Availability for 2025

Lot’s of clients have reached out asking “when are you going to start booking for next year?”… Well here goes…

Kentucky Lake – Big Sandy
March 25-27,31
April 7
Might open up March 20-24 as well.
These trips are in the wall-hanger timeframe & a must see Bucket List Opportunity.

Lake Shelbyville
Pre-Spawn-Spawn Crappie
April 19-24,30
May 1-3,5-9,11

Walleye/Crappie/White Bass – Pulling Spinners
May 12-16,22,24,26-29,31
June 1-12
** Be aware for trips later in June, if the walleye quit and I can’t give you a decent trip then I will switch to fishing for post-spawn crappie.

Crappie/White Bass on slip bobbers
June 12-28

Crappie/White Bass Combo Trips – Slip Bobbers for crappie. Jigging Spoons for White Bass.
July 11-31
August 2-31
September 1-30
October 1-15

Back to strictly Crappie
October 16-31

Back To Kentucky Lake – Big Sandy
Possible Dates October 16-31, November 1-23

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Steve Welch

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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