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Fish Stocking
Year	Species	Size	Count
2023	Sauger	Fingerling 1 - 3"	38197
2024	Sauger	Fingerling 1 - 3"	91589

Additional information for stocking on Des Plaines River

Multiple day tournaments are listed with * end date.

Interested in participating in one of these public tournaments? Contact us with tournament ID for more information.

2024–2025 Approved or Pending Tournaments
Start Date	ID	Approval	Ramp Location	Bank/Boat Hook/Bow	Max Boats	Species	Youth?	Open to Public?
November-23	25806	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	30	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
March-15	27657	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
March-29	27658	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
March-30	27576	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
April-05	27659	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
April-19	27660	Pending	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
April-26	28155	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	80	Largemouth Bass	Yes	Yes
April-27	28150	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	85	Largemouth Bass	Yes	Yes
May-01	27917	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
May-04	27371	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	40	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
May-08	27918	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
May-17	27438	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	20	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
May-18	28151	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	85	Largemouth Bass	Yes	Yes
May-22	27919	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
May-22	28183	Pending	Big Basin	boat hook	60	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	Yes	No
May-25	27390	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
May-29	27920	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
June-01	27273	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	50	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
June-05	27921	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
June-08	27377	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
June-12	27922	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
June-22	27367	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
June-26	27923	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
July-03	27924	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
July-06	27365	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
July-10	27925	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
July-12 *July-13	27296	Pending	Big Basin	boat hook	40	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	No
July-13	27275	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	50	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
July-19	27444	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	20	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
July-20	27363	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
July-24	27926	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
July-27	27607	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Buffalo	No	Yes
July-31	27927	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
August-03	27276	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	50	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
August-07	27928	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
August-10	27362	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
August-14	27929	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
August-17	28139	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
August-23	27452	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	15	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	No
August-24	27232	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	80	Largemouth Bass	Yes	Yes
August-24	27298	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	40	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	No
August-28	27930	Approved	Des Plaines SFWA	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
September-06	27359	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
September-07	27357	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass	No	Yes
September-14	27278	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	50	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
October-11	27661	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
October-11 *October-12	27912	Pending	Big Basin	boat hook	50	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
October-25	27662	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
October-26	27246	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	30	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	Yes	No
November-01	27663	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
November-02	27584	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes
November-15	27664	Approved	Big Basin	boat hook	25	Largemouth Bass Smallmouth Bass	No	Yes

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