No fee for entry or parkng. Never fished but the back end has decent access to the Des Plaines River. There might be fishing there. I believe you need a license to fish in Illinois.
There is no fee for lake county residents. There is free parking. There are a lot of cattails surrounding the pond so it's a little hard. Your best bet would be independence grove or old school forest preserve.
No entry fee and the parking is free! I have not fished there before, so I'm not sure.
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