Gas in Illinois Near the Water
Fuel for the truck and the boat in Illinois — every station here is within 15 miles of a launch. 3,614 places mapped.
🪰 What bait is sold around Illinois
NightcrawlersWormsMinnowsCrickets & wax worms
Nightcrawlers and worms are the staple in Illinois — sold at most bait shops and plenty of gas stations near the water. Live minnows are commonly sold for walleye, pike, perch, and panfish. Crickets, wax worms, and mealworms are common for bluegill and other panfish.
Live-bait rules vary by water body — check current Illinois fishing regulations before you buy.
Every pin is within 15 miles of a launch. The ⚓ anchors are the boat ramps — so you can see how far the water is from any stop.
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Baldwin 1Banner 4Bannockburn 1Barrington 3Bartlett 7Bartonville 3Batavia 9Beach Park 5Bedford Park 5Beecher 3Belgium Row 1Belleville 14Bellwood 9Belvidere 22Belvidete 1Bensenville 10Benson 1Benton 8Berkeley 1Berwyn 15Bethalto 1Bethany 1Bloomingdale 9Bloomington 27Blue Island 7Bolingbrook 21Bollingbrook 2Bourbonnais 8Braceville 1Bradley 6Braidwood 4Breese 2Bridgeview 7Brimfield 2Bristol 4Broadview 2Brookfield 4Brooklyn 2Buffalo Grove 11Bunker Hill 2Burbank 9Burnham 1Burr Ridge 4Burton Township 1Bushnell 2Byron 3
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Cahokia 3Calumet City 7Calumet Park 11Campton Hills 1Canton 1Carbondale 7Carlinville 3Carlyle 2Carman 1Carmi 7Carol Stream 8Carpentersville 6Carterville 3Cary 4Casey 5Caseyville 4Cedarville 1Central Stickney 9Centralia 11Centreville 5Champaign 28Channahon 7Charleston 4Chatham 4Chenoa 3Cherry Valley 12Cherry Valley Township 6Chicago 381Chicago Heights 11Chicago Ridge 6Chillicothe 6Cicero 28Clarendon Hills 2Clarke City 1Clifton 2Clinton 6Coal City 3Coal Valley 1Colchester 1Collinsville 16Colona 1Columbia 3Cordova 2Cortland 2Cottage Hills 4Country Club Hills 5Countryside 6Crab Orchard Estates 1Crainville 1Creal Springs 1Crest Hill 7Crestwood 5Crete 4Creve Coeur 3Crystal Lake 14Cypress 1
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Earlville 3East Alton 3East Dubuque 1East Dundee 7East Moline 9East Peoria 6East Saint Louis 1East St. Louis 1Edinburg 1Edwards 1Edwardsville 7Edwardville 1Effingham 19El Paso 4Elburn 3Eldorado 6Elgin 24Elizabeth 2Elizabethtown 1Elk Grove Village 14Elmhurst 9Elmwood Park 9Elwood 12Erie 2Eureka 3Evanston 14Evergreen Park 26
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Galatia 1Galena 3Galesburg 13Galva 1Gardner 1Geneseo 8Geneva 5Genoa 1Germantown Hills 1Gifford 1Gilberts 1Gilbertses 2Gillespie 3Glen Carbon 3Glen Ellyn 5Glencoe 1Glendale Heights 3Glenview 12Glenwood 5Godfrey 5Good Hope 1Goodfield 2Goreville 2Grafton 1Grand Detour 1Grand Ridge 1Grandview 7Granite City 6Grant Park 2Granville 1Grayslake 6Grayville 2Great Lakes 2Green Oaks 1Greenup 5Greenville 6Gridley 1Gurnee 9
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Hainesville 2Hamel 3Hampshire 4Hampton 2Hamshire 7Hanover Park 5Hanover Pk 4Hardin 3Harlem Township 3Harrisburg 15Harvard 2Harvey 14Harwood Heights 7Havana 4Hawthorn Woods 1Hazel Crest 3Herod 1Herrick 2Herrin 4Herscher 4Hickory Hills 6Highland 4Highland Park 7Highwood 3Hillsboro 4Hillside 5Hinckley 1Hinsdale 4Hodgkins 3Hoffman Estates 7Holiday Shores 1Homer 1Homer Glen 10Hometown 4Homewood 7Hudson 1Huntley 2
