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 810.45 SITE SPECIFIC WATER AREA REGULATIONS
Section 810.45 Site Specific
Water Area Regulations
Fishing regulations, including
species of fish, fishing methods and daily catch limits are listed for each
water area. The numbers in parenthesis refer to the corresponding numbered
definitions in Section 810.37 of this Part. If a water area is not listed or
if a specific species is not listed, then state-wide restrictions apply. Check
the bulletin boards at the specific site for any emergency changes to
regulations.
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Anderson Lake Fish and Wildlife
Area (33)
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Fulton County
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Andover Lake, City 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 Creel 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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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel 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 (11)
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Apple River and tributaries,
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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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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Argyle Lake, Argyle Lake State
Park
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McDonough County
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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- All
live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
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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 (14)
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- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Hybrid Walleye
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish > 15" and/or 5
< 12" Daily (12)
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 9" Minimum Length Limit
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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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- 16" Minimum Length Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
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- 8" Minimum Length Limit
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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 18" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 10" Minimum Length Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Ashland City 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 Creel Limit
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Ashland City 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 (14)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
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Axehead Lake, Cook County Forest
Preserve
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Cook County
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All Fish
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- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (36)
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Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
Sunfish (14)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Baldwin Lake, Baldwin Lake
Conservation 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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Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
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- 17" Minimum Length Limit
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Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 9" Minimum Length Limit
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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 Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel 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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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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Banner Marsh Lake & Ponds,
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area (33)
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Peoria/Fulton Counties
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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- All
live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
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All Fish
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- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (34)
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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-
12"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession)
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Pure Muskellunge
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- 42" Minimum Length Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 9" Minimum Length Limit
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Bass Lake, DuPage County Forest
Preserve District
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DuPage 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 Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 12" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 18" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 9" Minimum Length Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Batchtown Wildlife Management
Area (19)
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Calhoun County
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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 Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Beall Woods Lake, Beall Woods
Conservation Area
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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 Creel 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 (11)
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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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 (14)
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- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 9" Minimum Length 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) (36)
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Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Sunfish (14)
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel 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
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel 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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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 18" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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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)
(36)
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Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Sunfish (14)
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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 (10)
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Belvidere Ponds, City of
Belvidere
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Boone County
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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Bevier 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 Creel Limit
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Bird Park Quarry, City of
Kankakee
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Kankakee County
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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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 (14)
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- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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Boston Pond, Stephen A. Forbes
State Park
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Marion County
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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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)
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
-
12"-15" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession)
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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Braidwood Lake, Braidwood State
Fish and Wildlife Area (41)
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Will County
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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Braidwood Lake is closed to all fishing and boat traffic, except for legal
waterfowl hunters, from 10 days prior to duck season through the day before
duck season and is closed to all fishing during waterfowl season commencing
