TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.5 DEFINITIONS
Section 810.5 Definitions
Aquatic life – all fish, reptiles,
amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, algae, aquatic plants and aquatic
invertebrates, and any other aquatic animals or plants that the Department
identifies in administrative rules.
Catch and Release Fishing – means
that caught fish must be returned to the water immediately unharmed. No
harvest permitted of fish species noted as catch and release, or any fish
species from waterbodies noted as catch and release fishing only.
Fish Length or Length – means the
measurement from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail with the fish laid
flat on a ruler, with the mouth of the fish closed and the tail lobes pressed
together, except for Paddlefish where the length is measured from the center of
the eye to the center of the "V" of the tail fin (eye-fork length),
and except for Sturgeon species where length is measured from the tip of the
snout to the center of the "V" of the tail fin.
Fishing – taking or attempting to
take aquatic life in any waters of the State, by any method, and all other acts
such as placing, setting, drawing or using any device commonly used for the
taking of aquatic life, whether resulting in taking or not. This also applies
to the removal of dead and decaying aquatic life.
Harvest – any aquatic life taken
into possession from any waters of the State by any method.
In the aggregate – combination of
two or more species or hybrids that in total do not exceed the daily harvest
limit.
Protected Slot Length Limit – No
harvest of fish within the specified length range. Fish must be immediately
released.
Relic Mussel Shell – the shell of
a mussel that apparently died of natural causes in the water and contains no
meat or soft parts. The shell readily exhibits noticeable sediment, vegetation,
algal or mineral stains, discolorations, soiling, weathering or other visual
evidence on its interior surface that clearly and unambiguously shows the
mussel shell has not been cooked-out or freshly cleaned.
Snagging – the practice of
dragging or jerking a hook (or hooks), baited or unbaited, through the water
with the intention of hooking a fish on contact anywhere on the body other than
the inside of the mouth.
Take – to lure, kill, destroy,
capture, gig or spear, trap or ensnare, or attempt to do so.
Water of the State – any
water within the jurisdiction of the State of Illinois that is adapted for
purposes of navigation or public access.
>
− symbol means "greater than".
≥ − symbol means "greater
than or equal to".
< − symbol means "less
than".
≤ − symbol means "less
than or equal to".
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 436, effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.10 SALE OF FISH AND FISHING SEASONS - STATEWIDE
Section 810.10 Sale of Fish
and Fishing Seasons − Statewide
a) No fish or parts thereof (including eggs) taken by sport
fishing methods (including snagging) may be bought, sold or bartered.
b) Lake Michigan – The sport fishing season for rainbow smelt
shall be from March 1 to April 30.
c) Additional regulations for fishing on Department-owned,
-managed or leased sites apply during the migratory waterfowl season. (See 17
Ill. Adm. Code 590.15 (c)(6))
d) Lake Michigan, Calumet River, and the Chicago River including
its North Branch, South Branch, and the North Shore Channel – the sport fishing
harvest for yellow perch shall not be permitted from May 1 through June 15
annually.
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 436, effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.14 WANTON WASTE FISH, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, MOLLUSKS AND CRUSTACEANS ABANDONMENT
Section 810.14 Wanton Waste
– Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mollusks and Crustaceans Abandonment
a) Except
as provided in this Section, it is unlawful for any person at any time to take
or possess any fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans authorized
by this Part in Illinois waters by sportfishing methods and then intentionally
leave or abandon such fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans or
portions thereof resulting in wanton or needless waste.
b) "Wanton
or needless waste" means to place, leave, dump or abandon any fish,
reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans or fish, reptile, amphibian,
mollusk or crustacean parts protected by this Part along or upon any public
right-of-way or highway, waterway or stream, or on any public or private
property without the permission of the owner or tenant. No disposal of fish,
reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans or fish, reptile, amphibian,
mollusk or crustacean portions shall be allowed on State owned or leased properties
except at designated fish cleaning stations, where available.
c) This Section
shall not apply to fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans or fish,
reptile, amphibian, mollusk or crustacean parts used for the purposes of bait
or other lawful purposes or to injurious species of fish that accidentally jump
into a watercraft and are immediately returned to the water.
(Source: Amended at 43 Ill.
Reg. 3399, effective February 27, 2019)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.15 STATEWIDE AND SITE SPECIFIC BOWFISHING (ARCHERY/SPEAR METHODS) REGULATIONS
Section 810.15 Statewide and Site Specific Bowfishing
(Archery/Spear Methods) Regulations
a) Legal Methods of Taking
Aquatic life, as listed by species
in subsection (b), may be taken by means of legal bowfishing devices, including
a pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, spear
or gig. A valid sport fishing license is required for taking aquatic life under
this Section. Aquatic life taken by these means shall not be sold or bartered. No
other aquatic life (e.g., fish, amphibian or reptile species) may be taken in
this State by these means.
b) Species
Only fish, amphibian and reptile
species listed may be taken by bowfishing and other legal methods and in
accordance with length limits and daily harvest limits identified for each.
Fish, amphibian and reptile species permitted to be taken by bowfishing and
other archery/spear fishing legal methods in Illinois waters include:
1) Order
Petromyzontiformes
Family Petromyzontidae
(Non-Native Species):
Sea lamprey – Petromyzon marinus
(Linnaeus)
2) Order Lepisosteiformes
Family
Lepisosteidae (Native Species):
Spotted gar − Lepisosteus
oculatus (Winchell)
Longnose gar – Lepisosteus osseus
(Linnaeus)
Shortnose gar – Lepisosteus
platostomus (Rafinesque)
Alligator Gar – Atractosteus
spatula (Lacepede)
3) Order Amiiformes
Family Amiidae
(Native Species):
Bowfin – Amia calva (Linnaeus)
4) Order
Clupeiformes
Family Clupeidae (Native Species):
Gizzard shad – Dorosoma
cepedianum (Lesueur)
5) Order Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae (Non-Native Species):
Grass carp
− Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes)
Common carp
− Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus)
Silver carp
− Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes)
Bighead carp
− Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson)
Goldfish −
Carassius auratus (Linnaeus)
Black carp –
Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson)
Family Cobitidae (Non-Native
Species):
Oriental weatherfish – Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
(Cantor)
Family
Catostomidae (Native Species):
River carpsucker − Carpiodes
carpio (Rafinesque)
Quillback carpsucker −
Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur)
Highfin carpsucker −
Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque)
White sucker − Catostomus
commersoni (Lacepede)
Blue sucker − Cycleptus
elongates (Lesueur)
Smallmouth buffalo −
Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque)
Bigmouth buffalo − Ictiobus
cyprinellus (Valenciennes)
Black buffalo − Ictiobus
niger (Rafinesque)
Spotted sucker − Minytrema
melanops (Rafinesque)
Silver redhorse − Moxostoma
anisurum (Rafinesque)
Black redhorse − Moxostoma
duquesnei (Lesueur)
Golden redhorse − Moxostoma
erythrurum (Rafinesque)
Shorthead
redhorse − Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur)
6) Order Characiformes
Family Serrasalmidae (Non-Native
Species):
Pacu – Callisoma spp. (Eigenmann
and Kennedy)
7) Order
Siluriformes
Family Ictaluridae (Native Species):
Channel catfish – Ictalurus
punctatus (Rafinesque)
Blue catfish – Ictalurus furcatus
(Lesueur)
Flathead catfish – Pylodictis
olivaris (Rafinesque)
Yellow bullhead – Ameiurus natalis
(Lesueur)
Brown bullhead – Ameiurus
nebulosus (Lesueur)
Black bullhead – Ameiurus melas
(Rafinesque)
Family Ictaluridae (Non-Native
Species):
White catfish – Ameiurus catus
(Linnaeus)
8) Order Perciformes
Family Sciaenidae (Native
Species):
Freshwater drum – Aplodinotus
grunniens (Rafinesque)
9) Order Cichliformes
Family Cichlidae (Non-Native
Species):
Tilapia – Tilapia spp. (Smith)
10) Order Gobiiformes
Family Gobiidae (Non-Native
Species):
Round goby – Neogobius
malanistomus (Pallas)
11) Order Anabantiformes
Family Channidae
(Non-Native Species):
Northern
snakehead – Channa argus (Cantor)
12) Order Anura
Family Ranidae (Native Species):
American bullfrog – Lithobates
catesbeianus (Shaw)
13) Order Testudines
Family Chelydridae (Native
Species):
Common snapping turtle – Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus)
c) Non-Native Fish Species
No live possession of non-native
fish species listed in subsection (b) is permitted, with the exception of
common carp and goldfish.
d) Waters Open to
Bowfishing and Other Legal Archery and Spearfishing Methods
1) All
public site specific waters as noted in Section 810.45.
2) All
public rivers and streams noted in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 3704.Appendix A, except as
restricted by subsections (d)(2)(A) through (G).
A) Mississippi
River connected public (accessible by boat during normal flows or stages)
backwaters, including that portion of the Kaskaskia River below the navigation
lock and dam, except:
i) Quincy
Bay, including Quincy Bay Waterfowl Management Area;
ii) All
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge backwaters.
B) Illinois
River and connected public (accessible by boat during normal flows or stages)
backwaters from Route 89 highway bridge downstream, except for:
i) U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge waters;
ii) Donnelley/DePue
State Fish and Wildlife Area;
iii) Rice
Lake Complex, including all of Big Lake;
iv) Meredosia
Lake in Cass and Morgan Counties during the central zone duck season; and
v) Clear
Lake in Mason County 7 days prior to and during the central zone duck season.
C) Sangamon
River, downstream of State Route 48 southwest of Decatur to mouth in Cass
County.
D) Kaskaskia
River south of Route U.S. 50 Bridge to mouth in Randolph County.
E) Big
Muddy River, south of State Route 14 highway bridge in Franklin County to mouth
in Jackson County.
F) Saline
River in Gallatin and Saline Counties.
G) Ohio
River, except for:
i) Olmstead
Locks and Dam downstream to a line perpendicular with the end of the longest
lock wall, including the circular cell portion;
ii) Smithland
Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall; and
iii) Within
50 yards of the mouth of any tributary or stream.
3) Additional
waters (accessible by boat during normal flows or stages), except as restricted
in this subsection.
A) Embarras
River, except from Route 130 in Coles County upstream to the dam;
B) Skillet
Fork River; and
C) Cache
River from Route 51 downstream to the Mississippi River via Cache Diversion
Channel, but not including that portion of the Cache River between the Cache
Diversion Channel Levee and the Ohio River.
e) Catfish
species (Family Ictaluridae) may be taken by bowfishing methods only in the
following waters, except as restricted in this subsection.
