The Wooden Shoes of Teutopolis caught 8 pounds, 15 ounces of fish on day two at Carlyle Lake to proverbially “drop the shoe” on what had been a tight field after day one.
And with that, Teutopolis High School captured the championship of the 2023 Illinois High School Association’s State Bass Fishing Tournament.
For reasons other than pike and gars, Rice Lake attracts curious anglers. It is popular with some anglers for the same reason it is unpopular with others: it is not separated from the Illinois River by a high levee, allowing its fish population to vary.
Alligator gars aside, Rice Lake in Illinois’ Fulton County provides a challenge Read More »
Without fanfare and minus any clamor – much like the strategies vital to a successful turkey hunt – Illinois hunters nearly broke the state record harvest during the 2023 spring season.
DNR’s initial report put the harvest at 16,121, just a few clicks south of the record 16,569 turkeys taken in 2006. This spring’s harvest was a significant increase over the 13,701 birds killed during the 2022 spring season.
Illinois turkey hunters nearly break state’s record harvest this spring Read More »
It’s a little like herding cattle, the annual roundup at the Jake Wolf Fish Hatchery in Mason County: Illinois DNR staff ease their way down holding pens, using panels to crowd the “herd” toward transport trucks for weighing and loading.
That’s a poor analogy, sure, but it may be the best way to describe what takes place at the hatchery before fish are relocated to lakes around the state. If you’ve ever hooked a salmon in Lake Michigan, odds are you can credit the “cowboys” – hatchery staff, that is – at Jake Wolf.
Lake Michigan stocking plan includes new ‘herd’ of cohos from Illinois Read More »
On a cold and snowy day back in late January, I hiked across an icy parking lot and slid into the Schaumburg Convention Center, where Outdoor News Account Executive Don Kirby and I set up camp at our booth to meet and greet the usual cast of outdoor show characters.
‘The fishing teacher’ set tone for my attitude adjustment Read More »
A 9.3-pound largemouth bass was caught during a Rend Lake fishing tournament last year, and anyone who thinks it was a fluke need only look at two other bass caught in the lake in 2022. One weighed 8.25 pounds and the other came in at 7.4 pounds.
A 9.3-pound bass highlight of Rend Lake’s 2022 catches in Illinois Read More »
House Bill 3677 – it is designed to make the license renewal process easier while also continuing to generate revenue for DNR’s conservation efforts – would save Illinois anglers and hunters the hassle of having to renew their licenses annually.
A 3-year hunting or fishing license in Illinois looks imminent Read More »
You walk into the special room at Bob Kerans’ Decatur, Ill. home and you instantly recognize where those little “fishing kits” he creates and hands out to perspective fishermen are crafted and commingled.
The tools for assembling lures and flies are stationed and organized appropriately. Photographs, trophies, and mounted fish from adventures-past line the walls and fill the spaces – each piece a sort of inspiration for a man whose goal is no longer spending time on the water himself, but instead encouraging others to embrace rods, reels, hooks and, most importantly of all, time in the outdoors.
A 20.25-pound freshwater drum arrowed by an archer at Lake Sangchris this winter has been confirmed by DNR as a new bowfishing state record in Illinois.
Phillip Albert took the fish on Feb 20 at the Christian County lake, which produced the state record hook and line flathead catfish (81.45 pounds) back in 2015. For bowfishers, this is the first state record to come out of Sangchris.
Illinois DNR confirms new state record bowfishing freshwater drum Read More »
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