Lake Glenn Shoals fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Blue Catfish, Sunshine Bass, White Bass

The lake

Lake Glenn Shoals covers 1,082 acres in Illinois, across Montgomery County. It is a lake: 90.6% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 24 feet (7.3 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

5 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Blue Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Sunshine Bass — Feeding water: 70–80°F. Nonnative.
  • White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Common Carp.

Stocking: 170,547 fish, 2022–2026

Illinois DNR Division of Fisheries records list 170,547 fish released into this water from 2022 to 2026.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2019
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2019 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Largemouth Bass: 75,415 in 2022–2026
  • Blue Catfish: 28,035 in 2023–2026

One more species on the stocking list.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 24 ft (7.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.6% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 69 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 10.5% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 12% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 11.2% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 12.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 7.4% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 11.2% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 2.2% of the water

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.3. These readings span 2022. The latest reading is from 2022, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

Where this data comes from

  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources — Illinois Department of Natural Resources: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom, 2015.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.