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Fishing Areas

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Get hooked on fishing! With 11 stocked park lagoons, a number of ponds, a reviving Chicago River, 22 miles of shoreline along Lake Michigan, and access in eight harbors and along the north side of Navy Pier, Chicago offers many opportunities for year-round fishing. The types of fish to pursue are varied: Coho and Chinook salmon, Steelhead and Brown Trout, Yellow Perch, Smallmouth, Largemouth and Rock Bass, Bluegill, Crappie, Carp and Channel Catfish.

You can get your fishing license to fish in Chicago through any park fieldhouse that has a lagoon.
 

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PARK NAMEADDRESSDESCRIPTORQTYNOTES
Auburn Park406 W. Winneconna 1 
Calumet Park9801 S. Avenue G 1 
Canal Origins2750 S. Ashland Ave. 1 
Columbus Park500 S. Central 2 
Douglas Park1401 S. Sacramento Dr. 1 
Garfield Park100 N. Central Park Ave. 1 
Gompers Park4222 W. Foster Ave. 1 
Humboldt Park1400 N. Sacramento Ave. 1 
Jackson Park6401 S. Stony Island Ave. 1 
Lincoln Park2021 N. Stockton Dr. 1Lincoln Park South Pond
Marquette Park6743 S. Kedzie Ave. 1 
McKinley Park2210 W. Pershing Rd. 1 
Park No. 5162900 S. Ashland Ave 2 
Sherman Park1301 W. 52nd St. 1 
Washington Park5531 S. King Dr. 1