Free Fishing Days in Illinois

The 2022 Illinois Free Fishing Days celebration will take place June 17 – 20, coinciding with Father's Day weekend. During this four-day celebration of fishing in Illinois, anglers can fish without purchasing a fishing license, salmon stamp or inland trout stamp.

Here are lakes in the region where you can put a hook in the water this weekend:

Kinmundy Reservoir

Newton Lake

Ramsey Lake

Lake Sara

Vandalia City Lake

Forbes Lake

Eastern Illinois University Campus Pond

Charleston Lower Channel and Side Channel

Coles County Airport Lake

Forest Park Lagoon in Shelbyville

Lake Mattoon

Lake Shelbyville

Lake Toledo (reservoir)