I am guiding down on Kentucky Lake at the Big Sandy in Tennessee. I will be back November 19th and currently have November 20,21,24 and December 4-15 open. All these dates are weather dependent. These trips on Shelbyville are the best trips this lake can offer. It’s jig time and we tear them up.
I will be in attendance at these following shows.
Collinsville Let’s Go Fishing Show January 3,4,5
Tinley Park January 10,11,12
Schaumburg January 23,24,25,26
Rock Island QCCA February 13,14,15,16
Sullivan VFW Crappiefest March 8
Fishing Guide at Lake Shelbyville Guide
Steve Welch 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’.
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