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The IDNR announced Illinois' spring trout season and it looks very normal, a blessed thing after the mishmash of last spring.


Dale Bowman
It’s a beautiful thing.
The regular season will open April 3, the early catch-and-release season on March 20.
UPDATED: The opener for the five Forest Preserves of Cook County sites have a delayed opener, click here to read.
Cook County sites includes Axehead, Belleau, Green, Horsetail, Sag Quarry East and Wolf Lake; in DuPage, Silver, Pickerel and Grove; in Kankakee, Bird Park Quarry and Rock Creek; in Kendall, Big Lake; In Lake, Sand; in McHenry, Piscasaw Creek and Atwood; in Will, Milliken.
Here is the word from the IDNR:
Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season Opens April 3
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The 2021 Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season will open Saturday, April 3 at 57 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state. ....

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