ILLINOIS HOTSPOTS GUIDE SERVICE

‘As you can tell | don't post many reports on this site as its a pain and time - consuming to do. That being said the best way to keep up with whats going on is ‘on my facebook pages. or call for info 217-259-7621. 2022's going tobe an exciting year with the introduction of aline of crappie rods designed by me that are designed for the guys who throw slip bobbers like | do 80% of the time. These will be the HOTSPOTS MEGA EYE 10 Rods with the ‘stone being 10 ft. medium action with big eyelets all the way to the tip....

Ihave decided to no longer guide on Mill Creek due to the crazy price increase inlaunch fees and stupid Crappie limits on what size fish you are allowed to keep and | will also be no longer Guiding on Lake Sara, Lake shelbyville. Mattoon and Charleston are all great lakes and offer a variety on ish species to choose from. Book early!

Tha Crappie fishing has started and looks like another great year ahead! Water ‘temps right now are 43-47 and | am still catching fish on deep main lake brush 14-25" deep either tite lining aig in the brush on cloudy days or floating a jig and bobber over the top of the piles on sunny days. It's only gonna get better from here on out so dont wait too long to book your trips. I have been on another lake early in march and did really well on some limits of 12"-141/2" fish. l will be Crappie fishing until the end of ...

The fishing on Shelbyville is great right now,| am still catching some Crappie but | am starting to go after the Walleye and Whitebass, most of the Crappie are done but there are still some shallow finishing up the spawn.the Crappie fishing this year has been really great one of the best and easiest years with lots of fish being, ‘caught We will still do some summer Crappie fishing but we will mainly be Walleye/Whitebass fishing now. | am catching a mixed bag of fish now soiif you want Crappie/Walleye/Whitebass now...

‘The water temps on Shelbyville are starting to move into the 60's so the fishing is going to get red hot in the next few weeks.| have been catching most of my fish in 15! to 25' of water on the main lake points over brush,throwing a 1/4 o7. jig with variety of jigs and catching 100's a day. | did finally find some fish shallow in a pocket in the back of a cove but they had just moved in so its only getting started.The eggs are stil small and it will still take ‘a couple weeks to get into full on spawn.you might fi...

Fishing at Shelbyville is hot, we are catching fish on the south end off the drops and points over brush with jigs.going through alot of unders right now but we are catching over 100 fish a day and that keeps it fun.

‘The Crappie are biting on Shelbyville and it's gonna get real good shortly. Ihave been fishing deep on the south end over brush and drops and catching alot of fish.Don't wait to get in on the action because its good NOW! 34-2018 ‘The Crappie have been biting on Shelbyville despite the crazy weather,| have been catching them off deep brush mid lake to the south endWith the recent rains the water will be coming up and getting muddier but we will still be able to catch fish as the weather will be getting better so...

Been fishing Shelbyville and Mattoon lately and the crappie fishing is eood to great when we have a few consecutive days of stable weather,the rain and cold fronts nock them little and make ita little tougher for a couple days but can still manage a nice mess. Have been fishing a slip cork and jig tipped with wax worms or throwing twister tails The bie females have not moved in yet but we are still catching nice fish and lots of smaller ones right now:The water temp. has been anywhere from 56-66 depending on what ...

WATER TEMP. 57-64 Had trips onall the lakes that l guide on the last 2 weeks and they all are coming on.the crappie are starting to head for the bank with the water temps pushing into the 60's and we have been catching them 2 to 4 feet under aslip bobber with tube jigs and wax worms for the most partThe cold temps at night this week might back them off a little but it wont last long.just cover water tll you hit pockets of them and work different depths till you find them.Get your trins booked before its over by th...

WATER TEMP. 40-49 1st trip to Mill Creek In 2015 and we managed 26 crappie that we kept with 5 over 13", Allthe fish were caught in 7-10 fow fishing 4'-5' down under a slip bobber, Using 1/8 and 1/4 o2 jigheads in char or orange and purple sparkle/char or blue sparlke/char tube jigs filled with crappie nibbles and tipped with awax \worm.the fish seamed to be in the upper half of the water column near wood where the water was warmer We were fishing the dirtlest water we could find and not the clearer deeper water ...

WATER TEMP. 40-43 AST-TRIP OF THE YEAR WE ENDED UP WITH 30 CRAPPIE AND A BONUS ‘SAUGER FISHING SLIP BOBBER AND 1/8 OZ. TUBE JIG 6-7! DEEP ON THE 1ST.DROPSMOKE GLOW AND ORANGE SPARKLE/CHAR TUBES W/CHAR ‘OR ORANGE HEADS.MORE REPORTS TO COME 3-21-14 HAD A QUICK LAST MINUTE TRIP TO ANOTHER LAKE TODAY AND DESPITE. AHARD WIND THAT KEPT MY FOOT ON THE TROLLING MOTOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE MANAGED A NICE MESS OF CRAPPIES IN A FEW. HOURS.AGAIN SLIP BOBBERS CHART. HEADS BLUE/CHART.SPARKLE TUBES TIPPED WITH WAX WORMS.ITS GONNA...

