Cougar Lake, Edwardsville, IL Fishing Report
Cougar Lake
AKA Tower lake, Cougar lake is located on the SIUE Campus in Edwardsville, IL. This will be my first time getting out this entire year, (employment sucks), and with the heat index projected @ 105, my hopes are not too high. I have only fished near the marina before, and am bringing my bicycle early in the morning so that i can make it around the entire lake by the end of the day. Timne permitting, I may also hit the lake on fridaq afternoon and evening.
- Added By: battlewagon98 on 08/02/08 01:33 PM
- Location: Cougar Lake, Edwardsville, IL
- Report Date: 8/2/2008
- # of Hotspots: 6
- # of Photos: 5
- # of Fish Caught: 23
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old SIUE beachfront Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 3
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Striped Bass Hybrid
- Fish Length (Avg): 8 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 15 inches
- Fish Weight (Max): 1 lbs. 8 oz.
- Bait Type: Panfish Jig Check Prices
- Bait Details: I used Mr Twister swimshads here on friday night. The fishing wasn't great, and there is alot of weeds to contend with.
- Location Details: During spawn the large bass come to the right side of this penninsula (if you make a trip there, you'll see what i mean), and this is where i caught my present record at just under 6 lbs. No lagemouths today, though.
"The Dam" Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 1
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Fish Length (Avg): 14 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 14 inches
- Fish Weight (Avg): 1 lbs. 8 oz.
- Fish Weight (Max): 1 lbs. 8 oz.
- Bait Type: Topwater Bait Check Prices
- Bait Details: jitterbug
- Location Details: hit this @ about 630 am saturday. Alot of good strikes, only one caught. weeds are thick
"The Dam II" Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 1
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Bait Type: Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices
- Bait Details: white dollarspin from walmart. I love those things.
- Location Details: Alot of fish jumping a little farter out than i can cast.
Cold Water Exchange for the heating/cooling plant Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 15
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Fish Length (Avg): 18 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 26 inches
- Fish Weight (Max): 6 lbs. 8 oz.
- Bait Details: Gold/silver Rat-L Trap, cast it out into the current and let the current take it as far as it will go. Reeled in slowly
- Location Details: Frigid water pours out of a culvert here. Holy sweet mother of tim. I caught the 3 largest bass i have ever seen alive here! plus at least 10 others that were smaller, but still fun to catch. 3 over 6 lbs, the rest under 3.
Boat dock Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 2
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Calico Bass(Black Crappie)
- Fish Length (Avg): 8 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 7 inches
- Fish Weight (Max): 1 lbs. 3 oz.
- Bait Type: Panfish Jig Check Prices
- Bait Details: Storm swimshad on a beetlespin
- Location Details: Satruday around noon, fished deep water along the rows of weeds from the pier
Heating plant pier Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 1
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Fish Length (Avg): 23 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 23 inches
- Fish Weight (Avg): 6 lbs. 1 oz.
- Fish Weight (Max): 6 lbs. 1 oz.
- Bait Type: Topwater Bait Check Prices
- Bait Details: scum frog,
- Location Details: the weeds are terrible, but the shade is nice. Saw alot of hybrid bass jumpimg and crappie, i suppose.
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Comments
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Love Tower Lake. I fished for crappie there years ago and NEVER seen a bass. Now I catch 5+ LB. bass out of there regularly. AMAZING. I have a nice bass boat and fish tournaments but I have my best days on Tower Lake. Who would have ever thought! That lake is a GEM! Shhhhhhh.....
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Goin back on tuesday near sunset to see if the fishing is as good as it was in the morning. Back to the culvert, the only reason i left was for a lack of water and a high temp (basically, i was a wuss). I'd bet i have just as good luck there @ night!!