Fishing near McHenry, Illinois

Look for McHenry in the McHenry County part of Illinois. The blue on the map begins a little way out of town. Take them in turn: McCullom Lake roughly 2.2 miles to the north-west, Defiance Lake roughly 2.3 miles and Lily Lake roughly 3.0 miles to the east. Take a plummet to Brandenburg Lake, because the depth changes without warning. Flat water is the rule round here. Where the bottom changes, so does the fishing. Whether they freeze depends on the winter. Some winters give nothing at all in the way of a lid. The nearest of them, McCullom Lake, covers about 243 acres. There is a launch at McCullom Lake, so a boat is an option there. The thaw usually comes near late March. County records name bluegill, largemouth bass, green sunfish, pumpkinseed and channel catfish among the fish present. Local anglers in McHenry tend to rotate between these through the season....