1) Mississippi
River connected public (accessible by boat during normal flows or stages)
backwaters, including that portion of the Kaskaskia River below the navigation
lock and dam, except:
A) Quincy
Bay, including Quincy Bay Waterfowl Management Area; and
B) All
U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge backwaters.
2) Illinois
River and connected public (accessible by boat during normal flows or stages)
backwaters from Route 89 highway bridge downstream, except:
A) U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge waters;
B) Donnelley/DePue
State Fish and Wildlife Area;
C) Rice
Lake Complex, including all of Big Lake;
D) Meredosia
Lake in Cass and Morgan Counties during the central zone duck season; and
E) Clear
Lake in Mason County seven days prior to and during the central zone duck
season.
3) Sangamon
River, downstream of State Route 48 southwest of Decatur to mouth in Cass
County.
4) Kaskaskia
River, south of Route U.S. 50 bridge to mouth in Randolph County.
5) Big
Muddy River, south of State Route 14 highway bridge in Franklin County to mouth
in Jackson County.
6) Saline
River in Gallatin and Saline Counties.
7) Ohio
River, except:
A) Olmstead
Locks and Dam downstream to a line perpendicular with the end of the longest
lock wall, including the circular cell portion;
B) Smithland
Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock wall; and
C) Within
50 yards of the mouth of any tributary or stream.
8) Embarras
River, except from Route 130 in Coles County upstream to the dam, and except
Charleston Side Channel Lake.
9) Skillet
Fork River.
10) Cache
River from Route 51 downstream to the Mississippi River via Cache Diversion
Channel, but not including that portion of the Cache River between the Cache
Diversion Channel Levee and the Ohio River.
11) Wabash
River.
12) Little
Wabash River.
13) South
Fork of the Sangamon River from State Highway 48 bridge downstream to the
Sangamon River in Christian and Sangamon Counties.
f) Bowfishing
for common snapping turtles is not permitted in the following Illinois counties:
Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Hamilton, White, Gallatin, Saline, Williamson,
Jackson, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Massac, Pulaski and Alexander.
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 436, effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.20 SNAGGING
Section 810.20 Snagging
a) Sport fishermen are permitted only one pole and line device to
which can be attached no more than two hooks. On the Mississippi River between
Illinois and Iowa, the maximum treble hook size is 5/0; gaffs may not be used
to land paddlefish.
b) Species of Fish and Snagging Harvest Limit
Only fish
species listed may be taken by snagging methods and in accordance with daily
harvest limits identified for each. Fish species permitted to be taken by
snagging methods in Illinois waters include:
Asian Carp (no live possession) – no harvest limit
Carp − no harvest limit
Buffalo − no harvest limit
Freshwater Drum − no harvest limit
Salmon (coho and chinook only) − 5 fish in the aggregate daily
harvest limit
Paddlefish − 2 fish daily harvest limit
Bowfin − no harvest limit
Gizzard shad − no harvest limit
Carpsuckers − no harvest limit
Longnose gar − no harvest limit
Shortnose gar − no harvest limit
Suckers − no harvest limit
c) Disposition
of Snagged Salmon and Paddlefish
1) Every
Salmon 10 inches in total length or longer snagged must be taken into immediate
possession and included in the daily harvest limit.
2) Every
Paddlefish 33 inches eye-fork length or less landed while fishing on the
Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa must be taken into immediate
possession and included in the daily harvest limit. Every Paddlefish greater
than 33 inches eye-fork length must be immediately returned to the water.
3) Paddlefish
24 inches eye-fork length or longer landed while fishing on the Mississippi
River between Illinois and Missouri which are immediately returned to the water
do not count toward the daily harvest limit. Paddlefish 24 inches eye-fork
length or longer landed and not immediately returned to the water are
considered taken into possession and must be counted toward the daily harvest
limit. Every Paddlefish less than 24 inches eye-fork length must be immediately
returned to the water.
4) Once
the daily harvest limit of Salmon or Paddlefish has been reached, snagging must
cease.
5) All
snagged Salmon and Paddlefish taken into possession must be removed from the
area which they are taken and disposed of properly, in accordance with Section
5-5 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code [515 ILCS 5/5-5].
d) Waters Open to Snagging and Snagging Season
1) Snagging for fish is permitted from September 15 through
December 15 and from March 15 through May 15 within a 300 yard downstream limit
below all locks and dams of the Illinois River, except for below the Peoria
Lock and Dam where snagging is permitted year round within a 300 yard
downstream limit.
2) Snagging
for fish is permitted from September 15 through December 15 and from March 15
through May 15 within a 300 yard downstream limit below all locks and dams of
the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri, except for the Chain of
Rocks low water dam at Chouteau Island − Madison County, also known as
Dam 27 at the Chain of Rocks − Madison County where no snagging is
permitted. Snagging is permitted from ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after
sunset daily, March 1 through April 15 within a 500 yard downstream limit below
locks and dams on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa.
3) Snagging for fish is permitted year-round within a 100 yard
limit upstream or downstream of the dam at Horseshoe Lake in Alexander County.
4) Snagging for chinook and coho salmon only is permitted from
the following Lake Michigan shoreline areas from October 1 through December 31;
however, no snagging is allowed at any time within 200 feet of a moored
watercraft or as posted:
A) Lincoln Park Lagoon from the Fullerton Avenue Bridge to the
southern end of the Lagoon.
B) Waukegan Harbor (in North Harbor basin only).
C) Winnetka Power Plant discharge area.
D) Jackson Harbor (Inner and Outer Harbors).
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 436, effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.25 TROTLINES
Section 810.25 Trotlines
a) Sportfishermen
must check trotlines and other legal hook and line devices at least once every
24 hours.
b) Any
sport fishing device, including trot line device, bank pole, and throw line or
buoyed ganging devices, left unattended must be tagged with the name and
mailing address of the operator. All required tags shall be in a
position to be at all times exposed to public view. [515 ILCS 5/10-95]
c) Trotlines
and other sportfishing devices and all parts thereof must not be abandoned and
shall be completely removed when they are not in compliance with subsections
(a) and (b). Abandoned, for purposes of this Section, includes but is not
limited to, hooks in the water with no bait attached, rotted bait, silted-in
devices, dead or severely stressed aquatic life caught on the hooks, as well as
the failure to check and remove aquatic life every 24 hours.
(Source:
Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 1934, effective January 30, 2023)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.28 MUSSELS
Section 810.28 Mussels
a) Persons possessing a sport fishing license may possess up to
50 relic mussel shells for personal collection.
b) Collected live mussels may not be transported between water
bodies.
c) Mussels collected under a sport fishing license may only be
taken for personal use and may not be sold or bartered.
d) Species allowed for harvest or collection can be found on the
Aquatic Life Approved Species List as designated in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 870.10.
(Source: Added at 42 Ill. Reg. 7773,
effective April 20, 2018)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.30 POLE AND LINE FISHING ONLY (REPEALED)
Section 810.30 Pole and Line
Fishing Only (Repealed)
(Source: Repealed at 15 Ill. Reg. 4699, effective March 18, 1991)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.35 STATEWIDE SPORTFISHING (HOOK AND LINE AND OTHER NON-BOWFISHING OR NON SNAGGING LEGAL METHODS UNDER A SPORTFISHING LICENSE) REGULATIONS DAILY HARVEST AND SIZE LIMITS
Section 810.35 Statewide
Sportfishing (Hook and Line and Other Non-Bowfishing or Non‑Snagging
Legal Methods Under a Sportfishing License) Regulations – Daily Harvest
and Size Limits
a) No fish species may be dressed (filleted or head and tail
removed) on any waters to which length or bag limits are applicable.
Regardless of where taken, no fish less than the specified minimum length or
more than the daily harvest shall be possessed while taking from, or on, any
waters to which length or bag limits and/or daily harvest limits apply. While
taking from areas designated as "Catch and Release Fishing Only", all
catch and release species must be immediately released back into the waters
from which taken.
b) Statewide limits by type of fish:
1) Channel Catfish
There are no
daily harvest or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific
Regulations.
2) Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
A) Daily harvest limit is 6 bass, either singly or in the
aggregate, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations.
B) In streams and rivers (excluding the mainstem of the
Mississippi, Ohio, including the Golconda Marina and Wabash Rivers) the daily harvest
can contain no more than 3 smallmouth bass.
C) In rivers and their tributaries statewide, except for the
Mississippi, Ohio, including the Golconda Marina, Wabash and Illinois Rivers, Calumet
River, Lake Calumet Connecting Channel, Calumet Sag Channel and navigable
portions of the Grand Calumet River and Little Calumet River, all smallmouth
bass must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15.
D) There
is no statewide size limit.
3) Muskellunge, Northern Pike and Their Hybrids
A) All muskellunge and muskellunge hybrids (tiger muskie) taken must
be 36" in total length or longer, except as specified under Site Specific
Regulations.
B) No more than one muskellunge or muskellunge hybrid (tiger
muskie) may be taken per day, except as specified under Site Specific
Regulations.
C) All northern pike taken must be 24" in total length or
longer, except in the Mississippi River where there is no size limit.
D) No more than 3 northern pike may be taken per day, except as
specified under Site Specific Regulations.
4) Crappie (White, Black or Hybrid Crappie)
There are no harvest
or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.
5) Bluegill, Redear Sunfish and other Sunfish
There are no harvest
or size limits except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.
6) Striped Bass (Ocean Rockfish), White Bass, Yellow Bass and
Hybrids
There are no
daily harvest limits or minimum size limits for striped bass (ocean rockfish),
white bass, yellow bass and their hybrids, which are less than 17" in
total length, except in those waters listed under Site Specific Regulations.
For those fish 17" in total length or longer, the daily limit is 3 fish,
either singly or in the aggregate, except in the Mississippi River between
Illinois and Missouri where there is a 30 fish daily harvest limit for all
striped, white, yellow or hybrid striped bass. In the Mississippi River
between Illinois and Iowa, there is a 25 fish daily harvest on striped bass,
white bass, yellow bass and their hybrids, either singly or in the aggregate.
7) Trout and Salmon
Daily harvest
limit is 5 trout or salmon, either singly or in the aggregate.
8) Walleye, Sauger or their Hybrid
A) All walleye, sauger, or their hybrid (saugeye) taken must be
14" in total length or longer, except in the Mississippi River, Wabash
River, or as specified under Site Specific Regulations.
