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Midlothian Reservoir Information

Quick overview:
Midlothian Reservoir was constructed in 1974 and is part of the Cook County Forest Preserve District. It is actually two bodies of water, which may be connected during spring flooding as the land strip separating them will be under water. In dry summers, the water will drop significantly leaving a muddy shoreline to fish from. Scrub brush is also starting to take over the shoreline, leaving very little "fishable" areas(I did manage to create more areas to fish from by using a sickle to cut away some brush.) According to the CCFP guide, the maximum depth is 14', although during high water it may be up to 20', and during droughts, as low as 8'.

Member poll:

Venue poll results: 06 members voting
Pegging Ease			Ease of Pole fishing			For Carp fishing
Undecided	00/06	000%	Undecided	01/06	017%	Undecided	00/06	000%
Poor	02/06	033%	Poor	00/06	000%	Poor	00/06	000%
Fair	02/06	033%	Fair	01/06	017%	Fair	02/06	033%
Good	01/06	017%	Good	03/06	050%	Good	03/06	050%
Very Good	00/06	000%	Very Good	00/06	000%	Very Good	00/06	000%
Excellent	01/06	017%	Excellent	01/06	017%	Excellent	01/06	017%

For Bluegill fishing			Match fishing venue?			Recreational fishing?
Undecided	00/06	000%	Undecided	02/06	033%	Undecided	01/06	017%
Poor	01/06	017%	Yes	02/06	033%	Yes	05/06	083%
Fair	03/06	050%	No	02/06	033%	No	00/06	000%
Good	01/06	017%
Very Good	00/06	000%
Excellent	01/06	017%

Site specific fishing regulations:
****Using the CCFP 'blanket policy' as no rules are listed in the IL fishing guide

Image	Species	Creel	Min. size	Max. size
	Largemouth Bass	6 fish	14''	None
	Channel Catfish	6 fish	None	None

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