Carlyle Lake

Clinton - Illinois


  • 66 catches

  • 921 followers

  • 121 spots

Illinois' largest lake, featuring largemouth, catfish, white bass and Crappie. Walleye, Bluegill and a few hybrid stripers available too. Good public use facilities. 26,000 acres

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Carlyle Lake Fishing Reports

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  1. Jason Emrich
    - Carlyle Lake

    Details: 4 lb. 5 oz. 23.0 in. Channel Catfish with a Cut Shad

    Won't let me Add pictures, couple of decent 4 and 5lb Channels outta the rocks on Cut Shad three way rigged.

  2. Brandon Harris
    - Carlyle Lake

    Details: Black Crappie with a Red/White Jig

    Several Small Crappie

  3. Paul Moore
    - Carlyle Lake

    Check out little SNATCH OR STARVE with his PB’s
    We had a great time over the weekend with friends and family..
    🎣SNATCH OR STARVE🎣

    Crappie with a Minnows,plastics

  4. Amanda Wilson
    - Carlyle Lake

    Shallow edges, lots of snags, but some good fish

    Allen branch

    1. Shawn Gearinger 0
      Nice one Amanda!!🎣👍🏻
    2. Amanda Wilson 0
      *wasnt
    3. Amanda Wilson 0
      Thank you! This want even the biggest one!
    4. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Nice Cat Amanda.
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  5. Ronald Sanders
    - Carlyle Lake

    Caught this monster at Coles Creek on my 9ft. Crappie hunter rod and reel with 4lb. test line. Took me 20 minutes to wear it and me out and land.

    8 lb. 24 in. Flathead Catfish with a home made crappie jig Lime green and purple

    1. Chuck williams 0
      Thats a channel cat
    2. Jason Emrich 0
      That is a nice Channel Cat! Good fishing and tight lines my friend.
    3. Bernard Gresham 0
      Nice. It's nothing like going fishing. I love to fish and I'm looking for some good places to go fishing at.
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  6. Jim Little
    - Carlyle Lake

    Took son and grandson with me, grandson caught his first white bass. All smiles...

    9 in. White Bass with a grasshopper plug

    1. james hanson 0
      awsome catch buddy
  7. kyle kandler
    - Carlyle Lake

    Details: 5 lb. 24 in. White Catfish with a nightcrawler

  8. kyle kandler
    - Carlyle Lake

    Details: 10 lb. 24 in. White Catfish with a nightcrawler

  9. Phil Edwards
    - Carlyle Lake

    Any White Bass reports from the spillway or lake?

    1. Ronald Sanders 0
      Don't know, someone said that a friend is catching nice crappie at the cable at the spillway.
      a friend said crappie are still being caught at the cable at the ...more spillway.
    2. Phil Edwards 0
      Wonder if the whites are starting to move up towards the spillway on the river side yet?
    3. Ronald Sanders 0
      Fished Coles Creek area no crappie or whites did I catch. got there at daylight and left at 7am
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  10. fish fisherson
    - Carlyle Lake

    The white bass at Carlyle are gettin FAT!! lol

    Freshwater Drum with a spoon

    1. fish fisherson 0
      Nice!
    2. ronald duprey 0
      all total 21 lakers in 2 day great 2 days
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