with regular duck season through the close of the Canada goose and regular
duck season
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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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- 18" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Breeze JC's Park Pond, City of
Breeze
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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 Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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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 Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Bullfrog 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) (36)
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
Sunfish (14)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Bunker Hill Lake, City of Bunker
Hill
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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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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Burrells Wood Park Pond
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White County
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Busse Lake, Cook County Forest
Preserve
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Cook County
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All Fish
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- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (36)
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Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
Sunfish (14)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel 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
(15)
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Cache River State Natural Area
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Pulaski/Johnson Counties
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All Fish
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- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
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All Fish
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- No Seines
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Calhoun Point Wildlife Management
Area (19)
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Calhoun County
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Calumet River
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Cook County
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Yellow Perch
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- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Yellow Perch
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- Closed During July
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Campbell Pond Wildlife Management
Area (19)
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Jackson County
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Campus Lake – Southern Illinois
University, State of Illinois
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Jackson 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 Creel Limit
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Campus Pond – Eastern Illinois
University, State of Illinois
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Coles 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 Creel Limit
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Trout
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- Fall Closed Season (10)
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Trout
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- Spring Closed Season (11)
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Canton Lake, City of Canton
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Fulton County
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Recreational Use Restrictions
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- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
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All Fish
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- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
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Channel or Blue Catfish (14)
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Carbondale City Reservoir, City
of Carbondale
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Jackson County
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 15" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Carlinville Lake #1, City of
Carlinville
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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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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Carlinville Lake #2, City of
Carlinville
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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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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Carlton Silt Basin, State of
Illinois
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Whiteside 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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Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- Catch and Release Fishing Only
(9)
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Carlyle Lake, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (20) (33)
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Clinton/Bond/Fayette Counties
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 14" Minimum Length Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
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- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
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- 10" Minimum Length Limit
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Carthage Lake, City of Carthage
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Hancock 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 Creel Limit
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Casey Park Pond, City of Casey
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Clark 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 (14)
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- 15 Fish
Daily Creel Limit of which only 5 fish over 8" are allowed
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Channel Catfish
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- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass
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- 18" Minimum Length Limit
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
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Cedar Lake and Little Cedar Lake,
U.S. Forest Service and City of Carbondale
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Jackson 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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-
14"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession)
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Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
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- 5 Fish
Under 14" and 1 Fish over 18" Daily Creel Limit (38)
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Centralia Foundation Park Catfish
Pond, Centralia Park Foundation
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Centralia Lake, City of Centralia
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
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) (36)
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Sunfish (14)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Champaign Park District Lakes
(Kaufman Lake, Heritage Lake, and Mattis Lake), Champaign Park District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Charleston Lower Channel Lake,
City of Charleston
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5) (36)
|
|
|
|
Charleston Side Channel Lake,
City of Charleston
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass(16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 10 Fish
Daily Creel Limit for Fish Under 10"; 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit for Fish
10" and Longer (23)
|
|
|
|
Charlie Brown Lake & Pond,
City of Flora
|
|
Clay County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Chautauqua Lake North Pool, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Mason County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- Lake
Chautauqua North Pool will be closed to boat fishing from October 15 through
January 14
|
|
|
|
- Bank
fishing will be allowed in selected areas only
|
|
|
|
- Ice
fishing will be allowed following the January 15 reopening
|
|
|
Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie
|
-
10" Minimum Length Limit (except, when the Illinois River overflows the
