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 ...

Notes from the field 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 ...

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.

Check out our Interactive Fishing Maps! BENTON, Ill. Standing at 18,900 acres, Rend Lake in Southern Illinois is a pretty well known largemouth bass lake for most anglers in the Midwest. What's ...

The Rend Lake Search and Rescue Team says 63-year-old Terry Calvert from New Baden jumped into the lake after his 13-year-old and 11-year-old grandkids fell in during a fishing trip.

Fishing is center stage. Rend Lake boasts largemouth bass, crappie, bluegills, channel catfish and white bass.

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.

WHITTINGTON - I've been fishing for six years and consider myself an avid angler. My biggest catch: a 12-pound flathead. So as I approached Rend Lake, less than two hours southeast of St. Louis ...

The lease termination follows a notice from IDNR to Rend Lake Resort, Inc. last month that the firm was delinquent in rent and related lease payments totaling more than $205,000.

INA - Authorities in southern Illinois' Franklin County say a man has drowned after falling into Rend Lake from a boat while fishing in a bass tournament.

Rend Lake’s duck season is one of the few remaining throwbacks to the good old days of waterfowl hunting on Illinois public land, where hunters enjoy a last-ditch free-for-all.