Illinois Mixed Bag: Scholastic Muskie Tournament is May 20
Staff Report
March 22, 2023
Outdoor news items from across Illinois, published in the March 24, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Fishing
Illinois angler now shares Minnesota pike record after this winter
Ralph Loos
March 22, 2023
Brecken Kobylecky’s solo spot atop the Gopher State’s record books lasted about 18 months.
He now shares the Minnesota State Record northern pike. The Geneva resident landed a 46 1⁄2-inch northern pike June 19,
Effort to restore Lake Shelbyville’s muskie population in Illinois seeks catch reports from anglers
Bob Kerans
March 22, 2023
The muskie recovery program continues to move forward at Lake Shelbyville.
There have been bumps in the road during the journey. However, with an aggressive team recovery program, cooperative involvement from DNR, the Illinois
Spring river walleyes: Six things you should know
Jason Mitchell
March 21, 2023
When it comes to catching river walleyes, nothing is more important than water visibility.
With opener on the horizon, Illinois trout anglers have options due to DNR stocking
Ralph Loos
March 18, 2023
When the 2023 Illinois spring catchable trout season opens April 1 at 58 sites, more than 80,000 DNR-stocked rainbows will be up for grabs.
Again this spring, a special catch-and-release portion of the trout
Consider this advice before buying a used boat
Dan Durbin
March 18, 2023
Timing the market is something financial advisors rarely recommend, but can an angler make an educated guess at when he or she should time a used boat purchase? How about private or dealer purchases? What
Proper handling tips to capture that fish photo before a successful release
Vic Attardo
March 15, 2023
The way I release crappies and bass, also pike and muskie, differs greatly from the way I release trout. Also the type of water and the temperature of the water makes a difference in how
A mass marking program shines light on salmon movement in Great Lakes
Steve Begnoche
March 13, 2023
Tracking Chinook movement is one aspect of an ongoing Great Lakes mass marking program done cooperatively with almost a dozen state and federal agencies across five states. There are up to 20 people working on
What color is that fish, and why?
Mike Schoonveld
March 13, 2023
These crappies, bass, or other odd-colored specimens aren’t a new species or remnants of a long-ago, thought-to-be-extinct population.
These fish exist due to genetic aberrations – as do albino fish or melanistic (all-black) fish.
