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North Branch Canal is a public lake in Cook County, Illinois, managed by Public boat ramp. It is public water managed for fishing by the Illinois Department of Conservation & Natural Resources.
Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
North Branch Canal covers about 17 acres in the Chicagoland region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are South Pond and North Pond.
Boat ramps: 2 mapped — Put-in, Put-in.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16-64 needs an Illinois Department of Natural Resources fishing licence — the resident annual is about $16 (a resident Sportsmen's Combination that adds hunting is more), the non-resident annual about $32, and non-resident 1-day/5-day licences are sold. Illinois has no trout stamp requirement for most water (a small number of put-and-take trout ponds may need a separate stamp — check locally); Illinois residents 65 and older, and anyone under 16, do not need a licence. A single licence covers the state's Corps and IDNR reservoirs. Buy from IDNR at dnr.illinois.gov. An Illinois fishing licence covers this water.
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