B) Daily harvest limit is 6 walleye, sauger or their hybrid,
either singly or in the aggregate, except in those waters listed under Site
Specific Regulations.
9) Paddlefish
Daily harvest
limit is 2 paddlefish.
10) Injurious Species
For injurious
species, as described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 805, there are no harvest or size
limits. Possession of live specimens, progeny thereof, viable eggs, or gametes
is prohibited.
11) Alligator Gar
Harvest limit
is 1 alligator gar per 24 hours.
c) The limits established in this Part on the number and size
of fish a person may take in a day do not apply to a person fishing in waters
wholly within his or her private property. [515 ILCS 5/10-150]
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 436, effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.37 DEFINITIONS FOR SITE SPECIFIC SPORTFISHING REGULATIONS (REPEALED)
Section 810.37 Definitions
for Site Specific Sportfishing Regulations (Repealed)
(Source: Repealed at 47 Ill.
Reg. 1934, effective January 30, 2023)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.40 DAILY CATCH AND SIZE LIMITS (REPEALED)
Section 810.40 Daily Catch
and Size Limits (Repealed)
(Source: Repealed at 15 Ill. Reg. 4699, effective March 18, 1991)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.45 SITE SPECIFIC WATER AREA REGULATIONS
Section 810.45 Site Specific
Water Area Regulations
a) Site
specific regulations are listed by water area affected. The coverage of the
regulation is dictated by the extent of the water area listed and not by the
county. In some cases, regulations for a given water area or site may extend
beyond the counties listed. The counties listed refer to the location of the
dam or outfall for impoundments or mouths of small streams. Since large rivers
or streams usually flow through many counties, the term "Multiple" is
used rather than listing all counties where the large stream or river flows.
b) If a
water area is not listed, then Statewide restrictions apply. If a Minimum
Length Limit or a Daily Harvest Limit is not listed, then Statewide
restrictions apply.
c) Daily
Harvest Limits are an aggregate count of all species listed for each
regulation, except as noted otherwise. For species not listed, statewide
restrictions apply.
d) The
following subsections explain additional restrictions or special provisions
referred to by number in parentheses for water areas listed in this Section.
1) Sport
fishermen must not use more than 2 poles and each pole must not have more than
2 hooks or lures attached (Alabama rigs not allowed) while fishing, except that
legal size cast nets (in accordance with Section 810.50(a)(2)), shad scoops,
and minnow seines may be used to obtain shad, minnows and crayfish to use as
bait, provided that they are not sold, and except that bullfrogs may be taken
by hand, gig, pitchfork, spear, landing net and hook and line during bullfrog
season.
2) Sport
fishermen may not use a minnow seine, minnow trap, cast net or shad scoop for
bait collecting in the following water areas:
Charleston Lower Channel Lake
tailwaters from that portion of the Embarras River from the Charleston Lower
Channel Lake Dam downstream to the Route 130 Bridge.
Clinton Lake tailwaters from that
portion of Salt creek from the Clinton Dam downstream to the route 10 Bridge.
Cook County Forest Preserve
District Waters (except in the Des Plaines River)
Lake Decatur tailwaters from that
portion of the Sangamon River from the Lake Decatur Dam downstream to the Route
48 Bridge.
3) All
jugs set in a body of water shall be under the immediate supervision of the
fisherman. Immediate supervision shall be defined as the fisherman being on
the water where the jugs are set and readily available to identify jugs to law
enforcement officers.
4) When
using live bait, all live bait in excess of 8" in total length shall be
rigged with a quick set rig. The hook shall be immediately set upon the
strike. A quick set rig is defined as follows: a live bait rig with up to 2
treble hooks attached anywhere on the live bait; single hooks are prohibited. This
subsection (d)(4) does not apply to trotlines, jug lines, etc., if allowed on
the lake.
5) Sport
fishermen may take carp, carpsuckers, buffalo, gar, bowfin and suckers by
pitchfork, gigs, bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices.
6) The
daily harvest limit for yellow perch shall not exceed 15 fish in the combined
waters of Lake Michigan, Calumet River, and Chicago River including its North
Branch, South Branch and the North Shore Channel.
7) It
shall be illegal to possess trout during the period of October 1 to 5 a.m. on
the third Saturday in October (both dates inclusive) that were caught during
that period.
8) It
shall be illegal to possess trout during the period of March 15 to 5 a.m. on
the 1st Saturday in April (both dates inclusive) that were caught during that
period.
9) Catch
and Release Fishing Only means that fish (all identified species) caught must
be immediately released alive and in good condition back into the water from
which they came.
10) The 48
inch total length limit on pure muskellunge applies to that body of water
listed as well as any tailwaters as defined below:
Evergreen Lake (McLean County) –
including the portion of Six Mile Creek below the Evergreen Lake Dam downstream
to its confluence with the Mackinaw River.
Fox Chain O’Lakes (Lake/McHenry
Counties) – including the Fox River south of the Wisconsin-Illinois boundary to
the Algonquin Dam and the Nippersink Creek upstream to the Wilmot Road Bridge.
Kinkaid Lake (Jackson County) –
including the portion of Kinkaid Creek below the Kinkaid Lake Dam downstream to
the Route 149 Bridge.
Lake Shelbyville (Moultrie/Shelby
Counties) – including the portion of the Kaskaskia River below the Lake
Shelbyville Dam downstream to the State Route 128 Road Bridge near Cowden.
Otter Lake (Macoupin County) –
including the portion of Otter Creek below Otter Lake Dam downstream to its
confluence with East Otter Creek.
Pierce Lake (Winnebago County) –
including the portion of Willow Creek below the Pierce Lake Dam downstream to
Forest Hills Road
e) Fishing
regulations, including species of fish, fishing methods and Daily Harvest
Limits are listed for each water area. The numbers in parenthesis refer to the
corresponding numbered definitions in subsection (d) of this Section. If a
water area is not listed or if a specific species is not listed, then statewide
restrictions apply. Check the bulletin boards and regulation signs at the
specific site for any emergency changes to regulations.
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Aledo City Lake, City of Aledo
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Mercer County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 12" and < 18"
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Altamont New City Reservoir, City of Altamont
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Effingham County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, State
of Illinois
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Fulton County
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Largemouth Bass
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12" Minimum Length Limit
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Andover Lake, Village of Andover
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Henry County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Anna City Lake, City of Anna
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Union County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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8" Minimum Length Limit
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10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Apple River (within Apple River Canyon State Park
and Satellite Boundaries), State of Illinois
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Jo Daviess County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Smallmouth Bass
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Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
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Trout
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Spring Closed Season (8). Early season Catch and Release
Fishing permitted. (9)
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Fall Closed Season (7). Early season Catch and Release
Fishing permitted. (9)
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Argyle Lake, Argyle Lake State Park
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McDonough County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Hybrid Walleye
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥14"
and <18"
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Pure Muskellunge
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42" Minimum Length Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish ≥
10"
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Arrowhead Heights Lake, Village of Camp Point
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Adams County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Arrowhead Lake, City of Johnston City
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Williamson County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish < 12"
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White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Ashland Old Reservoir, City of Ashland
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Morgan County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Ashland New Reservoir, City of Ashland
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Morgan County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Auburn Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
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Cook County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Axehead Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
Cook County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
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Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or
Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Bakers Lake, City of Peru
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LaSalle County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Baldwin Lake, Baldwin Lake State Fish and Wildlife
Area
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Randolph County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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18" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
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17" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
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9" Minimum Length Limit
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25 Fish Daily Harvest
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Banana Lake, Lake County Forest Preserve District
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Lake County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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Banner Marsh Lakes & Ponds, Banner Marsh State
Fish and Wildlife Area
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Peoria/Fulton Counties
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Sport fisherman may harvest carp, buffalo, suckers and gar
by bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears from May 1 through
August 31
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All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 12" and < 18"
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Pure Muskellunge
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42" Minimum Length Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
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Baumann Park Lake, City of Cherry Valley
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Winnebago County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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Beall Woods Lake, Beall Woods State Park
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Wabash County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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Trout
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Beaver Dam Lake, Beaver Dam State Park
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Macoupin County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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9" Minimum Length
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10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Beck Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
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Cook County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
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Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
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18" Minimum Length Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Belk Park Pond, City of Wood River
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Madison County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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Belleau Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
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Cook County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
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Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Belvidere Ponds, City of Belvidere
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Boone County
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Bevier Park Lagoon, Waukegan Park District
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Lake County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Bird Park Quarry, City of Kankakee
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Kankakee County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Trout
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Spring Closed Season (8)
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Blandinsville North and South Lakes, Village of
Blandinsville
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McDonough County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish ˂ 12"
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Bloomington Park District Lakes (Anglers Lake,
Holiday Lake, Tipton Lake and White Oaks Lake, [except Miller Park Lake, see
individual listing]), City of Bloomington
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McLean County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Blue Pond, Boone County Conservation District
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Boone County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Bonfield Ponds, Village of Bonfield
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Kankakee County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 12" or < 15"
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15"
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Borah Lake, City of Olney
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Richland County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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Bowen Lake, City of Washington
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Tazewell County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and < 15"
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Boyd-Wesley Park Pond, Village of Towanda
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McLean County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Braidwood Lake, Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife
Area
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Will County
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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Fishing tournaments prohibited from July 1 through August
31 (both dates inclusive)
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Striped, White or Hybrid
Striped Bass
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10 Fish Daily Harvest with no more than 3 Fish ≥
17"
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Breese Jaycee Park Pond, City of Breese
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Clinton County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Brock Lake, City of Mackinaw
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Tazewell County
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Bluegill or
Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel
Catfish
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth
Bass
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
15" and 2 Fish < 12"
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Buckner City Reservoir, City of Buckner
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Franklin County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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Buffalo Prairie Pheasant Habitat Area Lakes and Ponds
(Buffalo Lake South, Buffalo Lake North, Buffalo Pond Northwest, Buffalo
Wetland) State of Illinois
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Knox County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
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|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
14" and <18"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with 1 Fish ≥ 36"
and < 42" or 1 Fish ≥ 48"
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Bullfrog Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, or
Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Bunker Hill Lake, City of Bunker Hill
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area – All lakes
and ponds, State of Illinois
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 18" and 5 Fish < 14"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Burrell Woods Park Pond, City of Carmi
|
|
White County
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Busse Lake (including Busse Lake Spillway and
Salt Creek downstream to Arlington Heights Road), Cook County
Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cache River State Natural Area, State of Illinois
|
|
Pulaski/Johnson Counties
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
No fishing in Nature Preserves – Section 8 Woods, Heron
Pond/Little Black Slough
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
No Seines
|
|
|
|
