Fishing near Algonquin, Illinois

Find Algonquin in Illinois, inside McHenry County. Some 30,571 people call it home. On the doorstep and beyond: 1.1 miles out stands Lake Braewood to the south-west, 2.0 miles out stands Lake in the Hills, 3.5 miles out stands Vulcan Lakes to the north, 4.2 miles out stands Mud Lake then 4.5 miles out stands Tara Lake to the south. What you get here is lake fishing. Cast to cover rather than to open water. It caps in a hard winter only. Edges go first and the middle never sets hard. The nearest of them, Lake Braewood, covers about 2 acres. There is a car park at Lake Braewood, according to mapping. Break-up on local water lands around late March. Open records for McHenry County list bluegill, largemouth bass and green sunfish. Watch the name: more than one water nearby answers to it. The run from Algonquin to Lake Braewood is the shortest of them all....