REND LAKE, Ill. (KFVS) - Fishermen from all over the Heartland hit the waters of Rend Lake in Illinois for the 16th Annual Bass Fishing Tournament in memory of fallen soldier, Kyle Price. The ...

IDNR, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officials and volunteers are placing several used Christmas trees in Rend Lake.

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 ...

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (KFVS) - An annual after-Christmas tradition is back at Rend Lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rend Lake Project is once again accepting live Christmas trees for fish habitat.

In many lakes, crappie fishing quickly comes to an end following the spawning season. At the sprawling Rend Lake in Southern Illinois, however, crappie fishing is a year-round activity. You can just ...

In the distance, I could see fishing boats. Rend Lake, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, is the second-largest man-made lake in Illinois, with 19,000 acres of water, 162 miles of shoreline and ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY (WSIL) -- The Rend Lake's Kids Fishing Derby was a big hit on Saturday. It was a collaboration between 4-H and the Army Corp of Engineers at Rend Lake. The fishing derby was organized ...

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 ...

Look at it as a test of fishing mettle. “I had an angler sum this place up for me once,” says Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist Mike Hooe. “He said, ‘Mister, if you can’t ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BENTON, IL (KTVI) – A Collinsville family is ...

Look at it as a test of fishing mettle. “I had an angler sum this place up for me once,” says Illinois Department of Natural Resources fisheries biologist Mike Hooe. “He said, ‘Mister, if you can’t ...