Illinois Compiled Statutes 515 Fish: Article 10 - Limits - Seasons & Methods Of Taking

• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-5
  Daily limit; bass. All properly licensed individuals shall be permitted to take, in any one day, no more than 6 of any one species...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-10
  Daily limit; trout and salmon. All properly licensed individuals shall be permitted to take, in any one day, no more than 5 of any...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-15
  Method of taking certain fish. Muskellunge, northern pike, pickerels, walleye, sauger, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, warmouth, rock bass, white bass, yellow bass,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-20
  Size limit; northern pike. All northern pike in the possession of any individual shall be not less than 24 inches in length, except that...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-25
  Daily limit; northern pike, sauger, and walleye. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), all properly licensed individuals shall be permitted to...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-30
  Bullfrog; open season. Bullfrog open season is found in Section 5-30 of the Herptiles-Herps Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-35
  Daily limit; bullfrogs. Bullfrog daily limit is found in Section 5-30 of the Herptiles-Herps Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-40
  Taking of smelt. All individuals taking smelt by any method or with any device, including small mesh nets, shall have a valid sport fishing...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-45
  Taking of bait fishes. All casting nets shall not be (1) larger than 24 feet in diameter or (2) of a mesh larger than 1...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-47
  Taking of fish by casting net or shad scoop for use as bait. The following fish species may be taken with a casting net or...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-50
  Size limit; trout and salmon. All rainbow trout, lake trout, brown trout, brook trout, Atlantic salmon, coho salmon, chinook salmon, pink salmon, or other...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-55
  Taking of endangered species. No person shall take or possess any of the aquatic life listed in the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act or...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-60
  Taking of turtles or bullfrogs; illegal devices. Taking of turtles or bullfrogs is found in Section 5-30 of the Herptiles-Herps Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff.
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-65
  Taking of snakes. Taking of snakes is found in Section 5-25 of the Herptiles-Herps Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-70
  Aquatic life included in daily limit. (a) Any aquatic life taken into actual possession, unless released unharmed immediately, shall be included in the daily...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-75
  Application of Article. This Article 10 shall apply only to aquatic life in waters and lands wholly or in part within the boundaries of...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-80
  Illegal methods of taking. It shall be unlawful to take any aquatic life by the use of electricity or any electrical device; a lime,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-85
  Ice fishing. Fish may be taken through the ice by the use of not more than 3 poles and lines or 3 tipups at...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-90
  Snag line or pole. It shall be unlawful to use, set, place, or control any snag line or snag pole, meaning any line, cord,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-95
  Number of hooks; untagged devices. Any individual possessing a valid sport fishing license may take aquatic life by hand, or may use pole and...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-100
  Release of aquatic life. (a) It shall be unlawful to release any aquatic life into the wild in this State without first securing permission of...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-105
  Fish importation permits. Live fish, viable fish eggs, or viable sperm of any species or hybrid of salmon or trout may be imported into...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-110
  Taking carp, buffalo, suckers, gar, bowfin, shad, and drum. Carp, buffalo, suckers, gar, bowfin, shad, and drum may be taken by means of a pitchfork,...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-115
  Taking of turtles. Taking of turtles is found in Section 5-30 of the Herptiles-Herps Act. (Source: P.A. 98-752, eff. 1-1-15.)
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-120
  Taking of mussels; illegal devices. It is unlawful for any person to take mussels by means of basket dredges or mechanical or suction devices....
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-125
  Device attached to tree. Any hook and line or sport fishing device for the purpose of taking or attempting to take fish, if attached...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-130
  Trolling; number of poles. It shall be unlawful for any individual to troll for fish with more than 3 poles and lines with more...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-135
  Sport fishing charter boats. A "charter boat" is defined as any boat used in the business of carrying sport fishermen for hire into the...
• Illinois Fish and Aquatic Life Code. - 515 ILCS 5, Section 10-140
  Dip nets. Any individual possessing a valid sport fishing license may use a dip net to take carp, buffalo, carpsuckers, or shad for personal...

Last modified: February 18, 2015