Section 810.10  Sale of Fish and Fishing Seasons − Statewide

a)         No fish or parts thereof (including eggs) taken by sport fishing methods (including snagging) may be bought, sold or bartered.

b)         Lake Michigan – The sport fishing season for rainbow smelt shall be from March 1 to April 30.

c)         It is unlawful to fish within 250 yards of an occupied duck or goose blind on Department-owned or -managed sites during the migratory waterfowl season.

d)         Lake Michigan, Calumet River, and the Chicago River including its North Branch, South Branch, and the North Shore Channel – the sport fishing harvest for yellow perch shall not be permitted from May 1 through June 15 annually.

(Source:  Amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 6517, effective April 27, 2015)