Crab Orchard Lake: A few anglers are still reporting catching crappies, although fish are running small. Most crappies are being located in water 10-15 feet deep. Minnows and jigs are equally effective. A few catfish
Springfield – Canvasbacks are back in play and duck hunters in the state’s central and south zones will see slight changes to their respective opening days. That’s the word from DNR, which had its proposed
Springfield – Fans of the annual controlled pheasant hunts in Illinois are a little more at ease this summer, as last summer’s battle over the program’s survival has not re-ignited in 2009. But there are
Illinois duck hunters will get a 60-day duck season in each of the state’s three waterfowl hunting zones, along with Canada goose hunting seasons of 85 days in the North and Central zones and 66
Chicago – A proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency has boating organizations up in arms. The National Marine Manufacturers Association and the Boat Owners Association of the United States have taken serious exception with a
Springfield – Quietly, plans to increase the price for an Illinois hunting or fishing license are still on track, while the future of a proposed state park admission fee is unclear. Overshadowed by the state
Banner Marsh: Bass are fair on plastics, spinnerbaits or chatterbaits and fair at East Point Access. Bluegills are slow to fair and small on wax worms. Crappies are fair on minnows or jigs with many
Chain: For walleyes, troll stickbaits at night across the tops of the shallow weed flats to find active feeding fish. Try spinner rigs and bottom bouncers with night crawlers near the weedlines. The panfish bite
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