Citizens Lake is a reservoir in Illinois, near Warren County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Citizens Lake is a reservoir in Warren County, Illinois. Citizens Lake covers about 26 acres, reaches a recorded 33 feet and holds about 42 acre-feet.
Citizens Lake has an old channel, incoming water and quiet coves, and small water-level changes can move fish from the bank to the first drop.
Fish reported from Citizens Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, redear sunfish, and white crappie. Stocking records for Citizens Lake also list rainbow trout and channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Citizens, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Citizens, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill, redear or other sunfish.
For bottom fishing at Citizens, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
For cold-water fish at Citizens, run spoons or minnow-shaped lures in cool water for trout.
On a first trip to Citizens, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
Spring around Citizens is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall around Citizens can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.