Directions:
From
I-94 take Rt. 132 west. Proceed west for about 9 miles to Deep Lake
Road. Turn right to 3rd avenue. Left to Jack & Lidia's Resort.
38610 N. Edgewood, Lake Villa, IL 60046
Bait Shops:
Bush's Bait shop on Grand Ave (Rt 132) accross from Eagle Plaza,
Jack & Lidia's also sells crawlers.
Jay's General
Comments: The Chicago area has many good lakes to fish. Deep
Lake is the type of lake where you feel like you are on a Saturday
morning fishing show. Very scenic, great structure, fairly clear
water, and good numbers of gamefish. Largemouth bass, northern pike,
crappie, "bull" bluegill, Deep Lake has it all. This is
the place where you get up at 4am, get your gear together, and head
on out to meet your buddies for an early morning fishing outing.
Deep Lake is a 200 acre glacier lake and totally natural. Stocking
has been few and far between, but this lake is such a good habitat,
the reproduction rate ensures good fishing year after year. No boat
launching is available. No shore fishing access. Jack and
Lidia's offers boat rentals, gas motor rentals, and nightcrawlers.
Contact them at 847-356-1389.
Deep
Lake Hot Spots:
Deep Lake is
a great place to use a variety of classic fishing lures. By this,
I mean that all the fishing lures you see on the television shows
and all the fishing lures you've seen in your father's tackle box
are what to use here. Deep Lake has some of the best structure and
variety of weed conditions for all fishing lures. Everything from
top-water lures to plastic worms, this is a place where you can
really learn how to use fishing lures effectively to catch more
and bigger fish.
Hot
Spot 1: The North Bay
Jack &
Lidia's opens at 6am. This is the spot I hit first. During the summer
months, there are some dense weeds, but excellent pockets which
hold bass and northern pike. Work plastics in the pockets and against
the shoreline.Senkos and Texas-rigged worms work best. Work all
the way back to the inlet as well. Carp are all over the place,
but don't get distracted by them. A popper-type bait in the pockets
or a weedless frog type bait accross the pads can be deadly as well.
Hot
Spot 2: The Sandbar
This area along
the west shoreline is another good bass location. Carolina rigged
worms, Senkos, and Rapala Husky-Jerk baits worked parallel to the
sandbar are my top choices.
More Deep Lake
Hot Spots coming soon!
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2006 Deep Lake Fishing Reports:
Report: July 4, 2006 -- Jason W. Norris
Fished Deep Lake from 6am-noon; sunny; temps around 80, NE winds 5-10mph.
The early morning started off with great conditions - water was completely calm and Augy got on a longnose gar with a Rapala Skitter Prop along the west shore. Freaky as hell! But Augy was very brave in handling the fish. The fish was about 35 inches. Soon after he got a decent 12" largemouth bass.
Then around 7:15am the conditions changed - the humidity went away and a northeast breeze kicked in. That basically shut the fish down. I caught a... well, let's just say I did not get skunked. The pictures tell the story...
Report: July 2, 2006 -- Jason W. Norris Fished Deep Lake from 6:30pm-9:30pm; temps around 80; west winds 10mph/diminishing; sunny.
Not a bad evening. 5 largemouth bass total, 4 by Augy (nice job for 1st time at Deep Lake, dude!)
Dark color Senko's were the key! I threw several bright color Slug-go's, chatterbait, tournament frog with no results. Lost a BIG bass on a black Power Worm. But Augy went with the purple 5" Senko and that got the job done. His biggest fish were 18" and 19".
The action really started once all the "recreation" was done on the water. Worked along the west shore sandbar and just south of "The Point" in the shallows for the bass.
2005
Deep Lake Fishing Reports:
Report:
August 13, 2005 -- Jason W. Norris Cloudy,
temps in the low 70's, NE winds calm - 10mph. Fished from 6am-11:30pm.
18 total largemouth bass between the 3 of us. Statred in the north
bay with nothing . Moved to the point and landed a couple of nice
ones on top-water popper baits. Then the south shoreline produced
several nice bass on plastic worms. Of the 18 total bass, 12 were
between 15"-17". Great outing.
Report:
June 11, 2005 -- Jason W. Norris Great
day. Temps in 80's, southwest winds 15mph, mostly sunny. Fished
from 6:30am-11:30am. Between Russ, Rich, and myself, we managed
over 12 bass with at least 8 being keepers. Rich landed the largest
bass at 19.5 inches. The best action was early in the north bay
on plastic worms fishing shallow. Rich also caught an 18 inch bass
by the point. Also got a few more bass on the south shoreline fishing
shallow. Got a few bluegill of nice size as well, but no bull bluegill.
