Parks in Jonesboro, Illinois

Site of a historic Lincoln/Douglas Debate. Picnic shelters, walking paths and hiking trails. Shawnee National ... More on EnjoyIllinois.com

Two-acre lake (hence the name âHidden Lakeâ) complete with a pier for wetting your feet in the warmer months and a paddleboat for lazily making your way around. The lake is stocked for fishing ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Union County Conservation Area. 7 miles west of Jonesboro off Route 146 in Union County. The Union County State Fish & Wildlife Area was acquired by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in the late 1940s and developed a wintering ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Union County Conservation Area. Union County State Fish & Wildlife Area encompasses 6,202 acres in the Lower Mississippi River bottomlands division of Illinois. Numerous shallow sloughs and other water areas totaling approximately ... More on AnglerWeb.com

This 810-acre lake is part of the Crab Orchard refuge is stocked with rainbow and brown trout. It has a ma... More on New.cctb.org

Dogs (pit bulls) ran loose and barked at all hours. More on Yahoo! Travel

The Ohio River originates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River. It flows 981 miles southwest and inters the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. I... More on AnglerWeb.com

My friend, George, and I decided to try our luck fishing on the Ohio River. I wanted to modify a technique that my father used successfully ... More on igougo