Crab Orchard Lake

Williamson - Illinois


  • 88 catches

  • 567 followers

  • 69 spots

Weeds and wood are key to finding Largemouth Bass, Crappie and catfish. Good lakeside facilities. 6,695 acres

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Crab Orchard Lake Fishing Reports

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  1. Autumn Swenney
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    Was just fishing for bluegill with little worms when I caught this guy, length and weight are just estimates from my husband because we weren’t expecting to catch ...more a big catfish 😂 thinking it’s a bit of pregnancy luck that got me this one

    10 lb. 30 in. Channel Catfish with a Redworms

    1. George Horvath 0
      Wow
  2. Lonnie Mann IV
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    8lb channel catfish on a full 1/2 lb Gizzard shad!

    Channel Catfish with a Full gizzard shad

  3. Kevin Boynton
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    all caught on jugs 3 to 6 feet deep on cut shad.

    16 lb. Channel Catfish with a shad

    1. Jeff Ultican 0
      nice pile of cats 🐈 congrats
  4. Roger Coleman
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    6 lb. 4 oz. Largemouth Bass with a 7" purple worm

    1. Larry McBride 0
      Very nice! Was he deep water?
  5. Josh Dunnigan
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    18 lb. Channel Catfish with a Shad

  6. Anthony Glass
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    Crappie

    2 lb. 1 oz. 14 in. Black Crappie with a Minnows

  7. terry a
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    got a dozen like this one today. theyre biting like crazy!

    15 lb. Blue Catfish with a bluegill

    1. Jimbo Harwood 0
      Awesome catch terry
  8. terry a
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    3#12oz17"

    White Crappie

    1. Karri Cummings 0
      wow
    2. T Sen 0
      thats a fine slab!!
    3. Capt Morris Campbell 0
      Slabasaurus!!!!
    4. Aaron Huffman 0
      Swamp donkey
    5. Mike Ellertson 0
      Nice crappie!!
    6. Robert Coleman 0
      What a slab! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
    7. steve holakovsky 0
      dammmmmmm duzzzeeee!!!!
    8. john stimson 0
      NICE
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  9. terry a
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    3lb 12oz crappie southern il

    3 lb. 12 oz. 17 in. White Crappie

    1. john stimson 0
      nice catch
    2. terry a 0
      thank you
    3. Melissa Norris 0
      nice slab 😀
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  10. terry a
    - Crab Orchard Lake

    monster crappie!

    3 lb. 12 oz. 17 in. Southern il crappie with a pink/chartreuse jig

    1. terry a 0
      yeah it is. ive never even seen one like it in person and i doubt i ever do again so yeah.
    2. Robert Coleman 0
      Is she going on the wall?
    3. Melissa Norris 0
      nice catch 😀
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