September 14, 2010

The Illinois High School Association has granted a contract extension for the Bass Fishing State Finals at Carlyle Lake in Carlyle.  The IHSA conducted the country’s  first high school bass fishing state championship at Carlyle in 2009 and returned to the lake for the second event this past spring. The initial contract spanned three years and Carlyle Lake will …

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Bellflower, Ill. – DNR estimates that 40,000 fish, including minnows, buffalo fish, carp, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish and other fish were found dead over a seven-mile stretch of Lone Tree Creek from U.S. 136 to the Sangamon River. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency investigators believe a rural Bellflower dairy farm is the likely source of

A 49-year-old angler from Illinois will gett he chance to catch a bass worth $1 million later this month on Lake Erie. Here’s the pesse release from the event sponsor: Michael Skidmore of Chicago has been selected as the winner of the Early Times Kentucky Whisky “Reel in a Million” contest. Skidmore, 49, was randomly chosen