levee system of the North Pool, there is no minimum length limit)
|
|
|
Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish
Daily Creel Limit (except, when the Illinois River overflows the levee system
of the North Pool, there is no daily creel limit)
|
|
|
Largemouth Bass
|
-
15" Minimum Length Limit (12" minimum length limit when the
Illinois River overflows the levee system of the North Pool)
|
|
|
|
Chenoa City Lake, City of Chenoa
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Chicago River (including its
North Branch, South Branch, and the North Shore Channel)
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Yellow Perch
|
- Closed During July
|
|
|
|
Christopher Old City Lake, City
of Christopher
|
|
Franklin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Citizen's Lake, City of Monmouth
|
|
Warren County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
1 Fish Over 15" and 5 Fish
under 12" Daily Creel Limit (12)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
|
Clear Lake, Kickapoo State Park
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Clinton Lake, Clinton Lake State
Recreation Area
|
|
DeWitt County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and
Line Fishing Only (1) (18) (36)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 16"
Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish
Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 10 Creel/3
Fish 17" or Longer Daily (17)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie (15)
|
- 15 Fish
Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9"
Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Coffeen Lake, Coffeen Lake State
Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- All
jugs must be attended at all times while fishing (2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish ≥
15" and 2 Fish < 15" daily (25)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Coles County Airport Lake, Coles
County Airport
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Coleta Trout Pond, State of
Illinois
|
|
Whiteside County
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Columbus Park Lagoon, Chicago
Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 4 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Commissioners Park Pond, Alsip
Park District
|
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel 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, Cook County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (36)
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Sunfish (14)
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Coulterville City Lake, City of
Coulterville
|
|
Randolph County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Crab Orchard National Wildlife
Refuge – Crab Orchard Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (4)
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or
Longer Daily (17)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Crab Orchard National Wildlife
Refuge – Devil's Kitchen Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
|
Crab Orchard National Wildlife
Refuge – Little Grassy Lake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 12-15" Slot Length Limit
(3)
|
|
|
|
Crab Orchard National Wildlife
Refuge Restricted Use Area Ponds (30) and Crab Orchard National Wildlife
Refuge − All Other Ponds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Crawford Co. Cons. Area – Picnic
Pond, Crawford County Conservation Area
|
|
Crawford County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
|
Crawford Co. Cons. Area Ponds,
Crawford County Conservation Area
|
|
Crawford County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Crull Impoundment Wildlife
Management Area (33)
|
|
Jersey County
|
|
|
|
Crystal Lake, Urbana Park
District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Cypress Creek National Wildlife
Refuge − All Ponds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
|
Johnson/Pulaski/Union Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Cypress Creek National Wildlife
Refuge − Cache River from Rt. 37 to Rt. 51 in Ullin, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
|
|
Johnson/Pulaski Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- No Seines
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dawson Lake & Park Ponds,
Moraine View State Park
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole
and Line Fishing Only (1) (44)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 15 Fish
Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish
Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15"
Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish
Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish
Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Decatur Park Dist. Ponds, City of
Decatur
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish
Daily Creel Limit (except for Fairview Park – Dreamland Pond, which has a 3
Fish Daily Creel Limit)
|
|
|
|
Deep Pit Lake, Boone County
Conservation District
|
|
Boone County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Deep Quarry Lake, DuPage County
Forest Preserve District
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
Defiance Lake, Moraine Hills
State Park
|
|
McHenry County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Des Plaines River Basin (Hoffman
Dam to 47th Street Bridge, including tributaries)
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- Catch and
Release Only – No Harvest Permitted (9)
|
|
|
Northern Pike
|
- 30" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Northern Pike
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Diamond Lake, City of Mundelein
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Dolan Lake, Hamilton County
Conservation Area
|
|
Hamilton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Donnelley State Wildlife Area
(33)
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
|
Double "T" State Fish
and Wildlife Area, State of Illinois
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
-
Waterfowl Refuge or Hunting Area (all use other than waterfowl hunting is
prohibited from October 1 through the end of the central zone Canada goose
season)
|
|
|
|
- All
live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel or Blue Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 21" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Douglas Park Lagoon, Chicago Park
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 4 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
DuPage County Forest Preserve
District Lakes and Ponds (excluding Bass Lake, Deep Quarry Lake, and Grove
Lake), DuPage County Forest Preserve District
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid Walleye
(14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
DuPage River – West Branch
(between the dams located in the McDowell Grove Forest Preserve and the
Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve)
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- Catch and Release Fishing Only
(9)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DuQuoin City Lake, City of
DuQuoin
|
|
Perry County
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14"-18" Protected
Slot Length Limit (no
|
|
|
|
possession) (38)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 5 Fish under 14" and 1
Fish over 18" Daily
|
|
|
|
Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
East Fork Lake, City of Olney
|
|
Richland County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Eldon Hazlet State Park (See Also
Carlyle Lake)
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
|
Elkville City Reservoir, City of
Elkville
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Elliott Lake, Wheaton Park
District
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Emiquon Lake, Emiquon National
Wildlife Refuge
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, Pumpkin Seed,
Green,
|
|
|
|
or Orange Spotted Sunfish and
Hybrid
|
|
|
|
Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Evergreen Lake, City of
Bloomington
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 48" Minimum Length Limit
(40)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
Fairgrounds Pond – Fort Massac
State Park, State of Illinois
|
|
Massac County
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Fairview Park – Dreamland Pond,
City of Decatur
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Ferne Clyffe Lake, Ferne Clyffe
State Park
|
|
Johnson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Flatfoot Lake, Cook County Forest
Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (36)
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Sunfish (14)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Foli Park Pond, Village of Plano
|
|
Kendall County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Forbes State Lake, Stephen A.
