Your Daily Outdoor Update – October 1st
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October 1, 2015
5 early season tips for pheasant hunting success
From opener until late season, trust your hound, find the rooster forage, and hunt till shooting hours end.
If you aren’t out bowhunting, you should be fishing for walleyes
Early to late fall is often overlooked as prime fishing opportunities in Illinois.
Illinois Calendar of Events – October 2nd, 2015
Banquets/Fundraisers Oct. 3: Warsaw Lions Fall Classic, Banquet, Bott Community Center. For more info call Joe Clarke, 309-337-2077. Oct. 17: Southern Illinois WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., St. John’s Catholic Church, Red Bud. For more info call Dusty Kolweier, 618-520-9592. Oct. 24: Area 51 WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., City of Macon community Center, Macon. For more
Central Illinois Fishing Report – October 2nd, 2015
Lake Shelbyville: Bass have been good in shallows and coves. Walleyes are good over newly covered rock and rip-rap. Crappies are spotty. Evergreen Lake: The crappies, saugeyes, bass and catfish are all biting decently. Most of the crappies and bass are small, but some decent-sized saugeye and catfish being caught. The crappies are fairly shallow
Northern Illinois Fishing Report – October 2nd, 2015
Chain: Walleyes are good in current areas such as bottlenecks of the bridges, most being caught on fatheads or nightcrawlers. White bass good at Marie and Bluff on small spinners. Muskies are consistent on bucktails or jerkbaits around main lake points. Crappies are good in channel areas on small jigs tipped with small fatheads or spikes. Bluegills good around weed areas on small ice jigs tipped
Southern Illinois Fishing Report – October 2nd, 2015
Crab Orchard Lake: Crappie action continues to be good. Minnows and jigs in 6-8 feet of water around the brush should produce a nice mess of fish. Around the rocks and bridges about 10 feet deep is where the catfish are at. Jugs, leeches, cut bait and minnows are the baits of choice. Bass and bluegills
Hunters asked to report suspicious deer for EHD
As the archery deer and turkey seasons open – and dove and squirrel hunting peaks – DNR is encouraging hunters to report the finding of any dead or “sickly” deer.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – October 2nd, 2015
Region I – Capt. Laura Petreikis CPO Posateri investigated an abandoned vehicle at Johnson Sauk Tail State Recreation Area. The registered owner from Texas was notified and given the opportunity to remove the vehicle at the owner’s expense. However, after the vehicle remained there beyond the time limit, it was towed. CPO Hoogerwerf conducted boat