Ihave decided to no longer guide on Mill Creek due to the crazy price increase infaunch fees and stupid Crappie limits on what size fish you are allowed to keep and | will also be no longer Guiding on Lake Sara. Lake shelbyville. Mattoon and Charleston are all great lakes and offer a variety ‘on fish species to choose from. Book early!

‘Tha Crappie fishing has started and looks like another great year ahead! Water temps right now are 43-47 and | am still catching fish on deep main lake brush 14-25' deep either tite lining agin the brush on cloudy days or floating a jig and bobber over the top of the piles on sunny days. It's only gonna get better from here on out so dont wait too long to book your trips. I have been on another lake early in march and did really well on some limits of 12"-141/2" fish. will be Crappie fishing until the end of may ...

The fishing on Shelbyville is great right now,| am still catching some Crappie but | -amstarting to go after the Walleye and Whitebass, most of the Crappie are done but there are still some shallow finishing up the spawn.the Crappie fishing this year has been really great one of the best and easiest years with lots of fish being, caught We will still do some summer Crappie fishing but we will mainly be Walleye/Whitebass fishing now. | am catching a mixed bag of fish now so if you want Crappie/Walleye/Whitebass now ...

The water temps on Shelbyville are starting to move into the 60s so the fishing is going to get red hot in the next few weeks.| have been catching most of my fish in 15! to 25' of water on the main lake points over brush throwing a 1/4 o7. jig with variety of jigs and catching 100's a day. | did finally find some fish shallow in a pocket in the back of a cove but they had lust maved in so its only getting started:The e98s are still small and it will till take a couple weeks to get into full on spawnyou might find ...

Fishing at Shelbyville is hot, we are catching fish on the south end off the drops and points over brush with jigs.going through alot of unders right now but we are catching over 100 fish a day and that keeps it fun

‘The Crappie are biting on Shelbywille and it’s gonna get real good shortly. | have been fishing deep on the south end over brush and drops and catching alot of fish.Don't wait to get in on the action because its good NOW!

‘The Crappie have been biting on Shelbyville despite the crazy weather, have been catching them off deep brush mid lake to the south end With the recent rains the water will be coming up and getting muddier but we will still be able tocatch fish as the weather will be getting better so dont walt to book trips as | willbe filled up if you wait for nice weather, 3-20-2018 LAKE SHELBYVILLE WATER TEMP 43-46 + CRAPPIE ARE BEING CAUGHT AT ALOT OF DEPTHS RIGHT NOW 2-6'UNDER A BOBBER IN STANDING TIMBER FROM THE NORTH END...

Been fishing Shelbyville and Mattoon lately and the crappie fishing is good to great when we have a few consecutive days of stable weather.the rain and cold fronts nock thema little and make it a little tougher for a couple days but can still manage anice mess. Have been fishing a slip cork and jg tipped with wax worms or throwing twister tails:The big females have not moved in yet but we are still catching, nice fish and lots of smaller ones right nowThe water temp. has been anywhere from 56-66 depending on what...

WATER TEMP. 57-64 Had trips on all the lakes that | guide on the last 2 weeks and they alll are coming on.the crappie are starting to head for the bank with the water temps pushing into the 60's and we have been catching them 2to 4 feet under aslip bobber with tube jigs and wax worms for the most part The cold temps at night this week might back them off a little but it wont ast long just cover water till you hit pockets of them and work different depths till you find them.Get your trips booked before its over by ...

WATER TEMP. 40-49 1st trip to Mill Creek in 2015 and we managed 26 crappie that we keptwith 5 ‘over 13", All the fish were caught in 7-10 fow fishing 45’ down under a slip bobber. Using 1/8 and 1/4 07 jigheads in char or orange and purple sparkle/char or blue sparlke/char tube jigs filled with crappie nibbles and tipped with awax worm.the fish seamed to be in the upper half of the water column near wood where the water was warmer We were fishing the dirtiest water we could find and not the clearer deeper water si...

WATER TEMP. 40-43 1ST TRIP OF THE YEAR WE ENDED UP WITH 30 CRAPPIE AND A BONUS ‘SAUGER.FISHING SLIP BOBBER AND 1/8 OZ. TUBE JIG 6-7" DEEP ON THE ‘1ST DROPSMOKE GLOW AND ORANGE SPARKLE/CHAR TUBES W/CHAR OR ORANGE HEADS.MORE REPORTS TO COME 3-21-14 HAD A QUICK LAST MINUTE TRIP TO ANOTHER LAKE TODAY AND DESPITE AHARD WIND THAT KEPT MY FOOT ON THE TROLLING MOTOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE MANAGED A NICE MESS OF CRAPPIES INA FEW HOURS.AGAIN SLIP BOBBERS CHART. HEADS BLUE/CHART.SPARKLE TUBES TIPPED WITH WAX WORMS.ITS GONNA TUR...

