Crab Orchard Lake: Anglers are reporting that crappies are being found at depths ranging from about 6 to 10 feet. Most are in heavy cover near points. The best baits have been minnows and jigs.
Kankakee River: Pike have been lively and smallmouth bass have been biting near Momence on minnows and spinners. Fox River (Batavia): Smallmouth bass and walleyes are being taken, with a few nice-sized fish reported. Mackinaw:
Terry Tuma’s interview with the Minnesota DNR on Walleye Fishing. Special thanks to the DNR for the permission to post this. (36:36)
Springfield – The magic number for those watching the state’s annual deer harvest: 198,544. That’s how many bucks and does were take during the six seasons that began with archery on Oct. 1 and ended
Powerton Lake: Yellow bass, white bass, smallmouth and bluegills are biting in the discharge water. Lake Decatur: Crappies are being caught on minnows. Bluegill fishing has been slow, with a few being caught on worms.
Chicago – Fisheries biologists continue to keep an eye out for viral hemorrhagic septicemia, a fish disease that appeared in Lake Michigan in 2007. The deadly disease has many big water anglers at the top
Springfield – A man who worked as a hunting guide in Pike County and later co-founded a white-tailed deer management and real estate company there has been charged in Federal Court with violating the Lacey
Springfield – Once again, success of Illinois duck hunters depended on which part of the state they hunted. The best hunting was found in the north and south zones, while central zone hunters saw fewer
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