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Crab Orchard Lake, Illinois fishing report, rainbow trout fly fishing forecast, fishing season updates, fly shop and fishing guides, and fly-fishing weather.
Fishing Outlook ( Full PDF Report ) Click here for a list of all reports. Location: Crab Orchard Lake is a 6965-acre impoundment located in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge between Marion and Carbondale in Williamson County Illinois.
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Sunset at Crab Orchard Lake shoreline. Refuge is open to fishing as regulations permit. Good access roads. Major available species include largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, white bass, striped bass, rainbow trout and catfish.
Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill and white bass at Crab Orchard Lake in Illinois. At over 6,900 surface acres, with a wide variety of fish species to pursue, Crab Orchard Lake is an anglers paradise. It is located in southern Illinois a few miles east of Carbondale.
Carp fishing is best in March through November over the entire lake. Channel catfish fishing is best in April through October in Grassy Bay, Wolfe Creek, and Cambria. Crappie fishing is best in the spring and fall along the points, drop offs, and submerged structures.
Oct 4, 2010 · Crab Orchard Lake is known for being shallow and relatively without structure, except near the shoreline. The bottom is mostly clay and silt from Crab Orchard Creek, which feeds into it from the east.
