Illinois fishing maps
Free interactive depth charts for 83 Illinois lakes and rivers, 28 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.
New to depth charts? Learn to read a lake depth map or turn one into a three-stop fishing plan.
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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 | Kickapoo State Park Lake | 70 ft | survey |
| 3 | Mississippi River Pool 13 (Clinton) | 53 ft | survey |
| 4 | Sara Lake | 48 ft | survey |
| 5 | Boulder Lake | 44 ft | survey |
| 6 | Mississippi River Pool 19 (Keokuk) | 43 ft | survey |
| 7 | Shabbona Lake | 40 ft | survey |
| 8 | Lincoln Trail State Park Lake | 38 ft | survey |
| 9 | Siloam Springs Lake | 38 ft | survey |
| 10 | Lake Jacksonville | 36 ft | modeled |
What Illinois anglers fish for: channel catfish (35 waters) · largemouth bass (35 waters) · crappie (28 waters) · bluegill (25 waters) · common carp (22 waters) · smallmouth bass (14 waters) · flathead catfish (13 waters) · white bass (12 waters)
Mapped water systems in Illinois
Large rivers, lakes and coastal waters are split into useful map sections. Start with the system overview, then choose a surveyed or modeled section.
- Illinois Waterway fishing maps (2 mapped pools)
- Anderson Lake 10 ft · survey
- Boulder Lake 44 ft · survey
- Carlinville Lake 18 ft
- Carthage Reservoir 18 ft · survey
- Charleston Lake 14 ft · survey
- Dawson Lake 24 ft · survey
- Des Plaines River 12 ft
- Elizabeth Lake 32 ft
- Fox River 10 ft
- Greenfield Lake 22 ft · survey
- 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
- La Harpe Reservoir 14 ft · survey
- Lake Altamont 31 ft · survey
- Lake Glenn Shoals 24 ft · survey
- Lake Jacksonville 36 ft
- Lake Mattoon 28 ft · survey
- Lake Michigan — Illinois and Indiana Shore 258 ft · survey
- Lake of the Woods 25 ft · survey
- Lake Springfield 22 ft · survey
- Lincoln Trail State Park Lake 38 ft · survey
- Mississippi River Pool 13 (Clinton) 53 ft · survey
- Mississippi River Pool 19 (Keokuk) 43 ft · survey
- Olson Lake 10 ft · survey
- Pittsfield Lake 28 ft
- Rock River 15 ft
- Sangamon River 12 ft
- Sara Lake 48 ft · survey
- Shabbona Lake 40 ft · survey
- Siloam Springs Lake 38 ft · survey
- Vermont Lake 10 ft · survey
- Walnut Point Lake 28 ft · survey
- Washington County Lake 16 ft · survey
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