Walleyes continue to congregate along the south shore, and despite unseasonably warm weather, anglers are putting good numbers of fish in the boat.
Lake of the Woods Fishing Report – September 30, 2025 – video Read More »
Opening weekend of the 2025 Minnesota duck season had a little bit of everything for the state’s roughly 50,000 waterfowl hunters.
Lots of blue sky. Unseasonably warm morning weather that turned into balmy, summer-like afternoons. Just enough wind, at least in most areas, to keep decoys listing and ducks moving. And, of course, plenty of hungry mosquitoes. In a state with 87 counties and four distinct habitat types or biomes covering nearly 87,000 square miles, hunter success will vary – and it sure did during this year’s duck opener.
Sun, heat greet hunters, but ducks were plentiful in some areas of Minnesota on opener Read More »
After more than a decade in the works, a major access has opened for the public on the Cedar River State Water Trail, about five miles south of Austin, Minn.
Paddlers now can exit or launch onto the Cedar River after crews removed a construction-related silt curtain last week from the water below the new concrete ramp. This 3-acre site off Minnesota Highway 105 in Lyle Township also can be enjoyed by anglers and nature enthusiasts, and it features off-road parking stalls.
DNR continues its work to manage the largemouth bass population in Lake Sara, a 640-acre body of water in Effingham County.
A protected slot limit put in place back in 2017 appears to be assisting in the effort, but fisheries biologists are encouraging anglers to keep more bass below that 15- to 18-inch slot. In other words, keep smaller bass.
Illinois DNR asks anglers to keep smaller bass at Lake Sara in Effingham County Read More »
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar Read More »
Springfield — In March, CPO Hillis started an investigation into a Chicago resident who was reportedly selling sport fish. On April 12, CPO Kuffel located the man operating a boat on the Illinois River in Marshall County.
Poacher guilty of shocking, selling fish busted again on Illinois River Read More »
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the Oct. 3, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Hunting too close to another dove hunter Read More »
The final Illinois DNR information meeting on the state’s CWD situation is scheduled to be held Oct. 2 in Adams County. Which means deer hunters who attended one of the 10 gatherings have a better idea what biologists are dealing with as the deer disease spreads.
More importantly, they were reminded that the goal is to prevent further spread.
Meetings on CWD preclude testing effort in Illinois Read More »
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing a total of nearly $19 million to Illinois and 17 other state partners within the Mississippi River basin to support efforts to manage invasive carp. A total of 33 projects are targeted.
Illinois among states on fed’s carp funding list Read More »
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