I am down on Kentucky Lake starting Saturday November 19th for a week then closing down until ice out on Shelbyville. Big crappie down here and Kentucky Lake is on it’s way back!!!!
Keep your eye out for big fish pics coming soon. Plan on guiding down there several times in 2023. Better get in on it by giving me a call and reserving your date now. My calendar is taking reservations for 2023 and several have already booked just give me a call at 217-840-1221. Those crappie spawn trips and the walleye trips will be the first to go and several already have.
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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