Chicago Area Waterways for Fishing

We are not responsible for errors or omissions. When boating, regardless of water depth, wear a PFD!

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Fishing Allowed	Paddling Allowed	Sailing Allowed	Motorboats Allowed	Dams Locks
Area Map	Depth Map	Photo(s) Online	Report(s) Online	Camping Allowed

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Lakes for Fishing:

• Acorn Pond (Lake County)
• Arrowhead Lake (Cook County)
• (Lake) Atwood (McHenry County)
• Axehead Lake (Cook County)
• Bananna Lake (Lake County)
• Bass Lake (Du Page County)
• Beaver Lake (Kendall County)
• Beaver Lake (Lake County)
• Beck Lake (Cook County)
• Belleau Lake (Cook County)
• Belly Deep Slough (Cook County)
• Beverly Lake (Cook County)
• Big Bend Lake (Cook County)
• Bluff Lake (Lake County)
• Bode Lake (Cook County)
• Buffalo Creek Reservoir (Lake County)
• Bullfrog Lake (Cook County)
• Busse Lake (Cook County)
• Lake Calumet (Cook County)
• Lake Catherine (Lake County)
• Catfish Lake (Du Page County)
• Cermak Quarry (Cook County)
• Channel Lake (Lake County)
• Cloverdale Pond (Du Page County)
• Columbus Park Lagoon (Cook County)
• Deep Quarry Lake (Du Page County)
• Des Plaines Lake (Lake County)
• Douglas Park Lagoon (Cook County)
• Dugdale Lake (Lake County)
• Flatfoot Lake (Cook County)
• Fox Lake (Lake County)
• Garfield Park Lagoon (Cook County)
• Lake George (Cook County)
• Grass Lake (Lake County)
• Green Lake (Cook County)
• Green Lake (Du Page County)
• Grove Lake (Du Page County)
• Half Day Pond (Lake County)
• Heidecke Lake (Grundy County)
• Heron Pond (Lake County)
• Herrick Lake (Du Page County)
• Hidden Lake (Du Page County)
• Horsetail Lake (Cook County)
• Horsetail Pond (Du Page County)
• Humboldt Park Lagoon (Cook County)
• Ida Lake (Cook County)
• Independence Grove Lake (Lake County)
• Jericho Lake (Kane County)
• Joe's Pond (Cook County)
• LaSalle Lake (LaSalle County)
• Lincoln Park North Lagoon (Cook County)
• Loon Lake (Kendall County)
• Lake Opeka (Cook County)
• McCullum Lake (McHenry County)
• Lake Michigan
  Lake Michigan online harbor maps include:
  • Belmont Harbor
  • Burnham Harbor
  • Calumet Harbor
  • Chicago Harbor, Monroe Harbor
  • Diversey Harbor
  • Jackson Park Harbor
  • 59th Street Harbor
  • Montrose Park Harbor
  • North Point Marina
  • Waukegan Harbor
  • Wilmette Harbor
• Mallard Lake (Du Page County)
• Maple Lake (Cook County)
  (Rental Rowboats only)
• Maple Lake (Du Page County)
• Lake Marie, (Lake County)
• Marquette Park Lagoon (Cook County)
• McGinnis Slough (Cook County)
• Midlothian Reservoir (Cook County)
• Lake Milliken (Will County)
• Monee Reservoir (Will County)
  (Rental Rowboats only)
• Mud Lake (Du Page County)
• Muskrat Pond (Du Page County)
• Nippersink Lake (Lake County)
• Old School Lake (Lake County)
• Papoose Lake (Cook County)
• Petite Lake (Lake County)
• Pickerel Lake (Du Page County)
• Pistakee Lake (Lake County)
• Poss Lake (Du Page County)
• Potawatomi Lake (Cook County)
• Powderhorn Lake (Cook County)
• Pulaski Lake (Lake County)
• Riverbend Pond (Du Page County)
• Round Meadow Lake (Du Page County)
• Rubber Duck Pond (Lake County)
• Rush Lake (Du Page County)
• Saganashkee Slough (Cook County)
• Sag Quarry East (Cook County)
• Sag Quarry West (Cook County)
• Schiller Pond (Cook County)
• Shabbona Lake (De Kalb County)
• Silver Lake (Du Page County)
• Skokie Lagoons (Cook County)
• Songbird Slough (Du Page County)
• Spring Creek Reservoir (Du Page County)
• Spring Lake (DuPage County)
• Sterling Lake (Lake County)
• Stonewort Pond (Du Page County)
• Sunfish Pond, (Du Page County)
• Tampier Lake (Cook County)
• Taylor Lake (Lake County)
• Timber Lake, (Du Page County)
• Tuma Lake (Cook County)
• Turtlehead Lake (Cook County)
• Twin Lakes (Cook County)
• Wampum Lake (Cook County)
• Washington Park Lagoon (Cook County)
• Waubansee Lake (DuPage County)
• West Lagoon (Du Page County)
• White Pine Pond, (Du Page County)
• Willow Pond (Du Page County)
• Wright Woods Pond (Lake County)
• Wolf Lake (Cook County)
• Wonder Lake (Private)

Rivers, Creeks and Canals for Fishing:

• Calumet River
• Chicago River
• Des Plaines River
• Du Page River
• Fox River
• Illinois River
  (Sailing not recommended outside of Lake Peoria)
• Illinois & Michigan Canal (I&M)
• Iroquois River
• Kankakee River
• Nippersink Creek
• North Shore Sanitary Canal
• Rock River
• Salt Creek
• Ship and Sanitary Canal
• Vermilion River