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Black Crappie Fishing in Illinois
80 Illinois lakes on Bitespan have black crappie on record from state fish-agency survey data. Open any of them for that lake's computed fishing report — modeled bite windows, depth and the species on record.
This page lists waters; it does not rank them. Bitespan holds no catch rates, creel surveys or stocking figures for Illinois, so it states none — the lakes below are in alphabetical order.
Illinois lakes with black crappie on record
All 80 of them, alphabetically.
- Anderson Lakenear Bath
- Argyle Lakenear Colchester
- Baldwin Lakenear Baldwin
- Beaver Dam Lakenear Chesterfield
- Bowen Lakenear Washington
- Brock Lakenear Mackinaw
- Busse Lakenear Elk Grove Village
- Canton Lakenear Canton
- Carlyle Lakenear Keyesport
- Carthage Lakenear Carthage
- Cedar Lakenear Makanda
- Coffeen Lakenear Coffeen
- Crab Orchard Lakenear Crainville
- Dawson Lakenear Ellsworth
- Diamond Lakenear Mundelein
- East Fork Lakenear Olney
- Eureka Lakenear Eureka
- Evergreen Lakenear Kappa
- Ferne Clyffe Lakenear Goreville
- Gladstone Lakenear Gladstone
- Governor Bond Lakenear Smithboro
- Green Lakenear Elmhurst
- Greenfield City Lakenear Carrollton
- Hastings Lakenear Lindenhurst
- Heidecke Lakenear Morris
- Homer Lakenear Homer
- Horseshoe Lakenear Madison
- Horseshoe Lakenear Olive Branch
- Horton Lakenear Nauvoo
- Kinkaid Lakenear Harrison
- Lake Bloomingtonnear Hudson
- Lake Centralianear Odin
- Lake Clintonnear De Witt
- Lake Decaturnear Decatur
- Lake Georgenear Edgington
- Lake Jacksonvillenear South Jacksonville
- Lake Mendotanear Mendota
- Lake Mingonear Henning
- Lake Murphysboronear Harrison
- Lake Pananear Tower Hill
- Lake Pittsfieldnear Pittsfield
- Lake Saranear Shumway
- Lake Shelbyvillenear Sullivan
- Lake Springfieldnear Southern View
- Lake Storeynear Galesburg
- Lake Tecumsehnear Elizabethtown
- Maple Lakenear Bloomingdale
- Mauvaise Terre Lakenear South Jacksonville
- McCullom Lakenear McCullom Lake
- Milliken Lakenear Wilmington
- Monee Reservoirnear Monee
- Muskrat Pondnear Bartlett
- Nashville City Reservoirnear Nashville
- Newton Lakenear Newton
- Nippersink Lakenear Fox Lake
- Omaha City Reservoirnear Omaha
- Pierce Lakenear Loves Park
- Pounds Hollow Lakenear Junction
- Raccoon Lakenear Central City
- Ramsey Lakenear Ramsey
- Randolph County Lakenear Chester
- Red Hills Lakenear Sumner
- Rend Lakenear Ina
- Rice Lakenear Banner
- Sam Dale Lakenear Johnsonville
- Sam Parr Lakenear Newton
- Sangchris Lakenear Tovey
- Shabbona Lakenear Shabbona
- Siloam Springs Lakenear Kingston
- Spring Lakenear Winfield
- Sterling Lakenear Wadsworth
- Tampier Lakenear Orland Park
- Timber Lakenear Tower Lakes
- Turner Lakenear Fox Lake
- Valley Lakenear Gages Lake
- Vandalia Lakenear Vandalia
- Washington County Lakenear Nashville
- Waverly Lakenear Franklin
- Whalon Lakenear Bolingbrook
- Wolf Lakenear Burnham
Black Crappie in other states
Every other state where enough waters hold black crappie on agency record to be worth a page.
Other species in Illinois
What else Illinois's surveyed waters hold.
More on black crappie
Seasonal depth, feeding windows and how wind and pressure move the bite — the black crappie guide covers the behaviour behind every report linked above.
Read the Black Crappie guide →