About Steve Welch – Fishing Guide

“Hop in the boat with one of the lakes’ most knowledgeable guides. I’ve been doing this for nearly 27 years and I know this lake from one end to the other. I have fished in nine Crappie U.S.A. Classics and cashed a check in three against the top teams in the country. I won several local and regional tourneys before turning my attention to just guiding. I’ve been featured in several in-state and national magazines and given seminars at just about every fishing show in the state. I also have over 200 articles in print in several magazines.”

– Steve Welch

Steve has been fishing on Lake Shelbyville since its inception and guiding since 1994. He’s an accomplished writer and has written for Adventure Sports Outdoor, Heartland Magazine, the Decatur Herald & Review, and Ilfishing.com.

He’s been quoted and written about in the Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Effingham Daily News, Illinois Fish & Game Finder Magazine, North American Crappie, and Field & Stream’s ‘Best Fishing Spots in the Midwest’.

In the winter, after it ices over, Steve Welch is a seminar speaker and has given fishing lectures, seminars, and informational talks at all the prominent downstate fishing shows. He’s also speaks to local clubs and associations.

He fishes for Crappie from March through mid-December, Walleye from Mid-May through Mid-June,White Bass from Mid-May to October.

Steve Welch offers guided fishing trips year-round at Lake Shelbyville in Illinois. A guided fishing trips allow you to enjoy the day, fish your limit and learn more about fishing from a professional fishing guide.

Steve also guides clients down on Kentucky Lake “Big Sandy” area near Paris Tennessee. To fish for giant crappie!!!! He goes down in mid-March and stays through mid-April. Then again in November until he quits for the season early December.

Take a look at Steve’s Fishing Articles.