T3 rule: Fish your plan, and fish your fish.
Site Staff
July 30, 2016
During any fishing season, understand how to maximize your angling efficiency, then stick with your open water or ice formula.
Opinion
Fishing tip: Maintain your ice fishing equipment during the open water season!
Site Staff
July 29, 2016
Preventative maintenance on ice fishing gear makes for faster preparation, and it could save you a ton of money!
Summer deer scouting: Nocturnal whitetails, now? {Video}
Tony Peterson
July 29, 2016
By all accounts, white-tailed bucks should be moving in the daylight during the summer, but some still seem to be night owls.
Wisdom of youth sets veteran angler straight
Bill Parker
July 22, 2016
While trying out a new baitcasting combo on a local fishing lake, a seasoned angler gets schooled by a young fisherman.
Pokémon Go: A gateway drug to the outdoors?
Sharon Stiteler
July 22, 2016
The fake fish and wildlife in the latest gaming craze could help people discover birds, birding, and other outdoor recreation.
Deer permit sales reveal hunter preferences, interests
Kerri Butt
July 22, 2016
The state saw a slight decrease in deer permit sales last year, but that is blamed on changes in regulations that allow fewer non-resident archery permits.
Plastics are taking over the (bass fishing) world
Cory Yarmuth
July 21, 2016
Angler offers his opinion that many lures, such as spinners and crank baits, tend to do most of the work in catching fish. But anglers who use plastics are required to use special skills and
Shotguns warming up as trapshooting championships stay in Sparta
Ralph Loos
July 21, 2016
After the World Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta was closed last September due to the state budget crisis, many feared the Amateur Trapshooting Association would move the Grand American out of Illinois. But an
Save the milkweed, save the monarchs
Steve Pollick
July 13, 2016
Put the mower away and sit on the porch enjoying the outdoors
