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Duck Stamp fee increase under scrutiny at Capitol

Washington – The latest version of legislation that would increase the price of the federal duck stamp, enabling stamp funding to keep pace with current land prices, hit a load of buckshot earlier this month

North

Chain: According to fishing reporter Cory Yarmuth (www.chitownangler.com), the fishing has really slowed down for the walleyes with the warmer weather and water. Bouncing jig and minnow combinations around the pilings has been putting some

Law would end pension bumps

Springfield – As the ongoing budget battle threatened parks and services across Illinois, some sportsmen took solace in a proposed law that would have prevented the pension bump fiasco involving short-time DNR Director Kurt Granberg.

South

Devils’ Kitchen: Bass improving on spinnerbaits. Crappies slow but improving. Bluegills biting in shallows on worms and crickets. Crab Orchard Lake: Anglers are taking some crappies in shallow weedy areas, but others are being caught

DNR: Deer season changes based on various equations

Springfield – As expected, DNR will be implementing a number of changes in deer regulations for the 2009-10 hunting season. The changes were made as a result of input from landowners, hunters, deer management professionals

Another bear roaming Illinois

Three months after a black bear was captured in Bureau County, another has been spotted in the state. On June 18, reports of a bear roaming in Jo Daviess County were coming in to the

Waterfowl plan getting updated

Springfield – Discussions have begun about revisions to the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, which was adopted in 1986 as an international plan to restore waterfowl populations by protecting, restoring, and enhancing habitat. One of

Central

Lake Taylorville: The crappie bite is picking up on minnows. Bass fishing is slow. Water conditions are murky. Jim’s Live Bait & Tackle (217) 787-1951 Banner Marsh: Bass are fair on plastics, spinnerbaits or chatterbaits

Largemouth bass virus apparently fizzled out

Champaign, Ill. – Largemouth bass virus appears to be a concern of the past in Illinois. That’s not to say the virus no longer exists – just that it is having little or no effect

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