Calumet River
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit (6)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Closed May 1 through June 15
|
|
|
|
Campus Lake – Southern Illinois University, State
of Illinois
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Campus Pond – Eastern Illinois University, State of
Illinois
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Canton Lake, City of Canton
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Carbondale City Reservoir, City of Carbondale
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Carlinville Lake #1, City of Carlinville
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Carlinville Lake #2, City of Carlinville
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Carlyle Lake, (including its tributary streams and
those portions of the Kaskaskia River and Hurricane Creek up to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Carlyle Lake Project boundaries). Does not include the
tailwaters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
|
Clinton/Bond/Fayette Counties
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Carlyle Lake Tailwaters (Kaskaskia River between
U.S. Route 50 and the Carlyle Lake dam and spillway), U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may not use a minnow seine, cast net or
shad scoop for bait collecting between U.S. Route 50 and the Carlyle Lake dam
and spillway.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carthage Lake, City of Carthage
|
|
Hancock County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Casey Park Pond, City of Casey
|
|
Clark County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 8"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Cedar Lake and Little Cedar Lake, U.S. Forest
Service and City of Carbondale
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
18" and 5 Fish < 14"
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Centennial Park Pond, Coloma Township Park District
|
|
Whiteside County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Centralia Foundation Park Catfish Pond, Centralia
Foundation
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Centralia Lake, City of Centralia
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Cermack Quarry, Cook County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Champaign Park District Lakes (Kaufman Lake,
Heritage Park Pond, Porter Lake and Mattis Lake), Champaign Park District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout (Kaufman Lake)
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Charleston Lower Channel Lake, City of Charleston
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2) (5)
|
|
|
|
Charleston Side Channel Lake, City of Charleston
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit for Fish < 10" and 10
Fish Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Charlie Brown Lake & Pond, City of Flora
|
|
Clay County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Charter Oak North – Peoria Park District Lake,
Peoria Park District
|
|
Peoria County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Charter Oak South – Peoria Park District Pond,
Peoria Park District
|
|
Peoria County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Chautauqua Lake North and South Pools, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
|
|
Mason County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Lake Chautauqua North and South Pools will be closed to boat
fishing from October 6 through January 31
|
|
|
|
●
|
Bank fishing will be allowed in selected areas only
|
|
|
|
●
|
Ice fishing will be allowed following the February 1
reopening
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Chicago River (including its North Branch, South
Branch, and the North Shore Channel)
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit (6)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Closed May 1 through June 15
|
|
|
|
Chillicothe Park District Ponds, Chillicothe Park
District
|
|
Peoria County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Christopher Old City Lake, City of Christopher
|
|
Franklin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Citizen's Lake, City of Monmouth
|
|
Warren County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
15" and 5 Fish < 12"
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Clear Lake, Kickapoo State Recreation Area
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Clinton Lake (including Clinton Lake Spillway and
Salt Creek downstream to the Route 10 Bridge), Clinton Lake State Recreation
Area
|
|
DeWitt County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen shall be allowed to use trotlines, jugs,
and bank poles in the portions of the lake that lie north of the Route 54
Railroad Bridge and northeast of the Route 48 Bridge
|
|
|
|
●
|
All jugs must be attended at all times (3)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp, carpsuckers and buffalo by
bow and arrow, bow and arrow devices, gigs and spears on the entire lake, but
not within 150 feet of any boat ramp, dock, beach or other developed
recreation areas
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid
Striped Bass
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit, with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 17"
|
|
|
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10" and 5 Fish < 10"
|
|
|
|
Coal Miner's Park Pond, City of Spring Valley
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth
Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Coffeen Lake, Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
All jugs must be attended at all times (3)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Coffeen Upland Management Pond, Coffeen Lake State
Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Coles County Airport Lake, Coles County Airport
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 18" and 2 Fish < 14"
|
|
|
|
Columbus Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Commissioners Park Pond, Alsip Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Conservation World Ponds, Illinois State
Fairgrounds
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
Fishing by special permit only
for senior groups, children's groups or group guests of the Director. Apply
for permit by writing to: Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Fisheries, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield IL 62702
|
|
|
|
Cook Co. Forest Preserve District Lakes (except
Axehead, Beck, Belleau, Bullfrog, Busse, Cermak, Flatfoot, Green, Horsetail,
Sag Quarry East, Schiller Pond, Skokie Lagoons, Tampier and Wampum lakes, see
individual listings), Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Coulterville Reservoir, Village of Coulterville
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Crab Orchard
Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
West of Wolf Creek Road, fishing from boats is permitted
all year. East of Wolf Creek Road, fishing from boats is permitted from
March 1 through October 15. Fishing from the bank is permitted all year only
at the Wolf Creek and Route 148 causeways.
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Sport fishermen shall be allowed to use trotlines, jugs,
and by hand, except that sport fishermen may not submerge any pole or similar
object to take or locate any fish and the use and aid of underwater breathing
devices is prohibited.
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Trotlines/jugs must be removed from sunrise until sunset
from the Friday immediately prior to Memorial Day through Labor Day. On the
entire lake, jugs and trotlines must be checked daily and must be removed on
the last day they are used. It is illegal to use stakes to anchor any
trotlines; they must be anchored only with portable weights and must be
removed on the last day they are used.
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The taking of carp, carpsuckers, shad, drum, buffalo, gar,
bowfin and suckers with spear, gig, bow and arrow or archery device is
permissible.
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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16" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Devil's Kitchen
Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Williamson County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Honker’s Pond,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Williamson County
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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Fishing is permitted year-round from sunrise to sunset
only
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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16" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Little Grassy
Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Williamson County
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and < 15"
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge −
Restricted Use Area Ponds, except Honker’s and Visitor’s Ponds, see
individual listings), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Williamson County
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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Fishing is permitted from March 1 through October 15, both
dates inclusive, from sunrise to sunset
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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16" Minimum Length Limit
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – Visitor’s Pond,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Williamson County
|
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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Fishing is permitted year-round from sunrise to sunset
only
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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18" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge – All Other Ponds,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Williamson County
|
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area Ponds,
Crawford County
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State Fish and Wildlife Area
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Crawford County
|
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 8"
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Channel Catfish
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Trout (Picnic Pond)
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Fall Closed Season (7)
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Crystal Lake, Urbana Park District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
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●
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
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10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
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Channel Catfish
|
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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14" Minimum Length Limit
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Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge − All
Ponds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Johnson/Pulaski/Union Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
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Channel Catfish
|
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
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|
15" Minimum Length Limit
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Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge − Cache
River, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Johnson/Pulaski Counties
|
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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No Seines
|
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Dawson Lake & Park Ponds, Moraine View State Recreation
Area
|
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McLean County
|
|
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All Fish
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
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Sport fishermen may take carp from boat by bow and arrow
and bow and arrow devices, but not within 150 feet of any developed recreation
areas
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
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20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 8"
|
|
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Channel Catfish
|
●
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
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15" Minimum Length Limit
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●
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
20"
|
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
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15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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|
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Decatur Park District Ponds (except Fairview Park –
Dreamland Pond and Sportsmans Club Pond, see individual listings), Decatur
Park District
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Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
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1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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Defiance Lake, Moraine Hills State Park
|
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McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
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2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
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●
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3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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|
Des Plaines River Basin (former Hoffman Dam site to
47th Street Bridge, including tributaries)
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Cook County
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
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|
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●
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6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
Northern Pike
|
●
|
30" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
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White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
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10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
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|
Diamond Lake, Mundelein Park District
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
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|
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|
Dieterich Park Pond, Village of Dieterich
|
|
Effingham County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Dolan Lake, Hamilton County State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Hamilton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Dongola City Reservoir, Village of Dongola
|
|
Union County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Double "T" State Fish and Wildlife Area,
State of Illinois
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
21" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Douglas Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
DuPage County Forest Preserve District Lakes and Ponds,
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
18" and 3 Fish < 14"
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
(Silver Lake)
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
DuPage River – West Branch (between the former dam
sites located in the McDowell Grove Forest Preserve and the Warrenville Grove
Forest Preserve)
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
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|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
|
DuQuoin City Lake, City of DuQuoin
|
|
Perry County
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds – All Lakes and Ponds,
State of Illinois
Perry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
East Fork Lake, City of Olney
|
|
Richland County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Ed Madigan State Park Pond, State of Illinois
|
|
Logan County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or
Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Eldon Hazlet State Park (See Also Carlyle Lake)
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
|
Elliott Lake, Wheaton Park District
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Embarras River Bottoms State Natural Area, State of
Illinois
|
|
Lawrence County
|
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emiquon Preserve − Thompson Lake, State of
Illinois
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, Pumpkinseed, Green, Orange spotted Sunfish or Hybrid Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evergreen Lake, City of Bloomington
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit (10)
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
Fairgrounds Pond – Fort Massac State Park
|
|
Massac County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Fairview Park – Dreamland Pond, Decatur Park
District
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Only youth under 16 years of age permitted to fish, or
persons participating in a Decatur Park District or Illinois Department of
Natural Resources sponsored fishing programs
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Ferne Clyffe Lake, Ferne Clyffe State Park
|
|
Johnson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Flatfoot Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Fletcher Park Pond, City of Mt. Zion
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Foli Park Pond, Village of Plano
|
|
Kendall County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Forbes Lake, Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation
Area (including Forbes Lake tailwaters and that portion of Lost Fork Creek
within Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area)
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid
Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
No Daily Harvest Limit for Fish < 8" and 10 Fish
Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 8"
|
|
|
|
Forbes State Recreation Area Ponds, Stephen A.
