Weldon Springs Lake is a reservoir in Illinois, near De Witt 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.
Weldon Springs Lake is a reservoir in De Witt County, Illinois. Weldon Springs Lake covers about 29 acres, reaches a recorded 38 feet and holds about 303 acre-feet.
Weldon Springs 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 Weldon Springs Lake include channel catfish, largemouth bass, and saugeye. Stocking records for Weldon Springs Lake also list rainbow trout and channel catfish and saugeye, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Weldon Springs, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For roaming fish at Weldon Springs, fish a jig, blade bait or crankbait near the old channel for saugeye.
For bottom fishing at Weldon Springs, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
For cold-water fish at Weldon Springs, run spoons or minnow-shaped lures in cool water for trout.
On a first trip to Weldon Springs, 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 Weldon Springs 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 Weldon Springs 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.