Is this a fishing video or just you talking and posting your line breaking for well over half of the duration ?

Nice catch and cook. Good looking walleye.

Hi Matt great show I have been to Shelbeyville spillway 3 times in my life never catch anything down there lol . I do believe your right bluegill is probably the best 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

Was there today (drove an hour to get there). A few bites (a couple right by where you were fishing here) but no catches. Well, I snagged a shad. Lost a couple of lures. The water was pouring through the gates and it was really windy, so it was tough fishing. Saw a walleye, gar, and a couple of big catfish caught, though. I've had luck there before, but it's pretty hit or miss for me. Saw some pelicans, eagles, and kingfishers, and it was sunny, so not a bad day. Still wish I'd had something to show for the drive, though :D

been fishing there for a while havent caught a walleye out of there congrats buddy

Next time you cook one, try looking up walleye wings. You cut out the pectoral fins and there’s a good amount of meat that a lot of people waste!

I have a house boat here and I love it there is the biggest Muskie there I all ways go to marina and get ice cream

I've fished that spillway (it has been 15 years at least) and there weren't any Asian carp at that time, but they weren't really anywhere back then..I had very little luck there but I know now a lot that I didn't know then. There were great numbers of white bass when I was there, caught on a small blade bait, and I caught smallmouth Buffalo as well. And the walleye is a great fish to eat, hope that it's a good experience for you.

Great video as usual. I fished there one time and caught a 5lbs Flathead, just a little further down.

Nice one man!

Cool video, sweet spillway. I find your approach to these spillways super interesting, just straight up saying where you are at is something different for sure. Also with the musky thing, it’s better to just run a leader. The musky don’t care, they will bite through braid probably easier than flouro tbh.

cool video buddy 👍👍👍

1/4 oz bucktails and paddle tails is what I use for em down there… never caught Asian carp there nor seen them jump but I have caught a 30+ Buffalo that ate a twister tail !

Try breading it with frying magic or Andy’s yellow side by side sometime for any freshwater fish. I prefer it over batter typical. I mix 50/50 egg yolk and milk and dip it in that before rolling it in the breading and dropping it in 350 oil to golden brown. 10/10

I've been there a few times there's gotta be thousands of dollars worth of tackle at the bottom of that river i know i lost a lot

Now that is a spillway! I had to try those flatworms, because they were always sold out. They work, but the hype may be a bit inflated. I am not a huge believer in scent. Nice walleye, dude.

Nice one!

Nice video babe!

It feels good to get one after sticking it out like that! Nice one!

Tail end the kaskakia river wow 😲 fish that portion smallies largemouth crappie huge flathead and nice channels . It's the real deal

Hey man I live in Bloomington let me know if you want to come fish my neighborhood pond it’s fire for large mouth bass.. you could get a PB this spring easily

That’s all I catch at that spillway carp everywhere

Pike is the best fresh water , u should have casted where the birds were nice catch

I also whatch the fire works

Yes my buddy caught an Asian carp ath the spillway

Friend, I live in Effingham, what place do you recommend to get good fish?

There shouldn't be silver carp or bighead carp up there, as they cannot get past the spillway at Carlyle. You should see common carp and grass carp there, though.

Take the front treble off of that crankbait, and drastically reduce your chance of snagging up. I don't feel like it reduces my hookup rate when river fishing at all. That front treble is trouble.

There a tones of carp there

The rip rap at that spillway is horrible. It’s like a Bermuda Triangle for expensive lures.

Braid is super abrasion resistant? Compared to what?

Ya theres carp there

How is this area ? I was thinking of renting a house in the area for Memorial Day weekend ?

I get those carp every trip bro 😎 I’m down there almost every weekend and I have started my own channel now so maybe we can get together sometime and do some hog hunting

Dropshot, lol

hay im from ny living i texas i will be in Illinois for work would you like to go fishing