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BEST BAITS: cut bait, shrimp, small shad, minnows, chicken livers, and night crawlers

 

 

BEST AREAS TO FISH:

Argyle Lake - 95 acres
Baldwin Lake - 2,018 acres
Banner Marsh - 1,200 acres
Baumann Park Lake - 26 acres
Beaver Dam Lake 57 acres
Braidwood Lake- 2,308 acres
Carlyle Lake - 24,580 acres
Cedar Lake 1,750 acres
Clinton Lake - 5,000 acres
Coffeen Lake - 1,100 acres
Crab Orchard Lake - 6965 acres
Dawson Lake - 158 acres
Dolan Lake - 71 acres
Embarras River
Evergreen Lake - 925 acres
Flatfoot Lake 15 acres
Fox Chain O'Lakes System -7,110 acres
Fox River - 98 miles
Frank Holton Main Lake - 97 acres
Gillespie New City Lake - 207 acres
Glen Shoals Lake - 1,200 acres
Harrisburg New City Reservoir - 209 acres
Heidecke Lake - 1,955 acres
Hennepin Canal & Feeder - 926 acres
Homer Lake - 81 acres
Illinois River - 61 miles
Iroquois River - 50 miles
Jones Lake -105 acres
Kankakee River - 59 miles
Kaskaskia River - 35 miles
Kinkaid Lake - 2,750 acres
Lake Bloomington - 63,5 acres
Lake Charleston-Lower Channel - 58 acres
Lake Charleston-Side Channel - 346 acres
Lake Decatur - 3,093 acres
Lake George - 167 acres
Lake Jacksonville - 476 acres
Lake Le-Aqua-Na - 43 acres
Lake Mingo - 170 acres
Lake Murphysboro - 145 acres
Lake of the Woods - 25 acres
Lake Sara - 568 acres
Lake Shelbyville - 11,100 acres
Lake Springfield - 4,234 acres



Lake Storey -133 acres
Lake Stile - 77 acres
Lake Victoria -16.5 acres
LaSalle Lake - 2,035 acres
Lincoln Trail Lake - 146 acres
Little Wabash River - 36 miles
Mermet Lake - 452 acres
Mississippi River - 160 miles
Mississippi River - Lock & Dam 24
Mississippi River, Pool 16
Mississippi River, Pool 21 - O'Dell Chute

Monee Reservoir 44 acres
Newton Lake - 1,750 acres
Ohio River
Olson Lake - 45 acres
Otter Lake - 765 acres
Pierce Lake -162 acres
Pittsfield Lake - 241 acres
Powerton Lake 1,426 acres
Raccoon Lake - 970 acres
Ramsey Lake - 56 acres
Randolph Co. Lake - 78 acres
Red Hills Lake - 40 aces
Rend Lake- 18,900 acres
Rock River - 150 miles
Saganashkee Slough-325 acres
Sam Dale Lake - 194 acres
Sam Parr Lake - 180 acres
Sangchris Lake -2,165 acres
Schuy-Rush Lake - 225 acres
Shabbona Lake - 318 acres
Silver Lake - 550 acres
Skokie Lagoons - 226 acres
Smithland Pool/Ohio River Tributaries
Spoon River 1134 miles
Spring Lake North - 578 acres
Spring Lake South - 610 acres
Turner Lake - 35 acres
Vandalia City Lake- 660 acres
Virginia City Reservoir - 18 acres
Wabash River - 150 miles
Walnut Point Lake - 59 acres
Washington County Lake - 248 acres
Weldon Springs Lake - 29.4 acres
Wolf Lake - 391 acres

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