Fishing near DeKalb, Illinois

The DeKalb County town of DeKalb sits in Illinois. Some 43,211 people call it home. The near choices are: East Lagoon at 0.6 miles to the west, Lorusso Lagoon at 1.6 miles, Shabbona Lake at 14 miles to the south-west then Spring Lake at 16 miles. The bank at East Lagoon steepens fast, so mind your footing after rain. Most of these sit behind a wall. Old channels under the surface carry fish about. A cold snap may close them briefly. In milder years there is nothing to walk on at all. East Lagoon is the near option, about 6 acres in size. Parking is recorded at East Lagoon. Break-up on local water lands around late March. Open records for DeKalb County list johnny darter, bluegill, orangethroat darter, green sunfish and fantail darter. Some of these are open to anyone; others are not. Anything you fish here counts as DeKalb County water, so read the county rules first....