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Things We Know That Will Draw You to Shelbyville! |
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Hop in the car, truck, van, or camper and head for Lake Shelbyville. |
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 The
average temperature at Lake Shelbyville from April through
October is 74 degrees. |
The
average water temperature in Lake Shelbyville from April to
October is 70 degrees. |
You can
fish, hike, camp and boat much earlier in the Lake
Shelbyville are than most places and you have a much longer
season in which to do it. |
Avid
fisherman at Lake Shelbyville begin fishing for crappie as
soon as the ice is off the Lake since crappie, muskie and walleye
are more active during cooler weather and feed shallower when
water temperatures are colder. |
When
temperature warm, cooler-weather fish feed much deeper in
the Lake and challenge of catching them is greater. |
Lake
Shelbyville now has high water boat ramps, so our Lake
never closes. |
On a
typical day, two knowledgeable fishermen can pull 30 to 40
bass that average two pounds from the Lake. |
Mary
Satterfield-Benge, a fishing guide on Lake Shelbyville,
promotes it as "the best bass lake in the state of
Illinois." |
Lake
Shelbyville has generous amounts of the following species:
Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Muskie, Crappie, Walleye,
Channel
Catfish, and Bluegill. |
A
specially-designed fishing pier is provided at Opossum Pond for
persons with disabilities and children 12 years of age and
younger. |
For
visitors without boats, 16 managed farm ponds are available.
Bank angling is also popular. |
Every
October, approximately 15,000 largemouth bass fingerlings
are released into Lake Shelbyville |
| If this is not enough .
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Things to do in around Shelbyville
For FREE! |
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1. Take a wildlife photo safari in one of the
state parks of Hidden
Springs State Forest. Deer, birds, and small game are
plentiful. |
2. Take a tour of the Lake Shelbyville Dam.
You can actually go right
under the sluice gates. |
3. Drive trough the countryside ... from the
hills west of Sigel to the flats
of Moweaqua corn fields ... there's no rush hour ... you'll lose all
track
of time. |
4. Hike the 11-mile Chief Illini trail - named a
national trail in 1990. Or
try one of the shorter trails that are around the lake. |
| 5. Take a bike ride along miles of quiet back
roads. |
6. Visit the Thompson Mill Bridge near
Cowden. It is on of five
remaining covered bridges in Illinois. |
| 7. Walk the historic district of Shelbyville. |
8. Explore some of the old cemeteries in the
county. Discover
Revolutionary War graves. |
9. Picnic along a river bank, lakeshore, or one
of the beautiful city
parks. Eat lunch near a grove of trees. It's easy to find a
quiet spot. |
10. Hunt morel mushrooms in the spring.
Where to find them is the
county's best kept secret. |
