Illinois regulations
Channel Catfish Regulations in Illinois 2026
Illinois Channel Catfish regulations as of 2026-05-08: Daily bag 6 fish/day; Daily bag 6 fish/day; Daily bag 3 fish/day. Sourced from DNR.
Rules (356)
Illinois statewideOpen
- Status
- Permitted
- Gear
- Angling Only
No Harvest Or Size Limits Except In Those Waters Listed Under Site Specific Regulations. May be taken by pitchfork, underwater spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, spear or gig.
Aledo City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Andover Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Anglers Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Anna City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Argyle Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Arrowhead Heights Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Arrowhead Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ashland New Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ashland Old Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Auburn Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Bakers Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Banana Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Banner Marsh Lakes & Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Baumann Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Beall Woods Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Beaver Dam Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Beck Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Belk Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bevier Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Blandinsville North And South Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Blue Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Blue Wing Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bonfield Ponds
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Borah Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bowen Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Boyd-Wesley Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Breese Jaycee Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Brock Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Buckner City Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Buffalo Lake North
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Buffalo Lake South
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Buffalo Pond Northwest
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Buffalo Wetland
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Bunker Hill Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Burning Star State Fish And Wildlife Area, All Lakes And Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Burrell Woods Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Busse Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Busse Lake Spillway
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Campus Lake – Southern Illinois University
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Campus Pond – Eastern Illinois University
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Captain, Denmark, Galum, And East Conant Areas
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Carlinville Lake #1
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Carlinville Lake #2
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Carthage Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Casey Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Catfish Cove Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Centralia Foundation Park Catfish Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Centralia Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Cermack Quarry
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Charleston Side Channel Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Charlie Brown Lake & Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Charter Oak North – Peoria Park District Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Charter Oak South – Peoria Park District Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Chillicothe Park District Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Christopher Old City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Citizen’s Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Clear Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Clements Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Coal Miner’s Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Coffeen Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
Coffeen Upland Management Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Coles County Airport Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Columbus Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Commissioners Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Coulterville Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge-Honker’s Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge-Little Grassy Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge-Restricted Use Area Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge-Visitor’s Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crawford County State Fish & Wildlife Area Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Crystal Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge-All Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Cypress Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Dawson Lake & Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Decatur Park District Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Defiance Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Des Plaines River Basin
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
- Min size
- 15"
Diamond Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Dieterich Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Dolan Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Dongola City Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Douglas Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Dupage County Forest Preserve District Lakes & Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
- Min size
- 12"
Duquoin City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Duquoin State Fair Grounds – All Lakes And Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
East Fork Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ed Madigan State Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Elliott Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Emerald Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Emiquon Preserve – Thompson Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Fairview Park – Dreamland Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Ferne Clyffe Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Flatfoot Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Fletcher Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Foli Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Forbes Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Forbes State Recreation Area Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Forest Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Four Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Fox Ridge State Park
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
Fox Valley Park District Lakes & Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Frank Holten Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Fulton County Camping And Recreation Area Waters
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Garfield Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Germantown Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Giant City State Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Gillespie New City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Gillespie Old City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Glen O Jones State Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Glen Oak Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Glenn Shoals Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Goldeneye Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Gompers Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Gordon F. Moore Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Grayslake And Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Green Heron Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Green Wing Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Greenfield City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hanover Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Harrisburg New City Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Heidecke Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hennepin-Hopper Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Heritage Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Herrin Lake #1
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Herschel Lake (Formerly Tilton City Lake)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Heyworth Centennial Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Hidden Springs State Forest Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hieland Lakes
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Highland Old City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hillsboro Old City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Holiday Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Homer Guthrie Pond/Illini Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Homer Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Hormel Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Horton Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Humbolt Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Hurricane Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Illinois & Michigan Canal
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Illinois Beach State Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Illinois Department Of Transportation Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ina N. Borrow Pit
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Indian Boundary South Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Island Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Jackie Branch Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Jackson Park Lagoon/Columbia Basin
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Jericho Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek State Fish And Wildlife Area – All Lakes And Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek State Fish And Wildlife Area – Drake Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Jim Edgar/Panther Creek State Fish And Wildlife Area – Gridley Road Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Johnson-Sauk Trail Lake & Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Jones Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Jubilee College State Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Kane County Forest Preserve District Lakes And Ponds
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Kapers Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Kaufman Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Kickapoo State Park Lakes & Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Kincaid City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
King Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Kinmundy City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Kinmundy Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Atwood
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Bloomington
- Daily bag
- 3 fish
3 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
Lake Carlton
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Chaminwood
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Lake Co. Forest Preserve District Lakes
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Lake Eureka
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake George
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Jacksonville
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Ka-Ho
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Kakusha
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Le-Aqua-Na
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Le-Aqua-Na Kids Only Fishing Pond
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Lake Loami
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Lou Yaeger
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Mattoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Mendota
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Milliken
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Mingo & Kennekuk Cove Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Murphysboro
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Nellie
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Of The Woods & Elk’s Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Owen
