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Illinois river pools
First Illinois notes on the Mississippi River Pool 25
Pool 25 of the Mississippi River is a navigation pool touching Calhoun County. The IDNR page gives the pool 16,674 acres. Across the channel is Iowa and Missouri, so a border license rule applies. It is under a mile to Carrollton.
IDNR plots 7 boat ramps here.
16,674acres (IDNR)
7mapped ramps
0USGS gauges
1county
IDNR IFishIllinois waterbody page, ifishillinois.org, read November 4, 2026. Census 2023 places.
What IDNR says about the Mississippi River Pool 25
Location (IDNR)Pool 25 extends from Lock & Dam 25 located near Winfield, Missouri upstream to Lock & Dam 24 located near Clarksville, Missouri.
IDNR IFishIllinois waterbody page, ifishillinois.org, read November 4, 2026.
History
Survey background on the Mississippi River Pool 25
IDNROn Pool 25, the Clarksville, Carrol and Dog Island Chutes between Pleasant Hill and the Rip Rap Landing public use area north of Mozier produce as does Gilead Slough a bit south and Prairie and Dixon pond areas north of Batchtown. Seven ramps are located along this pool.
Launches one bay over from Mississippi River Pool 25
Mississippi River – Pool 24 Pleasant Hill Boat RampMississippi River, Pool 24, 14 miles
Much Illinois stream frontage is private; fish Pool 25 of the Mississippi River from public ramps, parks and state sites, or with the owner's permission.
IDNR IFishIllinois map, boat ramp and launch layer of October 2025 (KML; name, waterbody and notes as printed), read November 5, 2026.
Limits
Illinois limits that apply on the Mississippi River Pool 25
Daily harvest limit is 6 Bass, either singly or in the aggregate, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations. In rivers and streams and their tributaries statewide, except for the Mississippi, Ohio (including Golconda Marina), and Wabash Rivers, the d
All Muskellunge and Muskellunge hybrids (Tiger Muskie) taken must be 36" in total length or longer, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations. No more than 1 Muskellunge or Muskellunge hybrid (Tiger Muskie) may be taken per day, except as specified u
Daily harvest limit is 2 Paddlefish. Please refer to Site Specific Regulations for the Mississippi River between Illinois and Iowa and the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri.
no limit under 17 inches; 3 at 17 inches or longer
There are no daily harvest limits or minimum size limits for Striped Bass (Ocean Rockfish), White Bass, Yellow Bass, and their hybrids, which are less than 17" in total length, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations. For these fish 17" in total le
All Walleye, Sauger, or their hybrid (Saugeye) taken must be 14" in total length or longer, except in the Mississippi River, Wabash River, or except as specified under Site Specific Regulations. Daily harvest limit is 6 Walleye, Sauger, or their hybrid, either
Pool 25 of the Mississippi River follows the statewide table plus any site entry.
Digest rules along the Mississippi River Pool 25
All
Nongame Species Combined:
100 total fish daily harvest limit (excludes endangered and threatened species and the following game species: Crappie, Channel/Blue/Flathead Catfish, Rock Bass, Warmouth, White/Yellow/Striped/Hybrid Striped Bass, Trout …
Blue or Channel Catfish
: 20 fish daily limit.
Flathead Catfish
: 10 fish daily limit.
Largemouth, Smallmouth, or Spotted Bass
Site-specific regulations on the IFishIllinois page, as printed, ifishillinois.org, read November 4, 2026.
Licenses where the Mississippi River Pool 25 splits two states
Reciprocity (digest)Officers of Illinois and Iowa will recognize and accept valid sport fishing licenses of either state when legally possessed and used by hook-and-line sport fishermen on the Mississippi River proper forming a common boundary between Illinois and Iowa, including its backwater lakes and sloughs contiguous with the flow of waters in the main channel; provided that you do not fish from or attach any device or …
Reciprocity (digest)Officers of Illinois and Missouri will recognize and accept valid sport fishing licenses of either state when legally possessed and used in the Mississippi River and its backwaters within the boundary of Missouri adjacent to the state of Illinois. Persons licensed in only one state may also fish in the other state’s portion of any oxbow lakes through which the IllinoisMissouri boundary passes, and may fish …
Anglers 16 and older carry an Illinois fishing license ($15 a year for residents, $31.50 for nonresidents in 2026).
The bait shop questions about Mississippi River Pool 25
How do I pin Pool 25 of the Mississippi River on an Illinois road map?
Pool 25 extends from Lock & Dam 25 located near Winfield, Missouri upstream to Lock & Dam 24 located near Clarksville, Missouri. It touches Calhoun County.
Can I see the stage of Pool 25 of the Mississippi River before driving?
Its stage goes unmeasured in our sources.
Where does IDNR map a put-in on Pool 25 of the Mississippi River?
7 boat ramps, including Mississippi River – Pool 25 Batchtown Boat Ramp.
What does the 2026 digest let me keep from Pool 25 of the Mississippi River?
Statewide digest row for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass: Daily harvest limit is 6 Bass, either singly or in the aggregate, except as specified under Site Specific Regulations. The same row adds a separate rule for rivers and streams, quoted in the limits band. The limits band adds a digest entry for it.
Can an out-of-state angler fish Pool 25 of the Mississippi River?
Anglers 16 and older carry an Illinois fishing license ($15 a year for residents, $31.50 for nonresidents in 2026). A license from Iowa and Missouri counts on the boundary stretch under the digest text.
How does IDNR rate Pool 25 of the Mississippi River?
No fish are named for it in IDNR sources.
Where do anglers on Pool 25 of the Mississippi River buy tackle?
Allan Joseph Marine, about 23 miles away, is first on our list.
Which banks of Pool 25 of the Mississippi River are open?
Fish from public sites or with permission; farmland lines many banks.
Where does Pool 25 of the Mississippi River sit on the river?
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