Forbes State Recreation Area
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout (Boston Pond)
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Forest Park Lagoon, City of Shelbyville
|
|
Shelby County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Four Lakes, Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Fox Chain O'Lakes (including the Fox River south of
the Wisconsin-Illinois boundary to the Algonquin Dam and the Nippersink Creek
upstream to the Wilmot Road Bridge), State of Illinois
|
|
Lake and McHenry Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) on State Park property
bordering the Fox River and Grass Lake
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Flathead Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 28" and 2 Fish < 28"
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit of which no more than 3 can be
Smallmouth Bass
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit (10)
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
All Fish must be immediately released between April 1 and
June 15
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
18" and <24"
|
|
|
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 24"
|
|
|
|
Fox Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area, State of
Illinois
|
|
Richland and Wayne Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
Fox Ridge State Park (see individual listings for
Hurricane Pond, Wilderness Pond and Ridge Lake)
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
|
Fox River (Algonquin Dam to confluence with the
Illinois River, including tributaries), State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Flathead Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
28" and 2 Fish < 28"
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
12" and 2 Fish < 12"
|
|
|
|
Fox River (at Moraine Hills State Park and Dam and
on Bolger Lock and Dam Properties), State of Illinois
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Fox River Marina, Lake County Forest Preserve
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Bank Fishing Only (in areas designed by Lake County Forest
Preserve District)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Bullfrogs may not be taken by hand, gig, pitchfork, spear,
landing net or hook and line
|
|
|
|
Fox Valley Park District Lakes and Ponds (excluding
Lake Gregory and Jericho Lake, see individual listing for Jericho Lake), Fox
Valley Park District
|
|
Kane and DuPage Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Frank Holten Lakes, Frank Holten State Park
|
|
St. Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Franklin Creek (within the boundaries of Franklin
Creek State Natural Area), State of Illinois
|
|
Lee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Franklin Creek Mill Pond − Franklin Creek
State Natural Area
|
|
Lee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fulton County Camping and Recreation Area Waters,
Fulton County Board
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and < 15"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gages Lake, Wildwood Park District
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Garfield Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Gebhard Woods Pond, Gebhard Woods State Park
|
|
Grundy County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Germantown Lake, Village of Germantown
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Giant City State Park Ponds, Giant City State Park
|
|
Jackson and Union Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Gillespie New City Lake, City of Gillespie
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and < 15"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Gillespie Old City Lake, City of Gillespie
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Gladstone Lake, Henderson County State Conservation
Area
|
|
Henderson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish < 12"
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Glen O Jones Trout Pond, Saline County State Fish
and Wildlife Area
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Glen O Jones State Lake, Saline County State Fish
and Wildlife Area
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 18" and 5 Fish < 14"
|
|
|
|
Glen Oak Lagoon, Peoria Park District
|
|
Peoria County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Glenn Shoals Lake, City of Hillsboro
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Gompers Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Gordon F. Moore Park Lake, City of Alton
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Governor Bond Lake, City of Greenville
|
|
Bond County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
All jugs must be attended at all times (3)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Grayslake Park District (Grayslake and Park Ponds),
City of Grayslake
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Green Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(2)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Greenfield City Lake, City of Greenfield
|
|
Greene County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ to 15" and 5 Fish < 12"
|
|
|
|
Hanover Lake – Apple River Canyon State Park, State
of Illinois
|
|
Jo Daviess County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Harrisburg New City Reservoir, City of Harrisburg
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Heidecke Lake, Heidecke Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Grundy County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 17"
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White,
Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Hennepin Canal – Mainline & Feeder, Hennepin
Canal Parkway State Park
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Jug fishing is permitted from sunset to sunrise and carp
and buffalo may be taken by bow and arrow devices from May 1 through
September 30. All jugs must have owner’s/user’s name and complete address
affixed.
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Hennepin-Hopper Lakes, The Wetlands Initiative
|
|
Putnam County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait ≥ 8" must be rigged with a quick
set rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White,
Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heritage Quarries (Great Lakes Quarry and Consumers
Quarry), City of Lemont
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Bluegill or
Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black,
or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Herrin Lake #1, City of Herrin
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Herschel Lake (formerly Tilton City Lake), Village
of Tilton
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Heyworth Centennial Lake, City of Heyworth
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Hidden Springs State Forest Ponds, Hidden Springs
State Forest
|
|
Shelby County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Hieland Lakes, Kankakee River Valley Forest
Preserve District
|
|
Kankakee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 12" and < 15"
|
|
|
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15"
|
|
|
|
Highland Old City Lake, City of Highland
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Hillsboro Old City Lake, City of Hillsboro
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and < 15"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Homer Guthrie Pond/ Illini Pond – Eldon Hazlet
State Park
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Homer Lake, Champaign County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Hormel Pond, Donnelley/DePue State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Horseshoe Lake − Alexander Co., Horseshoe
Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Alexander County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
Horseshoe Lake − Madison County, Horseshoe
Lake State Park
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Trotlines must be set within 300 feet from shore
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Horsetail Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Horton Lake, Nauvoo State Park
|
|
Hancock County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Humbolt Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Hurricane Pond, Fox Ridge State Park
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Illinois & Michigan Canal, State of Illinois
|
|
Grundy/LaSalle/ Will Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Illinois Beach State Park Ponds (except Sand Pond,
see individual listing), Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Illinois Department of Transportation Lake, State
of Illinois
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing is permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing is permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Illinois River − Starved Rock Pool
|
|
LaSalle and Grundy Counties
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Illinois River – State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Indian Boundary South Pond, Frankfort Square Park
District
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Iroquois & Kankakee Rivers and their Tributaries,
State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, and Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish >
18"
|
|
|
|
Island Pond, Boone County Conservation District
|
|
Boone County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Jackson Park (Columbia Basin) Lagoon, Chicago Park
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Jericho Lake, Fox Valley Park District
|
|
Kane County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area,
All Lakes and Ponds (except Drake Lake and Gridley Road Lake, see individual
listings), Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Cass County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
− Drake Lake, Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Cass County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area
– Gridley Road Lake, Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Cass County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Johnson-Sauk Trail Lake & Pond, Johnson-Sauk
Trail State Recreation Area
|
|
Henry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Jones Park Lake, City of East St. Louis
|
|
St. Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Jubilee College State Park Pond, Jubilee College
State Park
|
|
Peoria County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kane County Forest Preserve District Lakes and Ponds,
Kane County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Kane County
|
|
|
Bluegill
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 fish >
18" and 3 fish < 14"
|
|
|
Northern Pike
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Kankakee-Iroquois Rivers and their Tributaries,
State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, and Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
18"
|
|
|
|
Kankakee River, (from the Kankakee Dam to the
Wilmington Dam on the Kankakee River, including tributaries), State of
Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
18" and 2 Fish < 12
|
|
|
|
Kent Creek, State of Illinois
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
|
Kickapoo State Park Lakes & Ponds (except Clear
Lake, see individual listing), Kickapoo State Recreation Area
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
|
Kincaid City Lake, City of Kincaid
|
|
Christian County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
King Park Lagoon, City of Pittsfield
Pike County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Kinkaid Lake, Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit (10)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish ≥
10"
|
|
|
|
Kinmundy City Lake, City of Kinmundy
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Kinmundy Reservoir, City of Kinmundy
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Kishwaukee River and South Branch of Kishwaukee River
and Tributaries, State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Atwood, McHenry County Conservation District
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Lake Bloomington, City of Bloomington
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 17"
|
|
|
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Lake Carlton, Morrison-Rockwood State Park
|
|
Whiteside County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Carlton Silt Basin, State of Illinois
|
|
Whiteside County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
8" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
|
Lake Chaminwood, Will County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake County Forest Preserve District Lakes (excluding
Independence Grove Lake, Banana Lake, and Sterling Lake, see individual
listings for Banana Lake and Sterling Lake), Lake County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Decatur (including all boundaries within the
City of Decatur, from the dam to the Sangamon River at Macon County Highway
25 (North Oakley Road) and the area west of Baltimore Ave., does not include
the tailwater), City of Decatur
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Bullfrogs may not be taken by spear
|
|
|
|
●
|
Carp, buffalo, suckers and carpsuckers may be taken by
means of pitchfork and gigs (no bow and arrow devices)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Eureka, City of Eureka
|
|
Woodford County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake George, Loud Thunder Forest Preserve
|
|
Rock Island County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Jacksonville, City of Jacksonville
|
|
Morgan County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Carp, buffalo, suckers and carpsuckers may be taken by
means of pitchfork and gigs (no bow and arrow devices)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
14" and < 18"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Lake Ka-Ho (Lakes 1, 2 and 3), Village of Lake
Ka-Ho
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Kakusha, City of Mendota
|
|
LaSalle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Le-Aqua-Na Kids Only Fishing Pond, Lake
Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation Area
|
|
Stephenson County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Only youth under 16 years of age permitted to fish
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Hybrid Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel
Catfish
|
●
|
1 Fish daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Le-Aqua-Na, Lake Le-Aqua-Na State Recreation
Area
|
|
Stephenson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Loami, City of Loami
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Lou Yaeger, City of
Litchfield
|
|
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Mattoon, City of Mattoon
|
|
Coles/Cumberland/Shelby Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Lake Mendota, City of Mendota
|
|
LaSalle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
15" and 2 < 12"
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Lake Michigan (Illinois Portion), State of Illinois
|
|
Lake/Cook Counties
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restriction
|
●
|
All devices used for sport fishing on Lake Michigan must
be attended at all times
|
|
|
Lake Trout
|
●
|
2 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Lake Whitefish or Round
Whitefish
|
●
|
12 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
21" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout and Salmon
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit, except for Lake Trout
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit (6)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Closed May 1 through June 15
|
|
|
|
Lake Milliken, Des Plaines State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Lake Mingo & Kennekuk Cove Park Ponds,
Vermilion County Conservation District
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp from boat by bow and arrow
and bow and arrow devices, but not within 150 feet of any developed
recreation areas
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish >
8"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
15" and 2 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Murphysboro, Lake Murphysboro State Park
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Nellie, City of St. Elmo
|
|
Fayette County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake of the Woods & Elk's Pond, Champaign
County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
No Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ˂ 7" and 5 Fish
Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 7"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Lake Owen, Hazel Crest Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Paradise, City of Mattoon
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 8"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Sara, City of Effingham
|
|
Effingham County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 15" and <18"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Shelbyville (including its tributary streams
and those portions of the West Okaw and Kaskaskia Rivers to the extent of the
Lake Shelbyville Project boundaries – including parts of the Lake Shelbyville
State Fish and Wildlife Area, except Project Ponds, see individual listing),
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
|
Moultrie/Shelby Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit (10)
|
|
|
Striped Bass
|
●
|
32" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
2 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish ≥
10" and 5 Fish < 10"
|
|
|
|
Lake Shelbyville – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project
Ponds (except Woods Lake, see individual listing), and Lake
Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area Ponds
|
|
Moultrie/Shelby Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 5 Fish ≥
10" and 5 Fish < 10"
|
|
|
|
Lake Shermerville, Northbrook Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Springfield, City of Springfield
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Storey, City of Galesburg
|
|
Knox County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill, or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and <18"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Strini, Village of Romeoville
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Lake Sule, Flagg-Rochelle Park District
|
|
Ogle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Taylorville, City of Taylorville
|
|
Christian County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Lake Vermilion, Vermilion County Conservation
District
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp, carpsuckers, buffalo, gar,
bowfin, and suckers by pitchfork, gigs, bow and arrow or bow and arrow
devices north of Boiling Springs Road, but not within 300 feet around the
wetland boardwalk.
