Lures and fish – does color really matter?
Cory Yarmuth
May 4, 2015
If you are like me, you probably have every different style of bait under the sun packed away neatly in little bins and containers.
Illinois
A fishing formula for walleye and pike opener 2015
Site Staff
May 2, 2015
Developing an angling plan for the May 9 fishing opener in Minnesota will help place lunkers in the livewell
Southern Illinois Fishing Report- May 1st, 2015
Site Staff
April 30, 2015
Crab Orchard Lake: Fishing is good across the board. Crappies have moved to the banks. Anglers are taking fish on minnows and jigs. Bass have also moved into shallow areas and around the points. Fish
Central Illinois Fishing Report – May 1st, 2015
Site Staff
April 30, 2015
Lake Taylorville: The crappie bite is picking up on minnows. Bass fishing is slow. Water conditions are murky. Newton Lake: Bass good. Crappies are a big question mark after a poor fall and few reports
Illinois Cuffs & Collars – May 1st, 2015
Site Staff
April 30, 2015
Region I – Captain Laura Petreikis CPO Thompson received a complaint from a subject alleging two individuals trespassing on property to shed hunt. The complainant stated he saw two male subjects walking on property owned
Illinois Calendar of Events – May 1st, 2015
Site Staff
April 30, 2015
Banquets/Fundraisers May 9: Trico, Steeleville Banquet, 5 p.m., Steeleville American Legion. For more info call Jamie Nagel, 618-559-8180. Tournament/Contest Now-May 31: Carlyle Lake Public Hunting & Fishing Assoc., Fishing Contest. For more info call Terry
Hunters allowed input into waterfowl plan
Site Staff
April 30, 2015
Few changes are expected to the state’s waterfowl seasons or to the four-zone system when DNR proposes its five-year plan to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service later this year.
Northern Illinois Fishing Report- May 1st, 2015
Site Staff
April 30, 2015
Lake Michigan: Coho salmon are being found in shallow water trolling, hugging shoreline. Cohos biting mainly on peanut flies and 00 red dodgers. No deeper water reports yet. Waukegan has cohos on the surface using
Turkey hunters posed to eclipse last year's harvest total
Ralph Loos
April 30, 2015
Heading into the final stretch of the spring turkey season, it appears hunters will easily surpass last year’s statewide harvest totals.
