Fishing near Galesburg, Illinois

This is Galesburg, an Illinois town in Knox County. The place runs to some 31,273 residents. Near end of the list first: Glenwood Lake about 2.4 miles to the east, Rice Lake about 2.5 miles, Gale Lake about 2.9 miles to the east and Purington Lakes about 3.5 miles. Ice comes and goes from one winter to the next. It is not guaranteed from one year to the next. The list leans heavily on held water. Weed gaps are better than weed edges on a bright day. Glenwood Lake, the closest, runs to roughly 1 acres. Glenwood Lake is the easiest to reach with a car. Ice generally clears near mid March in an average year. Open records for Knox County list johnny darter, largemouth bass, white sucker, slenderhead darter and golden redhorse. Some of these banks are steep, so watch your footing after rain. Rules here are Illinois rules, whatever the water looks like....