|
|
|
|
●
|
Trotline and jug fishing allowed north of Boiling Springs
Road
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length
|
|
|
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Victoria, City of South Beloit
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lake Williamsville, Village of Williamsville
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lakewood Park, Morton Park District
Tazewell County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
LaSalle Cooling Lake, LaSalle Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
LaSalle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
10 Fish Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish ≥
17"
|
|
|
|
Leifheit Lake, Kendall County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Kendall County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or
Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel
Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Levings Lake, Rockford Park District
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lincoln Log Cabin Pond, Lincoln Log Cabin
Historical Site
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Lincoln Park North Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restriction
|
●
|
Closed to Fishing
|
|
|
|
Lincoln Park South Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restriction
|
●
|
Closed to Fishing
|
|
|
|
Lincoln Trail Lake, Lincoln Trail State Park
|
|
Clark County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 9"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
> 14" and < 18"
|
|
|
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 18"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Litchfield City Lake, City of Litchfield
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 2 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Little Casters Pond, Boone County Conservation
District
|
|
Boone County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Mackinaw Ponds 1 and 2, Mackinaw River State Fish
and Wildlife Area
|
|
Tazewell County
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Macon County Conservation District Ponds (except
Rock Springs Pond and Rock Springs Bike Trail Pond, see individual listings),
Macon County Conservation District
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Maple Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Marine Heritage Lake, Village of Marine
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Marissa City Lake, City of Marissa
|
|
St. Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Marquette Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Marshall County State Fish and Wildlife Area (Fishing
Ditch), Marshall County State Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Marshall County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Mascoutah Reservoir, City of Mascoutah
|
|
St. Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Matthiessen Lake, Matthiessen State Park
|
|
LaSalle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area, State of
Illinois
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may harvest carp, buffalo, suckers and gar
by bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears from May 1 through
August 31
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Mauvaise Terre/Morgan Lake, City of Jacksonville
|
|
Morgan County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
·
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Mazonia Lakes & Ponds (except Monster Lake and
Ponderosa Lake, see individual listings), Mazonia State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Grundy/Kankakee/Will Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
McCullom Lake, City of McHenry
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
McKinley Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
McLeansboro City Lakes, City of McLeansboro
|
|
Hamilton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Mechanicsburg Park Pond, City of Mechanicsburg
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Mermet State Lake, Mermet Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Massac County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Middle Fork Forest Preserve Ponds, (Emerald Pond,
Cypress Pond, and Willow Pond), Champaign County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, Kickapoo State
Recreation Area and Middle Fork Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Mill Creek Lake, Clark County Park District
|
|
Clark County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 15" and 4 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 2 Fish ≥
12"
|
|
|
|
Mill Race Ponds, Belvidere Park District
|
|
Boone County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Miller Park Lake, Bloomington Park District
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Mineral Springs Park Lagoon, City of Pekin
|
|
Tazewell County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Mississippi River (between IL & IA), State of
Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
Maximum treble hook size is 5/0; gaffs may not be used to
land paddlefish
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen must not use more than 2 poles and each
pole must not have more than 2 hooks or lures while trolling
|
|
|
Bluegill or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Northern Pike
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Paddlefish
|
●
|
Snagging for paddlefish is permitted from ½ hour before
sunrise to ½ hour after sunset daily, March 1 through April 15 within a 500
yard downstream limit below locks and dams on the Mississippi River between
Illinois and Iowa; Daily Harvest Limit is 2 fish; the maximum length limit
for paddlefish taken from the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa is
33" eye-to-fork length (all paddlefish ≥ to 33" must be
immediately released back to the Mississippi River); no sorting allowed; once
the daily limit of paddlefish has been reached, snagging must cease
|
|
|
Rock Bass
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, Yellow or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
Statewide regulation limiting Daily Harvest to 3 fish
≥ 17" is not in effect on the Mississippi River between Illinois
and Iowa
|
|
|
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 20" and < 27"
|
|
|
Walleye or Sauger
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 27" in total length
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Mississippi River (between IL & MO), State of
Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
All Nongame Species Combined
(Excludes
endangered and threatened species and the following game species: Crappie,
Channel/Blue/Flathead Catfish, Rock Bass, Warmouth, White/Yellow/Striped/Hybrid
Striped Bass, Trout, Largemouth/Smallmouth/Spotted Bass, Muskellunge,
Northern Pike, Chain/Grass Pickerel, Walleye, Sauger, Paddlefish)
|
●
|
100 Total Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Flathead Catfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth, or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Northern Pike
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Paddlefish
|
●
|
24" Eye-to-Fork Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
Snagging for paddlefish is permitted from September 15
through December 15 and March 15 through May 15 within a 300 yard downstream
limit below locks and dams on the Mississippi River between Illinois and
Missouri except for the Chain of Rocks low water dam at Chouteau Island, also
known as Dam 27 at the Chain of Rocks (Madison County) where no snagging is
permitted; Daily Harvest Limit is 2 fish; sorting is permitted; every
paddlefish ≥ 24" in eye-to-fork length must be taken into
immediate possession and included in the Daily Harvest Limit; paddlefish <
24" eye to fork length must be returned immediately to the water; once
the daily limit of paddlefish has been reached, snagging must cease
|
|
|
Striped,
White, Yellow or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
Statewide regulation limiting daily harvest to 3 fish
≥ 17" is not in effect on the Mississippi River between Illinois
and Missouri
|
|
|
|
●
|
30 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye or Sauger
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
30 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Monee Reservoir, Will County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Monster Lake, Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Kankakee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 18" and < 24"
|
|
|
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 24"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Montrose Lake, City of Montrose
|
|
Cumberland County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 8"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Mt. Olive City Lakes (Old and New), City of Mt.
Olive
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Mt. Pulaski Park District Lake, Mt. Pulaski Park
District
|
|
Logan County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Mt. Sterling Lake, City of Mt. Sterling
|
|
Brown County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥12"
and < 15"
|
|
|
|
Mt. Vernon City Park Lake, City of Mt. Vernon
|
|
Jefferson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Mt. Vernon Game Farm Pond, Mt. Vernon Game Farm
|
|
Jefferson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Mundelein Park District Ponds, City of Mundelein
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Nashville City Reservoir, City of Nashville
|
|
Washington County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Newton Lake, Newton Lake State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Jasper County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Fishing tournaments prohibited from June 1 through August
31 (both dates inclusive)
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Norris City Reservoir, City of Norris City
|
|
White County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
Oakland City Lake, City of Oakland
|
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oblong Lake, Village of Oblong
|
|
|
Crawford County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ohio River (between IL & KY), State of Illinois
|
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
|
Alligator Gar
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
|
Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Rock Bass
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Striped, White, Yellow or
Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
30 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 4 Fish
≥ 15"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ohio River (between IL & KY) and Wabash River
(between IL and IN), State of Illinois Multiple Counties
|
|
|
|
Blue or Flathead Catfish
|
●
|
13" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
No Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 13" and <
35"
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 35
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
13” Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
●
|
No Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 13" and
˂ 28"
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit for Fish > 28"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ohio River – Smithland Pool Tributary Streams (in
Pope/Hardin/Gallatin Counties, excluding Wabash River and Saline River Above
Route 1 Bridge), State of Illinois
|
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Olson Lake, Rock Cut State Park
|
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Omaha City Reservoir, Village of Omaha
|
|
|
Gallatin County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Omaha Township Reservoir, Omaha Township
|
|
|
Gallatin County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opeka Lake, Des Plaines Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Pumpkinseed, or Hybrid Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
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|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Otter Lake, Otter Lake Water Commission
|
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit (10)
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 17"
|
|
|
Palmisano Pond (Stearns Park Quarry), Chicago Park
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
|
Palmyra – Modesto Water Commission Lake,
Palmyra/Modesto Water Commission
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pana Lake, City of Pana
|
|
Shelby and Christian Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Paris East & West Lakes, City of Paris
|
|
Edgar County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Patriot’s Park Lake (Greenville Old City Lake),
Kingsbury Park District
|
|
Bond County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Peabody River King, Pit #3 Lakes and Ponds, Peabody
River King State Fish and Wildlife Area (except Willow Lake, see individual
listing)
|
|
St Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pecatonica River and Tributaries, State of Illinois
|
|
Winnebago/Stephenson Counties
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Perry Farm Pond, Bourbonnais Park District
|
|
Kankakee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pierce Lake, Rock Cut State Park
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp, buffalo, suckers and gar by
bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears during May and June
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit (10)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pinckneyville City Lake, City of Pinckneyville
|
|
Perry County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pine Creek (within the boundaries of White Pines
Forest State Park), State of Illinois
|
|
Ogle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Pine Lake, Village of University Park
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Piscasaw Creek
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Pittsfield Lake, City of Pittsfield
|
|
Pike County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pittsfield Lake Ball Park Pond, City of Pittsfield
|
|
Pike County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pocahontas Park Ponds, City of Pocahontas
|
|
Bond County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Ponderosa Lake, Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Kankakee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Powerton Lake, Powerton Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Tazewell County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Blue, Channel or Flathead
Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 fish
≥ 35"
|
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 17"
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Prospect Park Pond, City of Moline
|
|
Rock Island County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Pyramid State Recreation Area – Blue Wing Lake, Green
Wing Lake, Goldeneye Lake and Mallard Lake, Pyramid State Recreation Area
|
|
Perry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pyramid State Recreation Area – Captain, Denmark, Galum
and East Conant Areas – All Lakes and Ponds (except Blue Wing Lake, Green
Wing Lake, Goldeneye Lake and Mallard Lake, see individual listings), Pyramid
State Recreation Area
|
|
Perry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Pyramid State Recreation Area Lakes & Ponds (excluding
Captain, Denmark, Galum and East Conant Areas, see individual listings),
Pyramid State Recreation Area
|
|
Perry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Raccoon Lake, City of Centralia
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Ramsey Lake, Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area
|
|
Fayette County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area Ponds, Ramsey
Lake State Recreation Area
|
|
Fayette County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Randolph County Lake, Randolph County State
Recreation Area
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Red Hills Lake, Red Hills State Park
|
|
Lawrence County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Rend Lake (including its tributary streams and
those portions of the Big Muddy and Casey Fork Rivers up to the Rend Lake
Project boundaries, does not include tailwaters, except Rend Lake Project
Ponds, see individual listing), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
|
Franklin and Jefferson Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
All jugs must be attended at all times (3)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, Yellow or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 3 Fish
≥ 17"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Rend Lake Project Ponds (Jackie Branch Pond,
Ina N. Borrow Pit, Green Heron Pond, North Marcum Campground Pond and Catfish
Cove Pond), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
|
|
Franklin and Jefferson Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Rend Lake Tailwaters (Big Muddy River within 1000
yards downstream of the Rend Lake Dam and Spillway), U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
|
|
Franklin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may not use a minnow seine, cast net, or
shad scoop for bait collecting
|
|
Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, State of
Illinois
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may harvest carp, buffalo, suckers and gar
by bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears from May 1 through
August 31
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Ridge Lake, Fox Ridge State Park
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Bank fishing is prohibited. Boat fishing is permitted May
1 through August 31 during the hours of 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. See site for
additional regulations and exact opening and closing dates.
