I’d like to dive a little deeper into the subject of topwater fishing. That’s quite an anomaly, isn’t it? Deeper? Topwater? Ha!
To be honest, I never was a believer in fishing lures on
It’s no surprise to Illinois anglers that channel catfish are one of the state’s most popular species.
But take DNR’s word for it: Maintaining channel cat populations in some lakes can be challenging.
Our printing press had barely spit out the May 2 front page of Illinois Outdoor News that included a story about biologists unrolling nets and charging up electrofishing gear when a news tip came crashing
As I rummaged through my tackle box trying to figure out which lure may get the muskies to bite, my fishing partner John Stellflue stopped casting and turned my way.
“You know you’re going
Participating children will find a catch-and-release bluegill pond, where young anglers can have their photograph taken with their catch. The popular One-Cast station ensures everyone wins a prize. And bow-fishing stations offer youth an opportunity
Some say fly fishing is a science. Your opinion comes from how much fishing experience you have at the time and your age. Your value of fly-fishing can be complex or carefree, your choice.
An all-time high of 329 teams entered the Illinois High School Association’s state bass fishing series this year – a year of big change for the ground-breaking activity launched in 2009.
A new format
National conservation groups were celebrating a major win on Thursday: the withdrawal of provisions in the House budget reconciliation bill – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) – that would have authorized the
Conservation groups have flooded our email boxes at Outdoor News the past two weeks ever since the U.S. House Resources Committee passed a late-night amendment to the reconciliation bill that would sell 460,000 acres of
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