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Beaver Creek is a public river in Bond County and Clinton County, Illinois. You can fish it on an Illinois licence; bank access is at road crossings, parks, IDNR sites and other public land, and riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches.
It runs roughly 30 miles through the Southern Illinois region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Lake Lola and Shoal Creek.
Night fishing: No statewide night-fishing closure in Illinois. Some IDNR site lakes post hours or gate at dark, and a handful of urban lakes are day-use only. Trotlines, throwlines and set hooks are legal on most rivers and reservoirs (not on IDNR-managed quality lakes) with the gear tagged; bowfishing for carp, gar and buffalo is popular after dark on the big rivers.
Boats: Most Illinois rivers are waded or floated by canoe, kayak and jon boat; the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio and lower Rock and Wabash take full-size boats.
Bank & bivvy camping: You may fish and float any navigable Illinois stream on a state licence; bank access is at IDNR sites, Corps and county ramps, the Shawnee National Forest, state parks and bridge crossings; riparian owners control the bank on non-navigable reaches.
Tackle: Statewide black-bass daily limit is 6 (14-inch minimum on most water, with special slot or catch-and-release rules on IDNR quality lakes); crappie 25 on most reservoirs; muskellunge 1 (36-inch minimum, higher on trophy waters); walleye/sauger limits vary; catfish generous. Check the current IDNR digest of fishing regulations for this water.
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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