Fishing near Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park sits in Cook County, Illinois. About 25,379 people live here. By distance from the centre: Schiller Pond out at 4.0 miles to the north, Stonewort Pond out at 5.7 miles, Riverbend Pond out at 5.8 miles to the west, Peterson Lake out at 6.8 miles and Axehead Lake out at 7.5 miles to the north. On Peterson Lake the old creek line under the surface is the feature to find. The mix of water types here is unusually wide. Quiet corners repay the extra walk in. Ice comes and goes from one winter to the next. Even in a cold year it comes and goes. The first on the list, Schiller Pond, measures about 6 acres. Schiller Pond is the easiest to reach with a car. On climate averages, local water clears around mid March. Cook County records cover common carp, bluegill, green sunfish, gizzard shad and goldfish. Schiller Pond is the one most people from Melrose Park fish first....