Sam Parr Lake is a reservoir in Illinois, near Jasper 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.
Sam Parr Lake is a reservoir in Jasper County, Illinois. Sam Parr Lake covers about 180 acres, reaches a recorded 28 feet and holds about 1,819 acre-feet.
Sam Parr 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 Sam Parr Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and white crappie. Stocking records for Sam Parr Lake also list saugeye and wiper and channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Sam Parr, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Sam Parr, 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 roaming fish at Sam Parr, fish a jig, blade bait or crankbait near the old channel for saugeye, and use a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or trolling lure around open-water baitfish for wipers.
For bottom fishing at Sam Parr, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Sam Parr, 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 Sam Parr 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 Sam Parr 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.