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Riis Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
River Bend Forest Preserve Lakes (Sunset Lake and
Shadow Lake), Champaign County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
15" and 2 Fish < 15"
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Riverside Park Lagoon, Moline Park District
|
|
Rock Island County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Rochester Park Pond, City of Rochester
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Rock Creek, State of Illinois
|
|
Kankakee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Rock Cut Kids Fishing Pond, Rock Cut State Park
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
Only youth under 16 years of age permitted to fish
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, or Hybrid Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Rock River (from the Sears and Steel Dam downstream to
confluence of the Mississippi River), State of Illinois
|
|
Rock Island County
|
|
|
Walleye
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 20" and < 27"
|
|
|
Walleye or Sauger
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 27"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock River (Wisconsin State Line downstream to
confluence of the Mississippi River), including tributaries, State of
Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Rock Springs Bike Trail Pond, Macon County
Conservation District
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Rock Springs Cattail Pond, Macon County
Conservation District
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Roodhouse Park Lake, City of Roodhouse
|
|
Greene County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Ross Lake, Walnut Park District
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Route 6 Quarries (East and West), Will County
Forest Preserve District
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Route 154 Day Use Pond, State of Illinois
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Sag Quarry East, Cook County Forest Preserve
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Sahara Woods State Recreation Area, State of
Illinois
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Salem Reservoir, City of Salem
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sam Dale Lake, Sam Dale State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Wayne County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sam Dale Trout Pond, Sam Dale State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Wayne County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Sam Parr Lake, Sam Parr State Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Jasper County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sand Pond, Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State
Park
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Mason/Cass/Schuyler/Menard Counties
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sangchris Lake, Sangchris Lake State Park
|
|
Christian/Sangamon Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp, buffalo, suckers and gar by
bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears (except during waterfowl season) but
not within 200 yards of any developed recreational areas
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Schiller Pond, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Schuy-Rush Lake, City of Rushville
|
|
Schuyler County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Sesser City Lake, City of Sesser
|
|
Franklin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Shabbona Lake, Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area
|
|
DeKalb County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
●
|
No sport fishing below dam to fence
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp, buffalo, suckers and gar by
bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears, except when closed
under site regulations and posted on site.
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest − Lakes and Ponds less
than 10 acres, U.S. Forest Service
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Bay Creek Lake #5 and #8
(Sugar Creek Lake), U.S. Forest Service
|
|
Pope County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Dutchman Lake, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Johnson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Lake Glendale, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Pope County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Little Cache #1, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Johnson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – One Horse Gap Lake, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Pope County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Pounds Hollow Lake, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Gallatin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Tecumseh Lake, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Hardin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Turkey Bayou, U.S. Forest
Service
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Shawnee National Forest – Whoopie Cat Lake, U.S.
Forest Service
|
|
Hardin Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth,
Smallmouth or Spotted Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sherman Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Silliman Lake (Chenoa City Lake), City of Chenoa
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Siloam Springs Family Fishing Pond, Siloam Springs
State Park
|
|
Adams County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Siloam Springs Lake, Siloam Springs State Park
|
|
Adams County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Sport fishermen may take carp, buffalo, suckers and gar by
bow and arrow or bow and arrow devices, gigs or spears during May and June
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of fish ≥
12" and < 15"
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Early Season Catch and Release Fishing Permitted (9)
|
|
|
|
Siloam Springs State Park − Buckhorn Unit Waters,
Siloam Springs State Park
|
|
Brown County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
8" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Silver Lake, City of Highland
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area – Big Lake
& Ponds, Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Kendall County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Skokie Lagoons (including Skokie Lagoons
Spillway and Skokie River Downstream to Willow Road), Cook County
Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area – McMaster
Lake & Other Site Waters, State of Illinois
|
|
Knox County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 14" and < 18"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with 1 Fish ≥ 36"
and < 42" or 1 fish ≥ 48"
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Southwind Park Pond, Springfield Park District
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Sparta New City Reservoir (North), City of Sparta
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sparta Old City Reservoir (South), City of Sparta
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Sparta "T" Lake, City of Sparta
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
8" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Sparta World Shooting and Recreational Complex Lakes,
State of Illinois
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)(5)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout (Derby Lake)
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Sportsmans Club Pond, Decatur Park District
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Spring Grove Hatchery Park Ponds, Village of Spring
Grove
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Spring Lake, City of Macomb
|
|
McDonough County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Blue or Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Spring Lakes (North & South), Spring Lake State
Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Tazewell County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish
≥ 12" and < 18"
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 10 Fish
≥ 10"
|
|
|
|
Spring Pond, Flagg-Rochelle Park District
|
|
Ogle County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
St. Anne Village Pond, Village of St. Anne
|
|
Kankakee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Staunton City Lake, City of Staunton
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Sterling Lake, Lake County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
All live bait > 8" must be rigged with a quick set
rig (4)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
●
|
48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Storm Lake, DeKalb Park District
|
|
DeKalb County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
Tampier Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Taylorville Park District Pond, Taylorville Park
District
|
|
Christian County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Ten Mile Creek Lakes, Ten Mile Creek State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
Hamilton/Jefferson Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Three Oaks North and South Lakes, City of Crystal
Lake
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Catch and Release Fishing Only (9)
|
|
|
|
Toledo Reservoir, City of Toledo
|
|
Cumberland County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
15" and 2 Fish < 12"
|
|
|
|
Tower Lake (St. Elmo South Lake), City of St. Elmo
|
|
Fayette County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Tri-Township Park Pond, City of Troy
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Turkey Bluffs State Fish and Wildlife Area, State
of Illinois
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Turner Lake, Chain O'Lakes State Park
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Turtle Lake (East Lake Renwick), Will County Forest
Preserve District
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Tuscola City Lake, City of Tuscola
|
|
Douglas County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area – All lakes
and ponds, State of Illinois
|
|
Union County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Valley Lake, Wildwood Park District
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Valmeyer Lake, Village of Valmeyer
|
|
Monroe County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vandalia Lake, City of Vandalia
|
|
Fayette County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Van Horn Woods Pond, Plainfield Park District
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
Vermont Lake, Village of Vermont
|
|
McDonough County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Flathead Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish
≥ 28" and 2 Fish < 28"
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
●
|
25 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Vernor Lake, City of Olney
|
|
Richland County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Villa Grove East Lake, City of Villa Grove
|
|
Douglas County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Villa Grove West Lake, City of Villa Grove
|
|
Douglas County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
Wabash River (between IL and IN) and Ohio River
(between IL & KY), State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Blue or Flathead Catfish
|
●
|
13" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
No Daily harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 13" and <
35"
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 35"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
13" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
No Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 13" and
˂ 28"
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit for Fish ≥ 28"
|
|
|
|
Waddams Creek, State of Illinois
|
|
Stephenson County
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Walnut Point Lake, Walnut Point State Park
|
|
Douglas County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
20 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 8"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
Protected Slot Length Limit with no possession of Fish ≥
12" and < 15"
|
|
|
|
Walton Park Lake, City of Litchfield
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Wampum Lake, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (2)
|
|
|
Bluegill,
Redear, or Pumpkinseed Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Washington County Lake, Washington County State
Recreation Area
|
|
Washington County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 1 Fish ≥
18" and 2 Fish < 14"
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass
|
●
|
17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Washington Park Lagoon, Chicago Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
4 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Washington Park Pond, Springfield Park District
|
|
Sangamon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Watseka City Ponds (Clements Pond, Kapers Pond and
Municipal Center Pond), City of Watseka
|
|
Iroquois County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid
Crappie
|
●
|
9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
10 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Waverly Lake, City of Waverly
|
|
Morgan County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Weinberg-King Ponds, Weinberg-King State Recreation
Area
|
|
Schuyler County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Weldon Springs Lake, Weldon Springs State Park
|
|
DeWitt County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit with no more than 5 Fish
≥ 7"
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit no more than 1 Fish ≥ 20"
|
|
|
|
West Frankfort New City Lake, City of West
Frankfort
|
|
Franklin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
West Frankfort Old City Lake, City of West
Frankfort
|
|
Franklin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
West Salem Reservoir, Village of West Salem
|
|
Edwards County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Whalon Lake, Forest Preserve District of Will
County
|
|
Will County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
15 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
●
|
16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
White Hall City Lake, City of White Hall
|
|
Greene County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
Wilderness Pond, Fox Ridge State Park
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
●
|
5 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
1 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
|
William W. Powers State Recreation Area, State of
Illinois
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Trout
|
●
|
Fall Closed Season (7)
|
|
|
|
●
|
Spring Closed Season (8)
|
|
|
|
Willow Lake, Peabody River King State Fish and
Wildlife Area
|
|
St. Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
●
|
2 Pole and Line Fishing Only (1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
●
|
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
●
|
15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
●
|
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
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Will County
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Woods Lake, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Moultrie County
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≥ 8"
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Striped Bass
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Wyman Lake, City of Sullivan
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Moultrie County
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Yellow Creek, State of Illinois
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Stephenson County
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(Source: Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 436,
effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.50 BAIT FISHING
Section 810.50 Bait Fishing
a) Statewide
Regulations
1) Aquatic life species found on the Aquatic Life Approved
Species list are allowed for use as live bait if purchased from a licensed
Illinois Aquatic Life Dealer or Minnow Dealer or so long as the aquatic life
species taken are used as bait in the waters where taken. Species not found on
the Aquatic Life Approved Species list may be used as DEAD bait on the waters
where taken.
2) Legal sized cast nets, shad scoops, and minnow seines may be
used to obtain shad, minnows and crayfish to use as bait, provided that they
are not sold or bartered. All cast nets shall be not larger than 24 feet in
diameter or of a mesh size not larger than 1 inch bar measurement. All shad
scoops shall be not larger than 30 inches in diameter or of a mesh size not
larger than ½ inch bar measurement or longer than 4 feet in length. Minnow
seines shall not be longer than 20 feet, deeper than 6 feet or contain mesh
size larger than ½ inch bar measurement.
