Illinois Bait Shops
Bait and tackle shops, sporting goods stores and marinas in three Illinois groupings.
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Illinois bait shops in three groupings
251 Illinois bait and tackle shops, sporting goods stores, fly shops and marinas. The IDNR fishing map prints a grouping (Chicago/Northeast, Central, Southern Illinois) only on its tackle loaner sites, so each county takes the grouping of its own loaner sites; the 57 counties without one are grouped with the nearest county that has one, for these pages only. 45 shops also appear on the IDNR license vendor list.
- Chicago/Northeast Illinois bait shops145 listings
- Central Illinois bait shops63 listings
- Southern Illinois bait shops43 listings
Yellow Pages city listings, chain store pages and the IDNR license vendor locator, read November 4, 2026.
Illinois stores per grouping and kind
| Grouping | Bait and tackle shop | Fly shop | Marina | Sporting goods store |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago/Northeast Illinois | 51 | 5 | 56 | 33 |
| Central Illinois | 32 | 1 | 17 | 13 |
| Southern Illinois | 26 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
Mapped Illinois bait counters with a street-level point
Illinois Bait Shops, with Illinois lakes in pictures
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Illinois bait shop questions
How many tackle stores are in this Illinois directory?
251 shops, stores and marinas.
Why three groupings and not IDNR regions?
IDNR publishes no region per water or county in the data used; the only label is the grouping its fishing map prints on tackle loaner sites.
Which grouping has the most stores?
Chicago/Northeast Illinois, with 145.
Are marinas listed?
Yes: 84 marinas, many on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and Lake Michigan.
Where did the store list come from?
Yellow Pages city pages, chain store locators and the IDNR license vendor locator, all read in November 2026.
Do any of these shops sell IDNR licenses?
45 of them appear on the IDNR license vendor list; licenses are also sold online through IDNR.
Why does a store show no distance?
Its address did not geocode to an exact point, so it is listed by town and county only.
How does a store get listed?
Use the contact form with the shop name, its street address and a phone number, and it goes in at the next rebuild.