Originally Posted by
coreynov902
Steve, if you get the chance, try fishing Newton Lake. I used to live in Illinois and my dad and I would take an annual trip south to fish Newton. It's a pretty small lake, but it's got some really nice bass in it and it's a power plant lake so you can fish it year round if you can stand the cold. I remember Zona did a fishing show there a few years ago during winter. Air temps were in the 20's I think but water temps were in the 70's or higher. I think it gets a decent amount of fishing pressure though.