Fishing near Mount Prospect, Illinois

Mount Prospect belongs to Cook County, Illinois. The choice is wider than most towns this size get. What sits closest: Big Bend Lake barely 3.3 miles, Beck Lake barely 3.4 miles to the east, Shagbark Lake barely 4.0 miles, Lake Opeka barely 4.2 miles to the south-east with Busse Lake barely 4.7 miles. If the wind is up, Busse Lake gives a sheltered corner on one side or the other. Whether they freeze depends on the winter. Nothing here is dependable in winter. Storage water makes up the bulk of the list. Bars and shallow humps are worth finding before you fish. Closest is Big Bend Lake at around 27 acres of water. Big Bend Lake is the one with a mapped slipway. Ice generally clears near mid March in an average year. Cook County records cover common carp, bluegill, green sunfish, gizzard shad and goldfish. The far end of this list is a proper drive from Mount Prospect....