Fishing near South Lawndale, Illinois

South Lawndale stands in Cook County, out in Illinois. Some 73,826 people call it home. First the close ones: 4.3 miles away is Humboldt Park to the north, 6.5 miles away is South Pond, 9.3 miles away is Lake Marion to the south plus 10 miles away is Schiller Pond. Schiller Pond is the one to try when the water elsewhere is coloured. Nearly every water here is still. The mouth of any feeder is worth an hour. Freezing happens, but not to a schedule. None of it should ever be assumed safe. Water round here typically opens up around mid March. Open records for Cook County list common carp, bluegill, green sunfish, gizzard shad and goldfish. The nearby water is mainly natural, with soft margins and weed. Where a water sits on a boundary, both sets of rules can apply. Within a short drive the count rises quickly. Humboldt Park is the closest thing South Lawndale has to a home water....