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April 7, 2023

Understanding your child’s limits at ‘hunting time’

As I was laying in bed, I realized how much my son was taking into consideration my feelings and all the work I had done for his season. He really didn’t want to go out and fight the cold weather, but I could tell he didn’t want to disappoint me as well.
The funny part of this story is that just before noon, five gobblers came down the hill at our home (same county) and were feeding in the cornfield about 200 yards from the house.

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Tips for catching, and releasing, early spring bass

Most of my bass fishing trips many years ago ended the same way. After an early morning burst of energy trying to find some big bass, I would get frustrated and turn to crappies and bluegills. I’d catch plenty of panfish, but never a bragging-size largemouth or smallmouth. My problem was a common one. I never fished with a plan.
The spring season can be the best time to fish for bass, but don’t think you can just go out and flog the water and catch a big largemouth. It will take a bit more planning.

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Big changes coming to Illinois’ high school bass fishing series?

A pair of young anglers from deep southern Illinois accomplished quite a feat in late winter that somehow flew under most everybody’s radar.
Trevor Wilburn and Kagen Hill, both students at Century High School in Ullin, won the Strike King Bassmaster High School Series at Alabama’s Lay Lake. In a field of more than 2,002 squads, their total of 19 pounds, 5 ounces was roughly 4 pounds more than the second-place team.

Big changes coming to Illinois’ high school bass fishing series? Read More »

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