common carp, green sunfish, pumpkinseed and largemouth bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Work Petite Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 19°F in January to roughly 71°F in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late March. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late March and starts locking again about mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Petite Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a pier recorded roughly half a mile away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Spring Lake, 0.9 miles out. For Petite Lake in particular, ask before you travel.