Forbes State Park (including Forbes State Lake tailwaters and that portion of
Lost Fork Creek within Stephen A. Forbes State Park)
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 48" Minimum Length (40)
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Forbes State Park Ponds, Stephen
A. Forbes State Park
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Forest Park Lagoon, City of
Shelbyville
|
|
Shelby County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Four Lakes, Winnebago County
Forest Preserve
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
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) (6) (Applies to
Grass Lake and Nippersink Lake State Managed Blind Areas Only), State of
Illinois
|
|
Lake and McHenry Counties
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole
and Line Fishing Only (1) only on State Park property bordering the Fox River
and Grass Lake
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
(6)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 6 Fish
Daily Creel Limit of which no more than 3 can be Smallmouth Bass
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 48" Minimum Length Limit
(40)
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
- All fish
must be immediately released between April 1 and June 15
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 14"
Minimum Length Limit with an 18-24" Protected Slot Length Limit (no
possession) (6)
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish
≥ 14" and <18" &/or 1 Fish >24" Daily Creel
Limit (35)
|
|
|
|
Fox Ridge State Park (see also
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
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
- 1 Fish
12" or over and 2 Fish under 12” Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
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) on Moraine Hills State Park and Dam property and on
property at the Bolger Lock and Dam along the Fox River
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frank Holten Lakes, Frank Holten
State Park
|
|
St. Clair County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Franklin Creek (within the
boundaries of Franklin Creek State Natural Area)
|
|
Lee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Franklin Creek Mill Pond −
Franklin Creek State Park, State of Illinois
|
|
Lee County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fuller Lake (19)
|
|
Calhoun County
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fulton County Camping and
Recreation Area Waters, Fulton County Board
|
|
Fulton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
-
12"-15" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
Gages Lake, Wildwood Park
District
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Garfield Park Lagoon, Chicago
Park District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 4 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Gebhard Woods Pond, Gebhard Woods
State Park
|
|
Grundy County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Germantown Lake, City of
Germantown
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Giant City Park Ponds, Giant City
State Park
|
|
Jackson and Union Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Largemouth and Spotted 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 12-15" Slot Length Limit
(3)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Gillespie Old City Lake, City of
Gillespie
|
|
Macoupin County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Glades − 12 Mile Island
Wildlife Management Area (19)
|
|
Jersey County
|
|
|
|
Gladstone Lake, Henderson County
Conservation Area
|
|
Henderson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel or Blue Catfish (14)
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish ≥ 15" and/or
2 <12" Daily (31)
|
|
|
|
Glen Oak Park Lagoon, Peoria Park
District
|
|
Peoria County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Glen Shoals Lake, City of
Hillsboro
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Godar-Diamond/Hurricane Island
Wildlife Management Area (19)
|
|
Calhoun County
|
|
|
|
Gompers Park Lagoon, Chicago Park
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 4 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Gordon F. More Park Lake, City of
Alton
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Governor Bond Lake, City of
Greenville
|
|
Bond County
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- All jugs
must be attended at all times while fishing (2)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Greenfield City Lake, City of
Greenfield
|
|
Greene County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 12"-15"
Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 5 Fish
Under 12" and 1 Fish Over 15" Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Greenville Old City Lake,
Kingsbury Park District
|
|
Bond County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Grove Lake, DuPage County Forest
Preserve District
|
|
DuPage County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 12" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Harrisburg New City Reservoir,
City of Harrisburg
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Heidecke Lake, Heidecke Lake
State Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Grundy County (41)
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
-
Heidecke Lake shall be closed to all fishing and boat traffic except for
legal waterfowl hunters from 10 days prior to duck season through the day
before duck season and is closed to all fishing during waterfowl season
commencing with regular duck season through the close of the Canada goose and
regular duck season
|
|
|
|
- All
live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass (16)
|
- 10 Creel/3 Fish 17" or
Longer Daily (17)
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Helmbold Slough (19)
|
|
Calhoun County
|
|
|
|
Hennepin Canal – Mainline &
Feeder, Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (13)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Hennepin-Hopper Lakes, The
Wetlands Initiative
|
|
|
Putnam County
|
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Black, White or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Black, White or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 42" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger or Hybrid Walleye
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger or Hybrid Walleye
(14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Herrin Lake #1, City of Herrin
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Herrin Lake #2, City of Herrin
|
|
Williamson County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Hidden Springs State Forest Pond,
Hidden Springs State Forest
|
|
Shelby County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Highland Old City Lake, City of
Highland
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
|
Hillsboro Old City Lake, City of
Hillsboro
|
|
Montgomery County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 12-15" Slot Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Homer Guthrie Pond – Eldon Hazlet
State Park, State of Illinois
|
|
Clinton County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Homer Lake, Champaign County
