Fishing Guide Service | Lake Shelbyville Illinois

Guided Fishing Trips of Lake Shelbyville

Guided fishing trips year-round at Lake Shelbyville in Illinois. Enjoy the day, fish your limit of white bass, crappie, muskie, and walleye while you learn more about fishing from professional fishing guide, Steve Welch.

Book your Lake Shelbyville fishing trip with Steve Welch year-round! Contact Steve Welch today!

For more information, pricing, what you need to bring on your fishing trip, and more, visit our Fishing Guide Trips Pricing & Information page!

My 1st place win at the Crappie USA Qualifying Tournament that was on Lake Shelbyville on May 10th!

Fishing guide Steve Welch holds up a good-sized Walleye at Lake Shelbyville.

To see more photographs of great fishing trips and some photographs from recent tournaments, visit the Photo Gallery

Steve Welch's Lake Shelbyville
Fishing Tips & Information

Current Best Bet for Lake Shelbyville:
White Bass

Lake Shelbyville Fishing Report
The lake is still ten feet above summer pool and the surface temperature is in the mid-eighties. The lake is falling about four inches per day and at that rate we will be back to summer pool by about September 15th. Which means we have had high water to deal with for three months... read more

Life As a Part-Time Guide Can Throw Curve Balls

Well, after a stellar spring of crappie guide trips and two big tourney wins, back to back, I readied myself for the upcoming white bass season. Then Mother Nature set me straight... read more

Fishing on Lake Shelbyville with Steve Welch DVD
$20 + $4 shipping & handling

Early this spring, I was kicking around the idea of getting something to sell at my booth at this winter's fishing shows. That's when Dave Haugh, a retired laborer and camera buff, mentioned to me that he makes hunting videos. It just seemed logical for Dave and I to collaborate and put together our first, of hopefully many, how-to fishing videos. The videos have been a huge success.

I didn't want this video full of sponsor's ads and I wanted a homespun look to it. The video has just me and Dave talking about spring crappie fishing patterns and of course, catching a ton of fish...read more

This great 90-minute DVD features fishing guide Steve Welch's fishing tips and techniques. To order this DVD, please contact Steve Welch.

We cannot guarantee that the DVD can be played in absolutely every DVD player or computer, however, each individual DVD has been tested for playability in a popular brand of equipment. If you receive a DVD that does not play, please return it to Steve for a replacement.

In the News

Read about Steve Welch and the Lake Shelbyville Fishing Guide service on the Field & Stream article, "Best Fishing Spots: Midwest"

Fishing Calendar

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Lake Shelbyville Fishing Guide

Guided Fishing Trips of Lake Shelbyville

Steve Welch's Lake Shelbyville Fishing Tips & Information

Fishing Calendar

Steve Welch's Lake Shelbyville
Fishing Tips & Information