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Central Illinois Bait Shops

Where to buy minnows, crawlers and line in Central Illinois.

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Central Illinois

Tackle counters of Central Illinois plotted

Across 24 counties the Central Illinois page holds 63 places selling tackle: 32 bait and tackle shops, 17 marinas, 13 sporting goods stores and 1 fly shop. The biggest cluster is in Springfield, with 5. In the same counties: 213 ramps on the IDNR map, 135 lakes with pages and 29 loaner sites. No loaner site prints a grouping in Crawford County, Henderson County, Jasper County, McDonough County, Peoria County, Pike County, Putnam County, Rock Island County, Tazewell County and Woodford County; those stores follow the closest county that does.

By county

Which Central Illinois counties have a bait store

Adams County

Dick's Sporting Goods Quincysporting goods store, Quincy, (217) 228-7780
The Boat Housemarina, Clayton, (217) 894-6263
Wiemelts Bait And Tackle LLCbait and tackle shop, Quincy, (217) 617-3325

Cass County

B & S Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Ashland, (217) 634-4466
Tom's Bait Shopbait and tackle shop, Beardstown, (217) 323-2248

Champaign County

A & W Critters & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Rantoul, (217) 282-9151
Dick's Sporting Goods Champaignsporting goods store, Champaign, (217) 402-8366

Crawford County

Buckskin Legacy Trading Postsporting goods store, Robinson, (618) 563-4648

DeWitt County

Clinton Lake Marinamarina, Weldon, (217) 736-2727
Green Acres Bait Shopbait and tackle shop, Clinton, (217) 935-9015

Hancock County

Dano's Bait and Tacklebait and tackle shop, Hamilton, (217) 551-0163

Henderson County

Drydock Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Gladstone, (309) 627-2769

Iroquois County

Bait Housebait and tackle shop, Watseka, (815) 785-6285
Tater's Master Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Watseka, (815) 644-1758

Jasper County

Rauch's Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Newton, (618) 752-2151

Macon County

Lbs Outdoorsbait and tackle shop, Decatur, (217) 330-9340
Mike's Tackle Worldbait and tackle shop, Decatur, (217) 423-0730

Mason County

Tall Timbers Marinamarina, Havana, (309) 543-2562

McDonough County

Walkers Bait Shopbait and tackle shop, Bushnell, (309) 255-8983

McLean County

Dick's Sporting Goods Bloomingtonsporting goods store, Bloomington, (309) 807-1908
Lounge Sport and Baitbait and tackle shop, Bloomington, (309) 821-8066
Mucky Duck Marinamarina, Hudson, (309) 747-3825
Smiley's Sports Shop Incbait and tackle shop, Bloomington, (309) 663-1133

Moultrie County

Findlay Marinamarina, Findlay, (217) 756-8595
Sullivan Marina & Campgroundmarina, Sullivan, (217) 728-7338

Peoria County

Academy Sports + Outdoors Peoriasporting goods store, Peoria, (309) 615-6000
Carls Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Chillicothe, (309) 274-5593
Detweiller Marinamarina, Peoria, (309) 673-6523
Dick's Sporting Goods Peoriasporting goods store, Peoria, (309) 683-2400
Hamm's Harbor Marinamarina, Chillicothe, (309) 678-7744
Hosss Hawg Baitbait and tackle shop, Elmwood, (309) 565-3241
National Marine Service & Rentalsmarina, Peoria Heights, (309) 498-4032
Presleys Outdoorssporting goods store, Bartonville, (309) 697-1193
Wharf Harbor Sales Incmarina, Peoria, (309) 688-4141

Piatt County

Jaydiz Fishing & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Monticello, (217) 631-1178

Pike County

Big River Fishbait and tackle shop, Griggsville, (217) 833-2260
Reel Net & Twinebait and tackle shop, Pittsfield, (217) 285-5013
Two Rivers Marinamarina, Rockport, (217) 437-2321

Putnam County

J&K Bait Shopbait and tackle shop, Hennepin, (815) 326-1786
Osage Marine Services Incmarina, Hennepin, (815) 925-7357

