Sesser Lake is a reservoir in Illinois, near Franklin 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.
Sesser Lake is a reservoir in Franklin County, Illinois. Sesser Lake covers about 44 acres and holds about 182 acre-feet.
Sesser Lake was made by holding back a river or creek, making the old channel, bends and quiet coves sensible places to begin.
Fish reported from Sesser Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and redear sunfish. Stocking records for Sesser Lake also list channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Sesser, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Sesser, 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 Sesser, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Sesser, 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 Sesser 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 Sesser 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.