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and boat across the best lakes in Southern Illinois! Whether you have a 10 horse power boat or a pontoon, we have just the lake for you!
Western
Devil's Kitchen
Devil’s Kitchen lake is and 810 acre lake with a 24 mile shoreline and a maximum depth of 90 feet. It is stocked with rainbow and brown trout, largemouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, channel catfish, bullheads, and carp. Boats have a 10-horsepower limit.
- (618) 457-5004
- Website
- Carbondale
Little grassy
Little Grassy Lake Campground & Marina sits on Little Grassy Lake, located inside Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. It offers boating and fishing opportunities for bass, crappie, catfish, and bluegill. Where 1,000 acres of crystal clear water , 4 miles long, 1 mile wide, up to 60 feet deep and 31 miles of wooded rocky shoreline create the most scenic lake in southern Illinois.
- (618) 457-6655
- Website
- Carbondale
Cedar Lake
Five minutes south of Carbondale is the city reservoir, Cedar Lake a 1,750-acre reservoir in Southern Illinois that was created by the damming of Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Big Muddy River in 1974. The lake is located in Jackson County, southwest of Carbondale and accessible from U.S. Highway 51.
- (618) 524-5577
- Website
- Carbondale
horseshoe lake
Located in Alexander County just east of Illinois Route 3, 7 miles north of Cairo, the 10,200 acre area includes a 2,400 acre shallow lake. With its large stands of beautiful trees around its 20 mile shoreline, Horseshoe Lake is a beautiful body of water. Since 1930, when a concrete, fixed spillway was constructed, the lake has maintained a constant four-foot depth
- (618) 776-5689
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- Miller City
Lake Murphysboro
With its gentle hills and shady shores, Lake Murphysboro is a popular retreat for bank fishing. No matter what form of fishing one prefers, anglers will appreciate the variety of fish available: largemouth bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, channel catfish and crappie. The outboard motor limit is 10 hp.
- (618) 684-2867
- Website
- Murphysboro
Central
Fort Massac State Park
Boating and fishing are permitted on and along the Ohio River. Anglers will find bullhead, carp, catfish, crappie, drum and largemouth bass. The boat dock and launch ramp easy river access.
- (618) 524-4712
- Website
- Metropolis
Kinkaid Lake
Four boat ramps and a full-service marina are available. No motor restrictions apply, but 50 M.P.H. daytime and 25 M.P.H. sunset to sunrise speed limits are enforced.
For more details about Kinkaid Lake, contact nearby Lake Murphysboro State Park
- (618) 684-2867
- Website
- Murphysboro
Mermet Lake
Mermet Lake is a shallow, 452-acre, IDNR-owned impoundment located in Massac County approximately 10 miles north of Metropolis. The outboard motor limit is 10 hp, but boats with larger outboards are allowed to operate at no-wake speed. Mermet Lake is closed to fishing during the duck season.
Eastern
golconda Marina
Right on the Ohio River, One of the finest fishing and boating areas in the nation, this marina is the gateway to the Ohio River’s Smithland Pool, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 619-acre full-service boat marina has more than 200 slips.