Forest Preserve District
|
|
Champaign County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish
|
- 8" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Hormel Pond, Donnelly State Fish
and Wildlife Area
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Horseshoe Lake − Alexander
Co., Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area
|
|
Alexander County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- Only
trolling motors in refuge from October 15-March 1
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Horseshoe Lake − Madison
County, Horseshoe Lake State Park (19)
|
|
Madison County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (28) (34)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Horsetail Lake, Cook County Forest
Preserve District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (36)
|
|
|
Bluegill, Redear, or Pumpkinseed
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Sunfish (14)
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Horton Lake, Nauvoo State Park
|
|
Hancock County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Humbolt Park Lagoon, Chicago Park
District
|
|
Cook County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 4 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hurricane Pond, Fox Ridge State
Park
|
|
Coles County
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 5 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Illinois Beach State Park Ponds,
Illinois Beach State Park
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Illinois River – Pool 26 (19)
|
|
Calhoun County
|
|
|
|
Illinois River − Starved
Rock and Marseilles Pools
|
|
LaSalle and Grundy Counties
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 18" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Iroquois & Kankakee Rivers
and their Tributaries, State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger and Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger and Hybrid Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Jericho Lake, Fox Valley Park
District
|
|
Kane County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Black, White, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 15 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and
Wildlife Area, All Lakes and Ponds, Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Cass County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 48" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek 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 (14)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and
Wildlife Area, Gurney Road Pond, Jim Edgar/Panther Creek Fish and Wildlife
Area
|
|
Cass County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Johnson Sauk Trail Lake &
Pond, Johnson Sauk Trail State Park
|
|
Henry County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Jones Lake Trout Pond, Saline
County Conservation Area
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
|
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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Fall Closed Season (10)
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Jones State Lake, Saline County
Conservation Area
|
|
Saline County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
-
14"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession) (38)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 5 Fish
under 14" and 1 Fish over 18" Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kankakee-Iroquois Rivers and
their Tributaries, State of Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, and Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Walleye,
Sauger, and Hybrid Walleye (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Kankakee River, from the Kankakee
Dam to the mouth of the Kankakee River, including tributaries, State of
Illinois
|
|
Multiple Counties
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
-
12"-18" Protected Slot Length Limit (no possession)
|
|
|
Smallmouth Bass
|
- 1 Fish
over 18" and 2 Fish under 12" Daily Creel Limit (37)
|
|
|
|
Kaskaskia River Fish and Wildlife
Area – Doza Creek Wildlife Management Area (33)
|
|
St.Clair County
|
|
|
|
Kendall Co. Lake #1, Kendall
County Forest Preserve District
|
|
Kendall County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Kent Creek
|
|
Winnebago County
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
Kickapoo State Park Lakes &
Pond, Kickapoo State Park
|
|
Vermilion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
-10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Kincaid City Reservoir, City of
Kincaid
|
|
Christian County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Kinkaid Lake, Kinkaid Lake State
Fish and Wildlife Area
|
|
Jackson County
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All live
bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 48" Minimum Length Limit
(40)
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 9" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Kinmundy Reservoir, City of
Kinmundy
|
|
Marion County
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (5)
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel 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 Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Trout
|
- Spring Closed Season (11)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Bloomington, City of
Bloomington
|
|
|
McLean County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bluegill or Redear Sunfish (14)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped, White, or Hybrid Striped
Bass
|
- 17" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
Striped,
White, or Hybrid Striped Bass (16)
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
White, Black or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Carlton, Morrison-Rockwood
State Park
|
|
|
Whiteside County
|
|
|
|
Recreational Use Restrictions
|
- All
live bait in excess of 8" must be rigged with a quick set rig (43)
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 6 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Pure Muskellunge
|
- 36" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 25 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Co. Forest Preserve District
Lakes (except Independence Grove Lake), Lake County Forest Preserve District
|
|
|
Lake County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1)
|
|
|
|
Channel Catfish
|
- 3 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Large Smallmouth Bass (14)
|
- 1 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 15" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
Walleye, Sauger, or Hybrid
Walleye
|
- 16" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Decatur, City of Decatur
|
|
|
Macon County
|
|
|
|
All Fish
|
- 2 Pole and Line Fishing Only
(1) (29) (36)
|
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
|
- 10" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
White, Black, or Hybrid Crappie
(15)
|
- 10 Fish Daily Creel Limit
|
|
|
|
Large or Smallmouth Bass
|
- 14" Minimum Length Limit
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Depue Fish and Wildlife Area
(33)
|
|
|
Bureau County
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lake Eureka, City of Eureka
|
|
|
Woodford County
|
| |