Coffeen Lake is a reservoir in Illinois, near Montgomery 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.
Coffeen Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Illinois. Coffeen Lake covers about 1,102 acres, reaches a recorded 58 feet and holds about 22,000 acre-feet.
Coffeen Lake covers about 1,102 acres and follows an old river or creek route. At Coffeen Lake, bends, points, shallow cover and the first drop give anglers clear places to compare.
The fish reported from Coffeen Lake include largemouth bass, black crappie, blue catfish, and channel catfish, giving anglers more than one useful way to fish this water.
Fish reported from Coffeen Lake include black crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, largemouth bass, and redear sunfish. Stocking records for Coffeen Lake also list blue catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Coffeen, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Coffeen, 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 Coffeen, use fresh cut shad on a strong bottom rig for blue catfish, and put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish, and use live bait near wood or a deep hole for flathead catfish.
Pick one part of Coffeen Lake and fish it slowly. At Coffeen Lake, start with a moving lure on a point or cover edge, then use a jig, worm or minnow around the exact depth that produces a bite.
On a first trip to Coffeen, 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 Coffeen 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 Coffeen can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
A medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs, worms and small lures at Coffeen, while a medium-heavy rod is better for bass jigs and heavier bottom rigs.
At Coffeen Lake, choose one point, weed edge, patch of wood or old-channel bend near deeper water and test a few lure depths before making a long move.
The deepest number for Coffeen Lake is only a guide. Fish at Coffeen Lake still need comfortable water, cover or nearby food.
Largemouth bass fits the reported information for Coffeen Lake, so begin with a lure and spot that suit that fish rather than guessing.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.