Thread: Silver Lake???

i was wanting to know if anyone fishes silver lake in highland since i have heard there is good fishing in there but dunno if i wanna spend the $70 for a city sticker to fish it till i hear more about it because i could use that $70 for gas to fish quite a few other places

My neighbor fishes there alot Ill ask him about it. But he's one of them bass guys.

I wouldn't spend the money on it. too many good lakes, not that much futher away. I have caught some nice crappie in silver creek leading to the lake.

Very good crappie fishing. Permit fee is well worth it. Pricey for other than 62249 zip but worth it. Crappie real good.

I think there is a 25 horse limit on the lake. I had a permit a few years ago, and I caught 25 to 1 dinks to keeps. Maybe it's changed since then. I bought the permit after hearing there were some good crappie in the lake...ten or so trips there produced two 13 inchers and a zillion small ones. Good luck.

CR

i fish there often, a lot of little one's but not to many big ones, few and far in,between didn't get a permit last year cause because they raised the price if not in 62249 .hopefully i will get one this year again. it's better than carlyle and closer than coffeen.for me .

i dunno about better then carlyle...thats one thing i dont under stand...everyone downs carlyle but if you spend the time on the lake and get to learn it, its a great lake and very nice size crappie....you just got to remember they got24,590 acres of water to roam...but crappie always return to the same spots and once you learn them the fishing is great...but it sounds like silver lake isnt worth the money...i like to fish for big fish not fill the cooler

i got a map boat for southern Il...and it says carlyle and in 2004 they caught 81 in a hour on the data sheet...this was 5 years ago but the fishing is good in the lake my friends and always willing to try to put people on fish...so if you need any info on the lake just give me a yell

i guess i just can't find them at carlyle, kinda new to crappie fishing, besides wife always goes with me, so if we don't catch any for a little while she is always wanting to head in to the rocks to catch them little bluegill,, one every other cast.lol