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Big Bend Lake

Illinois, United States

3.6· 471 catches

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Crevalle jack

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Largemouth bass

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Largemouth bass

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American gizzard shad

11 in · 1 lb

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Smallmouth bass

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Pumpkinseed

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Yellow bass

6 in · 2 oz

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Yellow perch

8 in · 4 oz

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General info

Big Bend Lake is a lake located in Illinois, United States. It is most popular for fishing Largemouth bass, Northern pike, and Common carp.

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Location

42°03′4.4″N 87°52′38.4″W
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Reviews of Big Bend Lake

3.6
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Great Lake

This isn’t the best lake but it definitely has given me some monsters tons of big boys in here so I’ll give it a solid 4 stars.

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First sight:good start fishing for lmb: bad

If you have a bopper and a live worm right on! You can catch some monster catfish and bottom lurking fish. But if you are looking to catch bass and only largies I don’t recommend coming here. I have a kayak and fished all along the bank and got skunked on multiple occasions here. I believe I used correct tackle because it matched all my applications. Anyways if you are some kind of pro, then come here but if you are in the middle then you’ll have wayyy better luck going to a more isolated area like a golf course. But again I may be wrong because it’s mid July 🤷🏼‍♂️

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big bad channel catfish at big bend lake

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Tough lake

A lot of fishers here but a good amount of lake front to cover from the banks.

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Great place for fishing

Good place too fish and you can catch lots of big fish.

Cities nearby

Des Plaines

1.7 miles away

Park Ridge

3.2 miles away

Mount Prospect

3.2 miles away

Glenview

3.6 miles away

Niles

3.8 miles away

Prospect Heights

4.4 miles away

Morton Grove

4.6 miles away

Northbrook

5.8 miles away

Wheeling

6.0 miles away

Arlington Heights

6.2 miles away

Schiller Park

6.4 miles away

Norridge

6.7 miles away

Elk Grove Village

6.7 miles away

Skokie

7.1 miles away

Bensenville

7.2 miles away

Rolling Meadows

7.8 miles away

Wood Dale

7.9 miles away

Franklin Park

8.0 miles away

Lincolnwood

8.1 miles away

Elmwood Park

9.4 miles away

Northlake

9.6 miles away

Palatine

9.7 miles away

Melrose Park

10.3 miles away

Addison

10.7 miles away

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Big Bend Lake is a lake located in Illinois, United States. Its coordinates are:
42°03′4.4″N 87°52′38.4″W
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