Fishing near McKinley Park, Illinois

Cook County, Illinois, is where McKinley Park sits. Roughly 15,612 live in the town itself. Taken from the centre outwards: Humboldt Park some 5.3 miles, South Pond some 6.3 miles to the north, North Pond some 6.9 miles, Lake Ida some 11 miles to the west followed by Hidden Pond Slough some 12 miles. Humboldt Park fishes short: get the depth right and the distance takes care of itself. A cold snap may close them briefly. Edges go first and the middle never sets hard. Almost all of it is lake rather than river. Depth change matters more than ground covered. On climate averages, local water clears around mid March. Cook County records cover common carp, bluegill, green sunfish and gizzard shad. Natural lakes make up most of what is close by. Some of these fill up in holiday weeks. Humboldt Park is the closest thing McKinley Park has to a home water....