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La Grange 2Lacon 1Ladd 1Lagrange Park 4Lake Barrington 1Lake Bluff 2Lake Forest 2Lake In The Hills 5Lake Villa 6Lake Zurich 9Lakemoor 6Lanark 3Lansing 6LaSalle 2Le Roy 1Leaf River 1Lebanon 2Lemont 2Lemont Township 1Lena 3Leroy 4Lexington 3Libertyville 7Lincoln 10Lincolnshire 6Lincolnwood 12Lindenhurst 2Lisle 9Litchfield 9Lockport 8Lombard 13London Mills 3Long Grove 1Lorenzo 4Loves Park 18Lovespark 7Lovington 1Lynwood 1Lyons 2
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Machesney Park 13Macomb 7Madison 1Mahomet 6Malta 1Manhattan 1Manito 1Manteno 7Maple Park 1Marengo 3Marion 17Markham 9Maroa 2Marseilles 1Marshall 7Maryville 6Mascoutah 2Matteson 4Mattoon 13Maywood 12Mazon 4McCook 4McHenry 14McLeansboro 3Melrose Park 9Merrionette Park 5Metropolis 2Mettawa 5Midlothian 4Milan 7Minooka 9Mitchell 5Mokena 11Moline 11Momence 4Monee 8Monmouth 6Monroe Center 3Montgomery 10Monticello 5Montrose 2Morris 14Morrison 5Morton 14Morton Grove 11Mount Carroll 2Mount Prospect 12Mount Sterling 2Mount Vernon 12Mount Zion 2Mundelein 13Murphysboro 2
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Palatine 11Palos Heights 3Palos Hills 4Palos Park 2Paris 7Park Forest 1Park Ridge 7Parnell 1Paw Paw 1Paxton 3Pearl 1Pearl City 1Pecatonica 1Pekin 15Peoria 10Peoria Heights 2Peotone 5Peru 13Philo 3Phoenix 1Pinckneyville 2Pingree Grove 5Pittsfield 2Plainfield 11Plano 6Pleasant Hill 2Pleasant Plains 4Polo 2Pontiac 11Pontoon Beach 4Poplar Grove 4Port Byron 1Posen 6Prairie du Rocher 1Prairie Grove 2Princeton 10Prophetstown 3Prospect Heights 6
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Rantoul 5Rapids City 2Raymond 3Red Bud 3Richmond 3Richton Park 4River Forest 2River Grove 4Riverdale 5Riverside 3Riverton 3Riverwoods 3Robbins 2Robinson 6Rochelle 10Rochester 2Rock City 1Rock Falls 6Rock Island 4Rockford 59Rockton 5Rolling Meadows 9Romeoville 17Roodhouse 4Roscoe 9Rosecrans 6Roselle 5Rosemont 4Rosiclare 2Round Lake 3Round Lake Beach 7Round Lake Heights 2Round Lake Park 3Rushville 1Ryan Place 4
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Sag Bridge 1Saint Charles 2Salem 7Sandwich 6Sauget 2Sauk Village 3Saunemin 1Savanna 2Savoy 3Scales Mound 1Schaumburg 12Schiller Park 10Scott AFB 4Seneca 2Sesser 1Shabbona 2Sheffield 1Shelbyville 3Sheridan 2Sherman 2Shiloh 2Shorewood 13Silvis 3Skokie 21South Barrington 1South Beloit 9South Chicago Heights 2South Elgin 12South Holland 11South Jacksonville 4Southern View 4Sparta 3Spring Grove 1Spring Valley 2Springfield 40St. Anne 2St. Charles 6St. David 4St. Elmo 1St. Francisville 1St. Joseph 2Staunton 2Steeleville 2Steger 4Sterling 7Stickney 4Stillman Valley 2Stockton 5Stone Park 2Stonefort 7Streamwood 7Streator 2Sugar Grove 3Sullivan 2Summit 7Swansea 5Sycamore 6
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Wadsworth 4Walnut 2Waltonville 1Warren 4Warrensburg 1Warrenville 8Washington 7Washington Park 1Waterloo 7Waterman 1Wauconda 4Waukegan 21West Chicago 7West Dundee 5West Frankfort 8West Peoria 6Westchester 4Western Springs 1Westmont 5Wheaton 5Wheeling 4Wildwood 1Williamsville 5Willow Springs 3Willowbrook 7Wilmette 6Wilmington 3Winfield 4Winnebago 3Winnetka 1Winslow 1Winthrop Harbor 2Wonder Lake 1Wood Dale 9Wood River 6Woodhull 2Woodland Hills 1Woodridge 12Woodstock 9Worth 3Wyanet 1