REND LAKE FISHING REPORT
Jun 07, 2018
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Phone (618) 724-2493
Fax (618) 724-4089
e-mail : rendinfo@usace.army.mil
Web site http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/rend
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MAIN LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES

SPECIES RATING BAIT OF CHOICE SUGGESTED LOCATIONS REGULATIONS

LARGEMOUTH BASS
Good Minnows, spinner baits, worms, and black and blue jigs, soft plastics. Reports of fish being caught around Jackie Branch, Sandusky Cove, and below the dam. Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. Fish around bridges and along the rocks. 14” minimum length limit, 6 daily creel limit.
1 fish daily creel limit in PONDS 14” minimum length.

CRAPPIE

Excellent Small & medium minnows on Slip-Corks (1-3 ft. deep). Meal worms, Quarter-ounce pink and white tub jigs.
Still Shallow! (2-5 ft.) Fish attractors! From shore, fish near structures, hot spots are Jackie Branch, Sandusky (Lay-downs), Sailboat Harbor, North and South Marcum (in the Buck Brush), and Ina Boat Ramp. Set your hook about half of water depth. Bigger fish are staying tight to cover. 25 fish daily creel limit with no more than 10 fish 10 inches or longer

BLUEGILL

Good Small jigs, worms, meal worms, wax worms, crickets. From shore try Sailboat Harbor and Mine 21 Road. Fish shallow with crickets, worms or small jigs. Set bait at half of water depth. Fish in the back of necks and on flat shallow banks and on the rocks. 10 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.

CHANNEL
CATFISH

Excellent Large minnows, leeches, cut shad, shrimp, dip bait, night crawlers, and Sonny’s stink bait. Try leeches in moving water. Drift fish the flats. Set line 3-4’ from the shore over rocks and in shallow bays. Waltonville Dam, and N Sandusky day-use area. 10-1 feet depth. Creeks doing well. 6 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.
Jugs must be attended at all times while fishing.

WHITE BASS
Fair In-line spinners, jig and curly tail grubs. Reports of fish being caught around the 154 bridges. Fish around along the rocks and drop-offs. Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. 20 fish creel limit.
No more than 3 fish 17” or longer daily

Information as of: 06/07/2018
LAKE LEVEL: 407.76 AVERAGE POOL FOR THIS DATE: 408.09 WATER TEMP: 78.1°F
Use of a minnow seine, cast net, or shad scoop for bait collecting within 1000 yards downstream of the Rend Lake dam and spillway is prohibited.
Maps of the Fish Attractor tree locations along with GPS locations are available at the Rend Lake Corps of Engineers Project Office or online at www.enjoyrend.com. Contact Mark Cazier for more information at (618) 724-2493.

The organization that manages everything from football and volleyball to bass fishing and scholastic bowl at Illinois’ high schools could soon add video games to its list.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

HARRISBURG, Ill.  —  Thirty-two boats roared out of the Golconda Marina on the Ohio River Saturday morning, June 2, to compete in the annual Rodney J. Brenner Memorial Buddy Bass Tournament sponsored by the Southeastern Illinois College Foundation. The 64 anglers headed for their favorite fishing holes in hopes of catching enough large-mouth bass to win the event’s $1,603.80 first place prize money.

At the end of the day, 12 anglers received $3,894 in total prize money. Jody Betz of Stonefort and BJ Betz of Marion weighed in 11.225 pounds of fish to capture the top prize. The team of Tom Griffaw and Ted Ing both of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, took second place with their 10.72 pound catch. They took home $891 for their efforts.

With 7.69 pounds of fish, Edd Penrod and Jerry Penrod from Eldorado earned third place honors and $534.60 in prize money. Golconda’s James Conkle and Elizabethtown’s Tom Oxford finished in fourth place with 7.535 pounds of bass, garnering them $356.40 in winnings. Finally, fifth place prize money of $178.20 went to the team of Brandon Broadway of Golconda and Melvin Jeffords of Grantsburg for their 7.365 pound catch.

In the Big Bass competition, Griffaw and Ing won first place and a $198 check for landing a 3.84 pound fish. Second place and $99 went to Ben Adams of Vienna and Eric Brannock of Eldorado with a bass weighing in at 3.665 pounds, while the team of Betz and Betz caught a 3.46 pound bass to claim third place and a check for $33.

Major sponsors of this year’s tournament were All In One Real Estate Company (Elite Sponsor); Taylor Eye Care (Master Sponsor); Cherry Street Printing & Awards (Angler Sponsor); Morello’s Restaurant & Catering (Angler Sponsor); Williams & Associates Insurance (Angler Sponsor); and Banterra Bank (Angler Sponsor). Other sponsors included Oasis on the Ohio Golconda Marina, Dunn’s Sporting Goods, Timberline Fisheries, and the Herald-Enterprise.

The SIC Brenner Memorial Bass Tournament was established by the Southeastern Illinois College Foundation in remembrance of Mr. Rodney J. Brenner to raise funds for scholarships for incoming SIC students from the college district. Brenner was a charter member of the Southeastern Illinois College Board of Trustees and was instrumental in pursuing Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) funding for the development of the Golconda Marina. 

A pair of right-handed pitchers from the metro east got calls from Major League Baseball teams during the second day of the first-year player draft Tuesday.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

The way Bengie Molina recalled it, his father, Benjamin, didn’t want the youngest of the three brothers to miss valuable innings behind the plate so he put Yadier, just 15, in a Puerto Rican amateur league with adults, some of whom were twice his age. He was a boy, clad in pads, amongst men.

Here’s a link to the story at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A brief summary of the St. Louis Cardinals draft picks from first day activity.

Here’s a link to the story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.