Fishing near Machesney Park, Illinois

Find Machesney Park in Illinois, inside Winnebago County. No water sits inside the town line, so every trip means a short drive. The near ones first: Windsor Lake out at 1.4 miles to the south, Pierce Lake out at 3.0 miles and Levings Lake out at 7.7 miles to the south-west. On County Lake the margins hold more than the middle, so start tight and stay tight. What you get here is lake fishing. Weed gaps are better than weed edges on a bright day. Whether a lid forms depends on the year. In milder years there is nothing to walk on at all. Closest is Windsor Lake at around 31 acres of water. There is a car park at Windsor Lake, according to mapping. The thaw usually comes near late March. County records name bluegill, smallmouth bass, johnny darter, common carp and green sunfish among the fish present. Local anglers in Machesney Park tend to rotate between these through the season....