Blue catfish in the illinois river - anyone ever catch any?

[barry55]

Has anybody ever caught any blues in the illinois river? I have heard of a few caught, but never hooked on to one myself. I live about 4 blocks from the river in Spring Valley. I usually fish anywhere from starved rock to hennepin.

[TeamCatHazzard]

I know down here there have been some little blues caught around Hardin, IL, but thats only about 15 miles upriver from the Mississippi River so I am sure there are some that venture up it but dont know how many or how far.

[Fishhead1]

They don't go very far up in any kinds of numbers you'd catch often. 10-15 years ago I caught a few in the Peoria area, nothing over 4-5 lbs though.

It's not their kind of river. Not enough flow and depth, plus the dams slow them down.

[tehrealmccoy]

My dad caught a 4 pound one on stinkbait in the Vermillion River just south of Streator near the Manville bridge. Blues must be rare around here, because it was small for a blue cat, but won a fish contest at our local bait shop!

[Rivercat2]

I live around Pekin and I have cought a few nothing big, biggest about 15lb.

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