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Carlyle Lake Monday Cast

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FRESHWATER CAST · MONDAY CASTILLINOIS

Carlyle Lake: White Bass & Bass Edges, Soft CT Weekdays

Monday Sep 21 – Thursday Sep 24, 2026 · Carlyle Lake · bank, kayak & boat · Mon morning–Thu evening · times in CT

CTPrimary: white bassUSACEWeekday soft

Carlyle’s open water still pushes white bass when shad roll — keep a bass rod ready on the same points.

Midweek outlook

NWS St. Louis / Carlyle Lake — forecast thin at Sunday evening pull. Soft re-check; do not invent highs.

Primary species this week: White bass — Carlyle is a noted white-bass destination when shad school; largemouth secondary on structure.

Crowd: Weekday soft. No named trail event pulled.

Window

Mon–Thuthrough Thu evening CT

Water / clarity

Often stained; wind-driven.

Crowd / pressure

Weekday soft. No named trail event pulled for Mon–Thu.

NWS day cards thin at pull — soft verify dam boards before you go (CT).

Dam & current / Generator schedule cheat sheet

Live/provisional pulls Sun Sep 20 CT. Soft verify dam boards before you go — do not invent unit counts.

Project	Observed	Generator schedule	How to fish it
Carlyle Dam USACE St. Louis	Re-check pool/discharge before launch.	No invented schedule.	White bass on shad; bass on points; big-water wind caution.

Schedules change — verify dam boards before you go.

How to fish it — Bank / Kayak / Boat

Bank

Dam/riprap areas where legal.

Kayak

PFD; pick protected if wind.

Boat

Watch birds; graph shad.

Ethanol-free fuel near this water

Pure-Gas.org E0 · near this water

Source: Pure-Gas.orgSun Sep 20, 2026 evening CT — verify at pump

Current prices (as of Sun Sep 20, 2026 evening CT — verify at pump) — may change; verify at the pump. No invented E0 pump prices.

Pure-Gas.org — Carlyle / Centralia corridor — Carlyle, IL · ~varies mi · E0price not listed — verify at pumpPure-Gas

Crowdsourced E0 identity; distances rough to pin. Call ahead. Gather notes in CT.

Lure box — Top / Mid / Bottom

Top

Small topwater when fish bust

Mid

Small spoons
White spinnerbaits
Swimbaits

Bottom

Jigging spoon
Blade

White/chartreuse excel.

Life stage + What's on the menu

White bass roaming shad; bass on structure.

What's on the menu: Gizzard/threadfin shad.

Also hot / also in season

Largemouth — Points/brush secondary
Crappie — Brush — secondary
Catfish — Secondary

Regs: Illinois DNR — https://dnr.illinois.gov/fishing.html — live-check; do not hardcode lengths.

Looking ahead

Wind dictates — have a creek-arm backup.

Sources: NWS forecast grids; Pure-Gas.org E0 listings; agency pages as cited. Pin 38.6189, -89.3529. Drafted Sun Sep 20, 2026 evening CT · . Window times water-local (CT).