Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 810 - SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE WATERS OF ILLINOIS › Section 810.15 - Statewide and Site Specific Bowfishing (Archery/Spear Methods) Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Legal Methods of
			 Taking
Aquatic life, as listed by species in subsection (b), may be
				taken by means of legal bowfishing devices, including a pitchfork, underwater
				spear gun, bow and arrow or bow and arrow device, spear or gig. A valid sport
				fishing license is required for taking aquatic life under this Section. Aquatic
				life taken by these means shall not be sold or bartered. No other aquatic life
				(e.g., fish, amphibian or reptile species) may be taken in this State by these
				means.
b) Species
Only fish, amphibian and reptile species listed may be taken by
				bowfishing and other legal methods and in accordance with length limits and
				daily harvest limits identified for each. Fish, amphibian and reptile species
				permitted to be taken by bowfishing and other archery/spear fishing legal
				methods in Illinois waters include:
1)
			 Order Petromyzontiformes
Family Petromyzontidae (Non-Native Species):
Sea lamprey - Petromyzon marinus (Linnaeus)
2) Order Lepisosteiformes
Family Lepisosteidae (Native Species):
Spotted gar - Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell)
Longnose gar - Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus)
Shortnose gar - Lepisosteus platostomus (Rafinesque)
Alligator Gar - Atractosteus spatula (Lacepede)
				native
3) Order Amiiformes
Family Amiidae (Native Species):
Bowfin - Amia calva (Linnaeus)
4) Order Clupeiformes
Family Clupeidae (Native Species):
Gizzard shad - Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur)
5) Order Cypriniformes
Family Cyprinidae (Non-Native Species):
Grass carp - Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes)
Common carp - Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus)
Silver carp - Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes)
Bighead carp - Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson)
Goldfish - Carassius auratus (Linnaeus)
Black carp - Mylopharyngodon piceus
Family Cobitidae (Non-Native Species):
Oriental weatherfish - Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
				(Cantor)
Family Catostomidae (Native Species):
River carpsucker - Carpiodes carpio (Rafinesque)
Quillback carpsucker - Carpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur)
Highfin carpsucker - Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque)
White sucker - Catostomus commersoni (Lacepede)
Blue sucker - Cycleptus elongates (Lesueur)
Smallmouth buffalo - Ictiobus bubalus (Rafinesque)
Bigmouth buffalo - Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes)
Black buffalo - Ictiobus niger (Rafinesque)
Spotted sucker - Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque)
Silver redhorse - Moxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque)
Black redhorse - Moxostoma duquesnei (Lesueur)
Golden redhorse - Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque)
Shorthead redhorse - Moxostoma macrolepidotum
				(Lesueur)
6) Order
			 Characiformes
Family Serrasalmidae (Non-Native Species):
Pacu - Callisoma spp. (Eigenmann and Kennedy)
7) Order Siluriformes
Family Ictaluridae (Native Species):
Channel catfish - Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque)
Blue catfish - Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur)
Flathead catfish - Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque)
Yellow bullhead - Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur)
Brown bullhead - Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur)
Black bullhead - Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque)
Family Ictaluridae (Non-Native Species):
White catfish - Ameiurus catus (Linnaeus)
8) Order Perciformes
Family Sciaenidae (Native Species):
Freshwater drum - Aplodinotus grunniens
				(Rafinesque)
9) Order
			 Cichliformes
Family Cichlidae (Non-Native Species):
Tilapia - Tilapia spp. (Smith)
10) Order Gobbiformes
Family Gobiidae (Non-Native Species):
Round goby - Neogobius malanistomus (Pallas)
11) Order Anabantiformes
Family Channidae (Non-Native Species):
Northern snakehead - Channa argus (Cantor)
12) Order Anura
Family Ranidae (Native Species):
American bullfrog - Lithobates catesbeianus
				(Shaw)
13) Order Testudines
Family Chelydridae (Native Species):
Common snapping turtle - Chelydra serpentina
				(Linnaeus)