Fishing near Danville, Illinois

Danville sits in Vermilion County, Illinois. Around 32,108 people are based here. Working outwards: Lake Vermilion 3.7 miles off, Westville Lake 4.8 miles off to the south, Long Pond 5.7 miles off with Inland Sea 6.0 miles off to the west. Inland Sea sits low and warms quickly, so it comes on early in the year. Most of these sit behind a wall. The mouth of any feeder is worth an hour. Some winters cap these and some do not. Plan the winter round open water instead. Lake Vermilion, the closest, runs to roughly 793 acres. There is a car park at Lake Vermilion, according to mapping. On climate averages, local water clears around mid March. Vermilion County records cover greenside darter, rainbow darter and longear sunfish. All of it sits in the one county, so the rules hold throughout. Anything you fish here counts as Vermilion County water, so read the county rules first....