Lake McLeansboro is a reservoir in Illinois, near Hamilton 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.
Lake McLeansboro is a reservoir in Hamilton County, Illinois. Lake McLeansboro covers about 75 acres and holds about 604 acre-feet.
Lake McLeansboro was made by holding back a river or creek, making the old channel, bends and quiet coves sensible places to begin.
Fish reported from Lake McLeansboro include bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and white crappie. Stocking records for Lake McLeansboro also list channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at McLeansboro, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at McLeansboro, 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 McLeansboro, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to McLeansboro, 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 McLeansboro 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 McLeansboro 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.