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Paradise
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Shelbyville
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel Catfish 6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
Lake Shelbyville Project Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Shermerville
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Lake Strini
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Sule
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Victoria
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lake Williamsville
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lakewood Park
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Leifheit Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Levings Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lincoln Log Cabin Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Lincoln Trail Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Little Casters Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mallard Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Maple Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Marine Heritage Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Marissa City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Marquette Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Mascoutah Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Matthiessen Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mattis Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mautino State Fish And Wildlife Area
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mazonia Lakes & Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mccullom Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mckinley Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Mcleansboro City Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mechanicsburg Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mermet State Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mill Creek Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mill Race Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Miller Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mineral Springs Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Monee Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Monster Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Montrose Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mt. Olive City Lakes (Old And New)
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mt. Pulaski Park District Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Mt. Sterling Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mt. Vernon City Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Mundelein Park District Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Municipal Center Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Nashville City Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Norris City Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
North Marcum Campground Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Oakland City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Oblong Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ohio River (Between Il & Ky)
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 13"
for Fish greater than or equal to 28 inches
Olson Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Omaha City Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Omaha Township Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Otter Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Palmyra – Modesto Water Commission Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pana Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Paris East & West Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Patriot’s Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Peabody River King, Pit #3 Lakes And Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Perry Farm Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pierce Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pine Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pittsfield Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Pittsfield Lake Ball Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Pocahontas Park Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ponderosa Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Porter Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Pyramid State Park Lakes & Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Raccoon Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ramsey Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ramsey Lake State Recreational Area Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Randolph County Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Red Hills Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ridge Lake
- Min size
- 14"
Riis Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Riverside Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Rochester Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Rock Cut Kids Fishing Pond
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
Rock Springs Bike Trail Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Rock Springs Cattail Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Roodhouse Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ross Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Route 154 Day Use Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Route 6 Quarries (East And West)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Sahara Woods State Recreation Area
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Salem Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Salt Creek Downstream To Arlington Heights Road
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sam Dale Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sam Dale Trout Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sam Parr Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sand Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Schiller Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Schuy-Rush Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sesser City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shabbona Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shadow Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Bay Creek Lake #5 And #8
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Dutchman Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Lake Glendale
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Lakes And Ponds Less Than 10 Acres
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Little Cache #1
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – One Horse Gap Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Pounds Hollow Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Tecumseh Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Turkey Bayou
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Shawnee National Forest – Whoopie Cat Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sherman Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Silliman Lake (Formerly Chenoa City Lake)
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Siloam Springs Family Fishing Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Siloam Springs Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Siloam Springs State Park – Buckhorn Unit Waters
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Silver Springs State Fish And Wildlife Area - Big Lake And Area Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Skokie Lagoons
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Skokie Lagoons Spillway
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Skokie River Downstream To Willow Road
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Snakeden Hollow State Fish And Wildlife Area – Mcmaster Lake & Other Site Waters
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sparta “T” Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sparta New City Reservoir (North)
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sparta Old City Reservoir (South)
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sparta World Shooting And Recreational Complex Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sportsmans Club Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Spring Lakes (North And South)
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Spring State Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel Catfish 6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
St. Anne Village Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Staunton City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sterling Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Storm Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Sunset Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Tampier Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Ten Mile Creek Lakes
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Tipton Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Toledo Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Tower Lake/St. Elmo South Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Tri-Township Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Turkey Bluffs State Fish And Wildlife Area
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Turner Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Turtle Lake/East Lake Renwick
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Tuscola City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Valley Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Valmeyer Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Van Horn Woods Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Vandalia Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Vermont Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Vernor Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Villa Grove East Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Villa Grove West Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Wabash River
- Daily bag
- 1 fish/day
- Min size
- 13"
for Fish greater than or equal to 28 inches
Walnut Point Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Walton Park Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Washington County Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Washington Park Lagoon
- Daily bag
- 4 fish/day
Washington Park Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Waverly Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Weinberg-King Ponds
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Weldon Springs Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
West Frankfort New City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
West Frankfort Old City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
West Salem Reservoir
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Whalon Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
White Hall City Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
White Oaks Lake
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Wilderness Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
William W. Powers State Recreation Area
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
Channel Catfish 6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
Willow Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Willow Pond
- Daily bag
- 3 fish/day
Wolf Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Wood River
- Daily bag
- 6 fish
6 Fish Daily Harvest Limit
Woodlawn Pond
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Woods Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Wyman Lake
- Daily bag
- 6 fish/day
Also known as
Channel Catfish is also called Catfish. Anglers in different regions use different names for the same fish, and the rules on this page apply to all of them in Illinois.
Frequently asked questions
When is Channel Catfish season in Illinois?
Channel Catfish season in Illinois is set by DNR. Some zones may have specific open windows; see the rule table above.
What is the size limit for Channel Catfish in Illinois?
Minimum size for Channel Catfish in Illinois is 15 inches in Des Plaines River Basin, per DNR. Slot limits or maximum sizes may apply in some zones.
What is the daily bag limit for Channel Catfish in Illinois?
Daily bag limit for Channel Catfish in Illinois is 6 fish/day in Aledo City Lake, per DNR.
Official sources cited
- https://www.eregulations.com/illinois/fishing/fishing-limits-by-location-s-z
- https://www.eregulations.com/illinois/fishing/fishing-limits-by-location-a-c
- https://www.eregulations.com/illinois/fishing/fishing-limits-by-location-l-o
Reference only. Regulations change frequently, often mid-season. Always verify with DNR before keeping a catch. Last verified .