The ghostly plumes of mist rising from the lake created by cold air above the warmer pond water give birth to an eerie scene. Boats glide slowly across the lake only to disappear into the fog. It is winter fishing in southern Illinois. Ice fishing without ice if you will.
Following the holidays, angler’s thoughts return to things that are really important, fishing. Contrary their brothers and sisters in the northern part of the Land of Lincoln, southern Illinois anglers can find open water with hungry fish, a few miles from home. Anytime the weather is bearable, they will be on the water.
Baldwin Lake and Lake of Egypt are two popular power plant lakes in southern Illinois remain almost totally ice free throughout the winter. After the first of the year, the fishing action really begins to heat up.
Baldwin is a 2,000-acre lake north of the town of Baldwin, IL in Randolph County. It is about 45-miles southeast of St. Louis. The lake offers angling for largemouth and smallmouth bass, striped, white and hybrid striped bass, white, black or hybrid crappie, flathead, blue and channel catfish.
Water travels via pumps into the lake from the Kaskaskia River. From there it goes into the three huge coal-fired plants before returning to the lake. Because the water is warm, as it comes out of the plant the lake never freezes over. In winter those mists rise on the lake giving it an eerie look.
Continue reading this article at this LINK….
—–
Join ODU Magazine on Facebook here at this LINK…..
Join ODU Magazine on our Twitter fishing site here at this LINK…..
Join ODU Magazine on our Twitter hunting site here at this LINK…..
.