REND LAKE, Ill. (KFVS) - Fishermen from all over the Heartland hit the waters of Rend Lake in Illinois for the 16th Annual Bass Fishing Tournament in memory of fallen soldier, Kyle Price. The ...

Rend Lake, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, is the second-largest man-made lake in Illinois, with 19,000 acres of water, 162 miles of shoreline and 20,000 acres of land. More than 3 million ...

REND LAKE — When the third or fourth slab crappie hit the bottom of Rick Eskew’s livewell, the veteran Rend Lake fishing guide said for anyone to hear, “Not all bushes are created equal.” Although a ...

In many lakes, crappie fishing quickly comes to an end following the spawning season. At the sprawling Rend Lake in Southern Illinois, however, crappie fishing is a year-round activity. You can just ...

REND LAKE, IL (KFVS) - A fisherman's body was recovered from Rend Lake on Wednesday, August 1. An 83-year-old Robert Drennan's body was recovered at 2:30 p.m. by the Rend Lake Search and Rescue Dive ...

If predictions by Illinois Department of Natural Resource’s fisheries biologist Shawn Hirst prove to be true, anglers heading to southern Illinois Rend Lake are likely to have one of their best years ...

January offers no shortage of outdoor opportunities to fish, hunt and trap across the Midwest. Up north, ice fishing is going strong. Down south, open water still exists. Deer seasons are wrapping up ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY - A fishing excursion turned tragic last night when a Bonnie man apparently drown after falling off a boat into Rend Lake. The body of Jason Todd Thomas, 35, was recovered by the Rend ...