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Best Bowfin Fishing in Illinois

Bowfin Fishing Spots in Illinois 173

• Alsup Farm Pond
• Alton Twin Lakes South Lake
• Anderson Lake (US, IL)
• Applebee Pond
• Aux Sable Creek
• Babb Slough
• Bangs Lake (IL, fishing)
• Barths Lake
• Barton Pond (IL)
• Bay Creek (IL)
• Beaver Creek (US, IL)
• Beaver Creek (US, IL)
• Bird Slough
• Bonpas Creek
• Boss Wilson Pond (historical)
• Bottom Lake (historical)
• Brandon Road Pool
• Braun Pond
• Briar Patch Club Lake
• Broeckling Lake
• Brubaker Creek (IL)
• Burr Oak Pond
• Butcher Pond (IL)
• Calamus Lake
• Canteen Lake (IL)
• Carlson Lake (IL)
• Carlson Lake (IL)
• Case Creek
• Cattail Slough
• Cedar Creek (US, IL)
• Chandler Pond (IL)
• Charley Brown Park Lake
• Chickahominy Lake
• Circle Pond
• Collins Pond Slough
• Collis Pond
• Columbia Farm Pond
• Coon Lake (IL)
• Cooper Lake (IL)
• Cox Lake (US, IL)
• Crab Orchard Creek (IL)
• Cutoff Pond
• Deep Lake (US, IL)
• Deer Creek (US, IL)
• Deer Lake (US, IL)
• Diebert-Hortsman Lake
• Dierker Lake
• Dixon Pond (IL)
• Dolman Pond
• Druce Lake
• Duck Lake (US, IL)
• Eagle Pond (historical)
• East Loon Lake
• Fancy Creek (IL)
• Fish Lake (US, IL)
• Fitzgerald Lake (IL)
• Flat Lake (historical)
• Forest Lake Club Lake
• Frentress Lake
• Gepperts Lake
• Goose Lake (US, IL)
• Goose Pond (historical) (IL)
• Gooseberry Creek (IL)
• Granary Creek (US)
• Grand Lake (US, IL)
• Grant Creek (IL)
• Green River (US, IL)
• Greenwood Slough
• Grigsby Lake (IL)
• Halfmoon Lake (IL)
• Harding Ditch
• Harris Slough (IL)
• Heavenly Hills Lake
• Horseshoe Lake (US, IL, fishing)
• Horseshoe Lake (US, IL)
• Hospital Lake (IL)
• I&M Canal
• Illinois No Name Number 2042 Reservoir
• Jimmy Creek (US)
• Johnson Creek (US, IL)
• Joyces Lake
• Kankakee River
• Kapes Lake (IL)
• Keeven Lake (IL)
• Kids Fishing Pond (IL)
• Kinkaid Lake
• Klaus Lake (IL)
• Kleinlein Farm Pond
• Lake Antioch
• Lake Defiance (IL)
• Lake Griswold
• Lake Milligan
• Lake Suzanne (IL)
• Lake Wanda (IL)
• Lange Pond
• Lence Pond

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Other Bowfin Fishing Regions in the United States

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• East Tennessee
• Florida
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Middle Tennessee
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Tennessee
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

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Most Popular Fish Species in Illinois 79

• Alligator Gar
• American Eel
• Bigmouth Buffalo
• Black Buffalo
• Black Bullhead
• Black Crappie
• Blackstripe Topminnow
• Blue Catfish
• Bluegill
• Bowfin
• Brook Trout
• Brown Bullhead
• Brown Trout
• Burbot
• Chain Pickerel
• Channel Catfish
• Chinook Salmon
• Coho Salmon
• Common Carp
• Common shiner
• Creek Chub
• Creek Chubsucker
• Flathead Catfish
• Freshwater Drum
• Gizzard Shad
• Golden rainbow trout
• Golden redhorse
• Golden Shiner
• Goldfish
• Grass Carp
• Green Sunfish
• Greengill sunfish
• Koi carp
• Lake sturgeon
• Lake Trout
• Lake-run brown trout
• Largemouth Bass
• Longear Sunfish
• Longnose Gar
• Mirror carp
• Muskellunge
• Northern Pike
• Northern snakehead
• Orangespotted Sunfish
• Paddlefish
• Pumpkinseed
• Rainbow Trout
• Redear Sunfish
• River Carpsucker
• River redhorse
• Rock Bass
• Round goby
• Sauger
• Saugeye
• Shorthead Redhorse
• Shortnose Gar
• Shovelnose Sturgeon
• Silver carp
• Silver Redhorse
• Smallmouth Bass
• Smallmouth Buffalo
• Spotted Bass
• Spotted Gar
• Steelhead
• Striped Bass
• Striped shiner
• Tiger Muskellunge
• Walleye
• Warmouth
• White Bass
• White Catfish
• White Crappie
• White Perch
• White Sucker
• Whiterock Bass
• Wiper
• Yellow Bass
• Yellow Bullhead
• Yellow Perch