3) Minnows and crayfish may be collected with traps of metal
screen or hardware cloth, plastic, or nylon mesh or netting. Such traps may
not be more than 24 inches in width or diameter or more than 36 inches in
length nor use a mesh of more than ½ inch bar measurement. Each entrance
aperture may not exceed 1.5 inches in diameter. If unattended, such devices
must be tagged with the name, mailing address and phone number of the person
operating the device. Minnows and crayfish collected in such devices may only
be taken for personal use and may not be sold or bartered.
4) Aquatic life protected under 17 Ill. Adm. Code 1010 – Illinois
List of Endangered and Threatened Fauna may not be taken for any purpose
including bait fishing.
5) Injurious Species: The use of live injurious species (as
described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 805) as bait is prohibited. Possession of live
specimens, progeny thereof, viable eggs, or gametes is prohibited.
6) Collected
live bait, including crayfish, shall not be transported between water bodies.
Bait shall not be transported from spillway tailwaters to the impounded lake.
b) Site Specific
Regulations
None.
(Source: Amended at 43 Ill.
Reg. 3399, effective February 27, 2019)
| TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.60 BULLFROGS (REPEALED)
Section 810.60 Bullfrogs
(Repealed)
(Source: Repealed at 21 Ill. Reg. 4709, effective April 1, 1997)
| TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.70 FREE FISHING DAYS
Section 810.70 Free Fishing
Days
During the period of June 13, 14,
15 and 16, 2025, it shall be legal for any person to fish in waters wholly or
in part within the jurisdiction of the State, including the Illinois portion of
Lake Michigan, without possessing a sport fishing license, salmon stamp or
inland trout stamp.
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill.
Reg. 436, effective December 30, 2024)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.80 EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE PROCEDURES
Section 810.80 Emergency Protective Procedures
a) Emergency
procedures will be utilized to protect the sport fisheries resources of the
State and the general health, safety and welfare of the general public under
the following criteria:
1) Conditions
A) When
data analysis based upon biological surveys demonstrates that one or more fish
species in a fishery is likely to suffer severe deleterious effects due to
angling pressure without the procedure; or
B) When
the Department identifies a water of the State where a fish kill (manmade,
natural, or unknown origin) occurs and determines that fishing or the removal
of a dead and decaying aquatic life resulting from these conditions poses a
threat to public health or safety.
2) The
information upon which the procedure is based was not available prior to the
time frame required for normal rulemaking procedures.
3) The
emergency procedure must have the approval of the Chief, Division of Fisheries.
b) Emergency
procedures will be posted on the Department's website: www.dnr.illinois.gov and
at all lake road entrances, boat launching ramps or other heavily used bank
fishing areas. A news release explaining the emergency procedures will be
given to relevant State agencies, local emergency management agencies and local
news media (television, newspaper, radio) prior to the effective date. These procedures
will remain in effect until the Director of the Department of Natural Resources
determines that the relevant conditions listed in Section 810.80(a)(1)(A) and
(B) are mitigated. Rescission of the emergency procedures shall be posted on
the Department's website and announced to local news media. Emergency
procedures that will remain in effect longer than 7 days will result in the
Department filing an emergency rule.
(Source: Amended at 37 Ill.
Reg. 6658, effective May 1, 2013)
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CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.90 FISHING TOURNAMENT PERMIT
Section 810.90 Fishing Tournament Permit
a) A
Fishing Tournament Permit from the Department is required for any fishing
tournament event, which includes Hook and Line Fishing Tournaments and
Bowfishing Tournaments, that is held in any of the waters listed in Section
810.45 or Section 810.15(d) and in any public owned or Department-managed lake,
river or stream in Illinois.
b) The
Fishing Tournament Permit serves as the IDNR Site Activity Permit (17 Ill. Adm.
Code 110.4).
c) Definitions
1) "Fishing
Derby" – An organized event conducted for children under the age of 16 who
are attending primary school, senior citizens (65 years old and older), sport
fishermen with disabilities, or other school-sanctioned groups when the
principal purpose is education or enjoyment, rather than competition among sport
fishermen. Tournament Permits are not required for a fishing derby.
2) "Fishing
Tournament" – An organized event, other than a fishing derby. An event
will be considered a fishing tournament when the following criteria are
present:
A) the
event is sponsored or promoted by an individual or organization;
B) participants
compete for trophies, cash, prizes, citation or other recognition for
participation in the event;
C) the event is conducted
during a specified time period; and
D) twenty
or more individuals participate in the event or an exemption to Site-Specific
or Statewide Regulations is requested.
d) The Department
shall require the director or organizer of a fishing tournament that is
occurring at or on a Department site to:
1) agree
to indemnify and hold harmless the Department, its officers, employees and
agent for any damage to property and persons as a result of the willful and/or
negligent acts of the group and/or its members and/or those in attendance. The
Department will provide the Release, Waiver and Indemnification form for the
group to sign and submit to the Site Superintendent; and
2) the
tournament director or organizer shall:
A) provide
proof of liability insurance of $1,000,000; or
B) require
each individual who participates in the event to sign a liability waiver that
was attached to the issued permit and turned back in to the Department site
office prior to the event.
e) A
copy of the Fishing Tournament Permit must be in the possession of the director
or organizer at all times during the event.
f) Special
Length Limit and/or Daily Harvest Limit exemptions are allowed when requested
on the Fishing Tournament Permit application, approved by the Department, and
stated on the Fishing Tournament Permit. Special Length Limit and Daily
Harvest Limit exemptions to Site-Specific Regulations will only be approved
for:
1) catch,
hold for weigh-in, and release Black Bass Fishing Tournaments in Lake Michigan
(Illinois Portion) for which the Special Minimum Length Limit will be 14 inches
and the Daily Harvest Limit will be 3 fish daily;
2) youth-only
catch, hold for weigh-in and release Black Bass Fishing Tournaments, for which
the Special Minimum Length Limit will be 12 inches and the Daily Harvest Limit
will be 5 fish per boat. Youth-only is defined as 18 years old and younger;
3) catch,
hold for weigh-in, and release Muskie Fishing Tournaments (all waters),
provided all fish are released unharmed immediately after a quick weigh-in; and
4) catch,
hold for weigh-in, and release Black Bass Fishing Tournaments in the
Mississippi River (between Illinois and Iowa) and which are permitted by the
Iowa Department of Natural Resources, for which the special Minimum Length
Limit will be 12 inches and the Daily Harvest Limit will be 5 fish per boat.
g) The
statewide Daily Harvest Limit of no more than 6 largemouth, smallmouth or
spotted bass (black bass) that may be in possession is applicable while
participating in a Hook and Line Fishing Tournament, except:
1) as
specified by Site Specific Regulations in Section 810.45;
2) In
streams and rivers (excluding the mainstem of the Mississippi, Ohio (including
the Golconda Marina) and Wabash Rivers), the daily possession can contain no
more than 3 smallmouth bass; and
3) In
rivers and streams and their tributaries statewide (excluding the Mississippi,
Ohio (including the Golconda Marina), Wabash, and Illinois Rivers, Calumet
River, Lake Calumet Connecting Channel, Calumet Sag Channel and navigable
portions of the Grand Calumet River and Little Calumet River, all smallmouth
bass must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15.
h) Requests
for a Fishing Tournament Permit shall be made on applications provided by the
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fisheries, available on the IDNR
and IFishIllinois websites.
1) Applications
must be fully completed with all required information and received by the
Department not less than 30 days prior to the tournament date.
2) Fishing
Tournament Permit applications will be accepted beginning November 1 of each
year for the following calendar year. Applications cannot be accepted before
November 1 of the year the application is made for any fishing tournament that
is to be held the following calendar year.
i) The
issuance or denial of a Fishing Tournament Permit by the Department shall be
based upon the following criteria:
1) The
capability of the fishery resource to absorb the tournament with minimal impact
to its well-being.
2) The need
for emergency protective procedures to protect the sport fisheries resources of
the State and the general health, safety and welfare of the general public as
provided for in Section 810.80.
3) The
criteria and evaluation required for approval of a Site Activity Permit,
described in 17 Ill. Adm. Code 110.4.
j) Appeals
of denied permits must be made in writing to the Department within 10 days
after receipt of the denial. Any supplemental information requested must be
included in the appeal.
k) Required
provisions for holding, handling and releasing caught fish to protect fish
health in catch, hold for weigh-in and release Hook and Line Fishing
Tournaments:
1) Tournament
officials must be able to certify that all boats will be required to possess a
livewell (except Muskie Fishing Tournaments) fitted with a functioning aerator
and water pump.
2) Individual
boats and sport fishermen returning their catches of fish back to a release
site must adhere to Daily Harvest Limits for the waterbody or the Special Daily
Harvest Limit listed in the Fishing Tournament Permit.
3) For
catch, hold for weigh-in, and release Muskie Fishing Tournaments, all boats
must have a fish cradle (made from netting) to temporarily hold the muskie in
the water while an official determines the length or weight of the fish prior
to release. Muskies may not be transported to a weigh-in site.
l) Bowfishing
tournaments may be held in any of the public waters open to bowfishing listed
in Section 810.45 or public waters listed in Section 810.15(d). Bowfishing
tournaments are subject to the following additional rules:
1) All
non-native species legal to harvest with bowfishing methods listed in Section
810.45 have unlimited harvest. No possession of live Asian carp is permitted.
2) No
exemptions will be granted for the wanton waste and fish abandonment provisions
in Section 810.14.
m) Failure
to comply with the rules of this Section is a violation of Section 20-35 of the
Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
n) During
the months of July and August, anglers competing in catch, hold for weigh-in,
and release Black Bass Fishing Tournaments must be off the water between 1:00
p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
(Source: Amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 436,
effective December 30, 2024)
| TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER b: FISH AND WILDLIFE
PART 810
SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS
SECTION 810.100 BED PROTECTION
Section 810.100 Bed
Protection
a) It is unlawful to operate any motorized vehicle upon the bed of
any public water wholly or partially within the State of Illinois.
b) The following vehicles are exempted from the above subsection:
1) vehicles operating under a permit issued by the Illinois
Department of Transportation which allows operation in the bed of a public
water;
2) farm vehicles while being used for farming purposes; and
3) vehicles owned or operated by United States, State of Illinois, or
a political subdivision thereof.
(Source: Amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 6164, effective April 17, 1990)
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