Lake Michigan

Indiana: Out of Hammond and East Chicago Marinas: BT, CO on rapalas, twisters. Michigan City: CO, BT, SH crawlers, shrimp, lil cleos.

Illinois: Montrose Harbor: BT, SH on jigs/golden roaches. PE on minnows. Burnham, Montrose and Belmont Harbors, Navy Pier: PE on minnows.

Kankakee River

Indiana: The Point North of English Lake: WA on minnows, crawlers. NP on minnows. LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area: LM on plastics.

Illinois: Momence, Aroma Park, Kankakee, State Park Area, Wilmington: SM on plastics, minnows. WA on jig/minnow, jig/crawler, rapalas.

Trail and Salt Creeks, Little Calumet River

SH on spawn, jig/bee moth, crawlers, squid.

St. Joseph River

SH on spawn.

Wolf Lake

LM, CR on tube jigs.

Lake George

BG on bee moth. CR on minnows.

Flint, Long and Loomis Lakes

BG on bee moth. LM on minnows.

Potato Creek State Park

CR on minnows. BG on bee moth, worms.

Fox River

WA on jig/minnows, twisters. PN on bee moth, red worms.

NOTE: 2008 Indiana fishing licenses need to be renewed before April 1. Senior licenses for individuals 64 and older are available this year.

Legend: bluegill, BG; blue catfish, BC; brown trout, BT; bullhead, BH; carp, CA; channel catfish, CH; chinook (kings), CN; coho, CO; crappie, CR; dogfish, DG; drum, DR; flathead catfish, FC; hybrid white bass, HYB; lake trout, LT; largemouth bass, LM; muskie, MU; northern pike, NP; panfish, PN; perch, PE; redear, RE; rock bass, RB; sauger, SA; sheephead, SP; smallmouth bass, SM; smelt, SL; steelhead, SH; striped bass, ST; sunfish, SU; tiger muskie, TM; walleye, WA; white bass, WB; whitefish, WF; yellow bass, YB.

Updates contributed in part by Mik Lurch Fishing Tackle Outlet, Hammond; the Sportsman's Letter, Kankakee, Ill.; Lake George Bait & Tackle, Hobart; and Country Bait Shop, Valparaiso.