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June 26, 2025

Iowa’s Red Haw State Park campground opening July 1 after three-year closure

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The campground at Red Haw State Park will open starting July 1, 2025 after being closed for three years due to extensive tornado damage.
According to Chad Kelchen, district supervisor for the Iowa DNR Parks, Forests and Preserves Bureau, the renovated campground provides an improved layout, upgraded utilities and pull-through sites with lake views.

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Muskie growth rates still in focus at Lake McMaster in Knox County, Ill.

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Put aside all other fish data gathered by the Illinois DNR and consider the agency’s ongoing effort to monitor growth rates for muskies in Lake McMaster.
Muskies have been tagged in the Knox County body of water since 2002, and since then biologists have kept track of recaptured male and females.

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South Shore Bass Open returning to Illinois, Indiana portions of Lake Michigan

Fishing, Illinois, National Fishing, National News, News /

Anglers from across the region will hit the waters of Lake Michigan this summer for the second annual South Shore Bass Open, taking place Aug. 2–3 at the Hammond Marina.
The tournament will have teams fishing the Illinois and Indiana stretches of Lake Michigan and its tributaries in pursuit of trophy smallmouth and largemouth bass.

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Windsor hooks Illinois high school bass fishing state championship

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Lake Shelbyville’s initial hosting of the Illinois High School Association’s bass fishing state championships appeared to go smoothly – foggy start and all.
After being held at Carlyle Lake since its inception in 2009, the two day tournament moved to Shelbyville as part of a 5-year schedule set by the IHSA Bass Fishing Advisory Board. This year’s finals tournament, held June 6-7, was also later on the calendar than in the past, part of a series restructuring that added a Regional Tournament round.

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Reauthorization of Sport Fish Restoration Act filed in D.C.

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Members of Congress introduced the Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025 (H.R. 3858) in the U.S. House of Representatives in mid-June.
The bill would reauthorize the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act through 2031. Representatives Debbie Dingell, D-MI, and Rob Wittman, R-VA, filed the legislation.

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