Rock Island County

Carbon Cliff Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Carbon Cliff, (309) 792-3460
Croegaerts Great Outdoorsbait and tackle shop, Rock Island, (309) 788-4868
Dick's Sporting Goods Molinesporting goods store, Moline, (309) 517-2572
Sunset Marinamarina, Rock Island, (309) 732-2282

Sangamon County

Academy Sports + Outdoors Springfieldsporting goods store, Springfield, (217) 986-6200
Angler's Workshopfly shop, Springfield, (217) 670-2329
B Hayes Bait and Tacklebait and tackle shop, Springfield, (217) 503-4121
Big Red's Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Springfield, (217) 679-1800
Dick's Sporting Goods Springfieldsporting goods store, Springfield, (217) 726-6451
Old Guy Tackle Cobait and tackle shop, Divernon, (217) 825-4266

Shelby County

Craigs Sporting Goods And Family Fun Ctrsporting goods store, Shelbyville, (217) 296-2130
Lake Mattoon Marinamarina, Neoga, (217) 895-2922
Leprechaun Landingbait and tackle shop, Windsor, (217) 459-2240
Lithia Springs Marinamarina, Shelbyville, (217) 774-4121
Spillway Motel & Bait Shopbait and tackle shop, Shelbyville, (217) 774-9591

Tazewell County

Bass Pro Shops East Peoriasporting goods store, East Peoria, (309) 427-3400
Big City Fishing Gear, LLCbait and tackle shop, Tremont, (309) 256-3177
EastPort Marinamarina, East Peoria, (309) 694-3034
J & J Riverside Bait & Tacklebait and tackle shop, Pekin, (309) 347-3793
spindler marinamarina, East Peoria, (309) 699-3549

Vermilion County

Henk's Bait & Bitebait and tackle shop, Danville, (217) 443-4111
Pam's Bait Shopbait and tackle shop, Georgetown, (217) 662-2685

Woodford County

Freedom Sports Shopsporting goods store, El Paso, (309) 527-2887

Water

Lake pages that fall inside the Central Illinois grouping

Lake Shelbyville11,100 acres, Moultrie County
Clinton Lake4,895 acres, DeWitt County
Thompson Lake (Emiquon)4,000 acres, Fulton County
Lake Springfield3,866 acres, Sangamon County
Lake Decatur2,905 acres, Macon County
Newton Lake1,750 acres, Jasper County
Powerton Lake1,426 acres, Tazewell County
Rice Lake1,383 acres, Fulton County
Hennepin-Hopper LakesPutnam County
Anderson LakeFulton County

Photos

Land of Lincoln water photographed for Central Illinois Bait Shops

Illinois River, Illinois — Illinois River
Photo: Ron Frazier, CC BY 2.0

Oak Park, Illinois — Oak Park
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0

Adams County, Illinois — Adams County
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0

Diversey Harbor, Illinois — Diversey Harbor
Photo: edward stojakovic, CC BY 2.0

Answers

Bait buying across Central Illinois, explained shop by shop

What is the tackle store count for the Central Illinois grouping?

It runs to 63.

Which counties are on the Central Illinois page?

24 of them: Adams County, Cass County, Champaign County, Crawford County, DeWitt County, Hancock County, Henderson County, Iroquois County, Jasper County, Macon County, Mason County, McDonough County, McLean County, Moultrie County, Peoria County and Piatt County and more.

In which county are Central Illinois bait counters thickest?

Peoria County, with 9 listings.

Where do the Central Illinois shops bunch up, town by town?

The biggest cluster is in Springfield, with 5.

Does the Central Illinois page include boat marinas?

Yes: 17 marinas.

Is the Central Illinois line an IDNR region?

No. It is the label the IDNR fishing map prints on tackle loaner sites, used here to group counties; IDNR publishes no region per county in this data.

How current are the Central Illinois phone numbers and hours?

Numbers taken down in November 2026; ring ahead to be sure.

Which page links the other groupings besides Central Illinois?

Go up to the Illinois shop hub and pick another grouping.