SOUTHERN, Ill. (KFVS) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a fishing report for Rend Lake. The lake is located in Franklin and Jefferson Counties in southern, Illinois. At Rend Lake, fishermen ...

REND LAKE — When the third or fourth slab crappie hit the bottom of Rick Eskew’s livewell, the veteran Rend Lake fishing guide said for anyone to hear, “Not all bushes are created equal.” Although a ...

Rend Lake fishing guide Cyril Bowlin of Benton has been named to the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a “legendary guide,” and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Urban Fishing ...

If predictions by Illinois Department of Natural Resource’s fisheries biologist Mike Hooe prove to be true, anglers heading to southern Illinois Rend Lake are likely to have one of their best years ...

If predictions by Illinois Department of Natural Resource’s fisheries biologist Shawn Hirst prove to be true, anglers heading to southern Illinois Rend Lake are likely to have one of their best years ...