- What’s the official state fish of Illinois?
- What are the most common species of fish caught in Bubbly Creek?
- Lakefront perch fishing is legal year-round in Chicago except for what six-week period?
- Which South Side park lagoon consistently produces the Park District’s largest number of fish?
- What fish returns to the Lake Michigan shoreline waters from mid-August to October?
- What two non-fish species are also covered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources fishing guidelines?
- What South Side fish emporium was honored with a James Beard Award in 2010?
- In 2019 Brighton Park resident Paul Burriss caught what rare fish off Chicago’s lakefront?
- What controversial fishing technique is legal in Jackson Park harbor from October 1 to December 31?
- Asian carp haven’t made it to Lake Michigan yet, but it’s not for lack of trying. What’s the closest they’ve been spotted?
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Key
- Bluegill
- Carp, channel catfish, and black crappie
- May 1-June 15
- Marquette Park Lagoon
- Lake trout
- Common snapping turtles (two allowed per day) and bullfrogs (eight per day)
- Calumet Fisheries
- A twenty-seven-inch walleye
- “Snagging,” or the practice of catching mature salmon with weighted hooks as they return to their spawning grounds to die
- Asian carp have been found in the Chicago River, nine miles from Lake Michigan—and Asian carp DNA has been found in Bubbly Creek.