Illinois fishing maps
Free interactive depth charts for 83 Illinois lakes and rivers, 27 of them built on real state fisheries depth surveys. Open any water, pick your species, and see the spots worth fishing, why each one is good, and the best times to be there. No account needed to browse.
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No boat? Bank and shore fishing in Illinois (25 waters with public access)
Deepest lakes in Illinois
The deepest water mapped on DepthScout in Illinois is Lake Michigan - Illinois and Indiana Shore at 258 ft (79 m). The ten deepest charts here:
| # | Water | Max depth | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Michigan - Illinois and Indiana Shore | 258 ft | survey |
| 2 | Devils Kitchen Lake | 90 ft | modeled |
| 3 | Kinkaid Lake | 80 ft | modeled |
| 4 | Kickapoo State Park Lake | 70 ft | survey |
| 5 | Lake Shelbyville | 65 ft | modeled |
| 6 | Little Grassy Lake | 65 ft | modeled |
| 7 | Heidecke Lake | 59 ft | modeled |
| 8 | Lake George | 58 ft | modeled |
| 9 | Mississippi River Pool 13 (Clinton) | 53 ft | survey |
| 10 | Otter Lake | 51 ft | modeled |
What Illinois anglers fish for: largemouth bass (78 waters) · channel catfish (76 waters) · crappie (69 waters) · bluegill (66 waters) · common carp (44 waters) · flathead catfish (29 waters) · smallmouth bass (29 waters) · walleye (29 waters)
- Anderson Lake 10 ft · survey
- Baldwin Lake 48 ft
- Boulder Lake 44 ft · survey
- Canton Lake 35 ft
- Carlinville Lake 18 ft
- Carlyle Lake 35 ft
- Carthage Reservoir 18 ft · survey
- Cedar Lake 45 ft
- Cedar Lake 44 ft
- Centralia Reservoir 12 ft
- Charleston Lake 14 ft · survey
- Crab Orchard Lake 25 ft
- Cross Lake 35 ft
- Dawson Lake 24 ft · survey
- Des Plaines River 12 ft
- Devils Kitchen Lake 90 ft
- Diamond Lake 25 ft
- Dutchman Lake 29 ft
- East Fork Lake 40 ft
- Elizabeth Lake 32 ft
- Embarras River 10 ft
- Evergreen Lake 48 ft
- Forbes Lake 28 ft
- Fox River 10 ft
- Greenfield Lake 22 ft · survey
- Heidecke Lake 59 ft
- Homer Lake 16 ft · survey
- Illinois River 25 ft
- Illinois Waterway — Brandon Road Pool 25 ft · survey
- Illinois Waterway — Dresden Island Pool 31 ft · survey
- Kankakee River 12 ft
- Kaskaskia River 15 ft
- Kickapoo State Park Lake 70 ft · survey
- Kinkaid Lake 80 ft
- La Harpe Reservoir 14 ft · survey
- Lake Altamont 31 ft · survey
- Lake Bloomington 35 ft
- Lake Centralia 25 ft
- Lake Clinton 45 ft
- Lake Decatur 28 ft
- Lake George 58 ft
- Lake Glenn Shoals 24 ft · survey
- Lake Jacksonville 36 ft
- Lake Lou Yaeger 32 ft
- Lake Mattoon 28 ft · survey
- Lake Michigan — Illinois and Indiana Shore 258 ft · survey
- Lake Murphysboro 32 ft
- Lake of the Woods 25 ft · survey
- Lake Paradise 19 ft
- Lake Shelbyville 65 ft
- Lake Springfield 22 ft · survey
- Lake Storey 33 ft
- Lincoln Trail State Park Lake 38 ft · survey
- Little Grassy Lake 65 ft
- Long Lake 27 ft
- Mackinaw River 8 ft
- Mauvaise Terre Lake 11 ft
- McCullom Lake 10 ft
- Mississippi River Pool 13 (Clinton) 53 ft · survey
- Mississippi River Pool 19 (Keokuk) 43 ft · survey
- Newton Lake 40 ft
- Olson Lake 10 ft · survey
- Otter Lake 51 ft
- Pierce Lake 36 ft
- Pittsfield Lake 28 ft
- Powder Horn Lake 19 ft
- Rend Lake 31 ft
- Rock River 15 ft
- Sam Dale Lake 18 ft
- Sam Parr Lake 25 ft
- Sand Lake 32 ft
- Sangamon River 12 ft
- Sangchris Lake 40 ft
- Sara Lake 48 ft · survey
- Schuy-Rush Lake 31 ft
- Shabbona Lake 40 ft · survey
- Siloam Springs Lake 38 ft · survey
- Sunset Lake 32 ft
- Tampier Lake 15 ft
- Taylorville Lake 19 ft
- Vermont Lake 10 ft · survey
- Walnut Point Lake 28 ft · survey
- Washington County Lake 16 ft · survey
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