‘Tha Crappie fishing has started and looks like another great year ahead! Water ‘temps right now are 43-47 and | am still catching fish on deep main lake brush 14-25' deep either tite lining ajig in the brush on cloudy days or floating a jig and bobber over the top of the piles on sunny days. It's only gonna get better from here on out so dont wait too long to book your trips. I have been on another lake early in march and did really well on some limits of 12"-141/2" fish. l will be Crappie fishing until the end o...

The fishing on Shelbyville is great right now,| am still catching some Crappie but | amsstarting to go after the Walleye and Whitebass, most of the Crappie are done but there are still some shallow finishing up the spawn.the Crappie fishing this year has been really great one of the best and easiest years with lots of fish being, caught We will still do some summer Crappie fishing but we will mainly be ‘Walleye/Whitebass fishing now. | am catching a mixed bag of fish now so if you want Crappie/Walleye/Whitebass now...

The water temps on Shelbyville are starting to move into the 60's so the fishing is going to get red hot in the next few weeks.| have been catching most of my fish in 15! to 25' of water on the main lake points over brush throwing a 1/4 o2. jig with avarlety of jigs and catching 10's a day. | did finally find some fish shallow in a pocket in the back of a cove but they had just moved in so’its only getting started.The eggs are still small and it will till ake ‘a couple weeks to get into full on spawnyou might find...

Fishing at Shelbyville is hot, we are catching fish on the south end off the drops ‘and points over brush with jigs.going through alot of unders right now but we are catching over 100 fish a day and that keeps it fun,

‘The Crappie are biting on Shelbyville and it's gonna get real good shortly. I have been fishing deep on the south end over brush and drops and catching alot of fish.Don't wait to get in on the action because its good NOW! 34-2018 ‘The Crappie have been biting on Shelbyville despite the crazy weather, have been catching them off deep brush mid lake to the south endWith the recent rains the water will be coming up and getting muddier but we will still be able tocatch fishas the weather will be getting better so don...

Been fishing Shelbyville and Mattoon lately and the crapple fishing is good to ‘great when we have a few consecutive days of stable weather,the rain and cold fronts nock thema little and make ita little tougher for a couple days but can still manage a nice mess. Have been fishing a slip cork and jig tipped with wax worms or throwing ‘twister tails The big females have not moved in yet but we are still catching nice fish and lots of smaller ones right now-The water temp. has been anywhere from 56-66 depending on wha...

WATER TEMP. 57-64 Had trips on all the lakes that | euide on the last 2 weeks and they all are coming on.the crapple are starting to head for the bank with the water temps pushing into the 60's and we have been catching them 2 to 4 feet under aslip bobber with tube jigs and wax worms for the most part The cold temps at night this week might back them off alittle but it wont last long just cover water till you hit pockets of them and work different depths till you find them.Get your trips booked before its over by t...

WATER TEMP. 40-49 1st trip to Mill Creek in 2015 and we managed 26 crappie that we kept with 5 over 13": Allthe fish were caught in 7-10 fow fishing 4-5' down under a slip bobber, Using 1/8 and 1/4 02 jigheads in char or orange and purple sparkle/char or blue ‘sparlke/char tube jigs filled with crapple nibbles and tipped with awax worm.the fish seamed to be in the upper half of the water column near wood where the water was warmer. We were fishing the dirtiest water we could find andinot the clearer deeper water si...

WATER TEMP, 40-43 41ST TRIP OF THE YEAR WE ENDED UP WITH 30 CRAPPIE AND A BONUS ‘SAUGER,FISHING SLIP BOBBER AND 1/8 OZ, TUBE JIG 6-7" DEEP ON THE ST DROPSMOKE GLOW AND ORANGE SPARKLE/CHAR TUBES W/CHAR OR ORANGE HEADS.MORE REPORTS TO COME 3:21:14 HAN A QUICK AST MINUTE TRIPTO ANOTHER | AKF TORAY AND NFSPITE AHARD WIND THAT KEPT MY FOOT ON THE TROLLING MOTOR THE ENTIRE TIME WE MANAGED A NICE MESS OF CRAPPIES IN A FEW HOURS.AGAIN SLIP BOBBERS CHART. HEADS BLUE/CHART.SPARKLE TUBES TIPPED WITH WAX WORMS.ITS GONNA TU...