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Lakeside Bait, Tackle and Boat Rental
Lakeside Bait, Tackle and Boat Rental

Your #1 Experts on Shabbona Lake.  Be sure to stop by the bait shop to get the latest information on every visit to Shabbona Lake.

Pokanoka's Cafe
Pokanoka's Cafe

Pokanoka’s overlooks beautiful Shabbona Lake, making it one of the most beautiful locations in Northern Illinois.

 

The Camp Store
The Camp Store

Did you forget something at home…..No need to worry The Camp Store located in Shabbona Lake State Park Campground has everything you need.


LATEST News

Shabbona Lake Crappie Open 05/20/2012 Crappie Open Winners
Man, what a great day!!!  We had 29 limits of Crappie weighed in, the most ever. It shows what a great fishing year we are having. The winners were: 1st Place Randy Pederson     $200.00 Gift Card To Cabela's     10Crappie         6.30 Pounds 2nd Place Teresa & Robert Weygand      $50.00 Gift Card
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Shabbona Muskies in May/June 05/16/2012

by Duane Landmeier, Muskie Guide

One of the best places in Illinois to fish for muskies in June is Shabbona Lake. There are good numbers of muskies between 30 and 40 inches and you also have a shot at a large fish 40-50 inches. Here are a few ideas on[read more...]
Shabbona Lake Crappie Open, Saturday May 19th 05/15/2012 Saturday, May 19th is THE SHABBONA LAKE CRAPPIE OPEN!!! This is always one of our best attended opens.  Crappie fishing has been phenomenal this Spring, as has been reported on Fish Tails, www.Shabbonalake.com/forums Lots of reports of catches of Crappie between 50-100 each.  Crappie are just finishing up there spawning[read more...]
Upcoming Muskie Rescue At Shabbona Lake – May 22 05/12/2012 Everyone , Muskie Rescue May 22 Tuesday evening if you would like to help meet at Ranger station 5 pm.  Bring nets and cooler. The more help the better. Please pass this on to any muskie anglers that would like to help. Thanks, Duane [read more...]
Beautiful Shabbona Muskies 05/9/2012 Spent a few days last week with my nephew muskie fishing. We put in some long hard days staying on good structure throwing bucktails and twitchbaits. We didn't use the traditional size musky baits but larger than bass size all in natural color and it paid off with a batch[read more...]
Pin It to Win It! 05/9/2012 Pin your favorite photos from the Shabbona Lake website (www.ShabbonaLake.com) between May 9-31 to win!

Grand Prize

One grand prize winner will receive a Complimentary Motor Boat Rental (valid Monday-Thursday, excluding holidays) and One Complimentary Fish Fry Dinners (valid Fridays at Pokanoka's Cafe May 25, 2012 -  August 31, 2012). Good for 2012 season
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DNR hopes to create ‘sustainable’ funding support for outdoors programs 05/7/2012 Posted May 06, 2012 http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x2067075924/DNR-hopes-to-create-sustainable-funding-support-for-outdoors-programs
Hunters, anglers and others concerned about the future of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources should get a look soon at a possible new approach to funding natural resource programs in the state. DNR Director Marc Miller said a “sustainable
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Mike Conlin: Illinois needs a “Fish Management Fund” 05/7/2012 By Dale Bowman on May 7, 2012 http://blogs.suntimes.com/bowman/201...needs_a_f.html After talking with Conlin, I think this may be an idea that should fly not only for fisheries, but should also be considered for wildlife. Conlin said it grew out of a sort of informal think tank of what to do in response[read more...]
My First Fishing Trip 05/5/2012 Check out these crappies that this little girl caught at Shabbona Lake today! [gallery[read more...]
Have you ever wanted to try a Kayak? 05/5/2012 Come try a kayak on the water for free today until 4 pm today. And 10 am - 4 pm tomorrow. Cabela's is here with Kayaks for you to test.  See a view of Shabbona Lake like you've never seen before.     Check out Vacationland RV and Cabela's behind Pokanoka's Cafe while[read more...]
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FISHING Report

  • 05/20/2012

    Crappie Open Winners

    Man, what a great day!!!  We had 29 limits of Crappie weighed in, the…

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  • 05/19/2012

    Check out this muskie boated by Aaron’s Guide Service at Shabbona Lake

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  • 05/19/2012

    Fishing has never been better at Shabbona Lake!!  Check out these muskie, walleye and striper pics caught…

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  • 05/18/2012

    The walleyes on Shabbona Lake are fire!!  Check out this picture of four legal walleye.  They caught…

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