Fishing Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge

[Stoneroller]

In order to utilize the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, including it's lakes, you need to purchase stickers from the Refuge Office located on Rt 148, south of Rt 13. Here is the trick to the stickers, and the guys at the refuge will tell you this if you ask, or end up needed more than just 2 stickers... there is a maximum you have to pay for stickers. each sticker, good for a year is $15, you need one for your vehicle and one for your boat. Maximum you can be charged is $45 (i think) but you can get as many as 6 (i think) stickers. kind of confusing I know, but basically you want to get stickers for you and your buddy's car and boat when you get yours, just make sure you have the registration number and plate numbers of his boat/trailer/vehicle. it's a lot cheaper than $3/day for your vehicle and $3/day for your boat, in the long run. you can always get day use passes if the refuge office is closed, but with 3 great lakes, 2 of which are HP restricted, the yearly pass can easily be made worthwhile.

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[Stoneroller]

you are correct about the duck stamp and car sticker.