All my open dates for 2025 are filled. We will start filling 2026 dates in early December of 2025. I will be in attendance at the following shows. I should have seminars at all of them.
Collinsville January 2,3,4
Schaumburg January 22,23,24,25
Quad Cities February 12,13,14,15
Rockford February 20,21,22
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’.
Latest posts by Steve Welch (see all)
- Fishing Report April 18-May 2 - April 15, 2026
- Fishing Report March 8-22 - March 10, 2026
- Availability for 2026 - December 1, 2025