Approximately 42,000 people came to the John A. Logan College campus in Carterville on Sept. 22-23 to enjoy Southern Illinois Hunting and Fishing Days, and I’m glad to say that a large percentage of them
It’s been 16 years since I drove to Pike County on a crisp Saturday morning in October and took part in one of DNR’s Youth Deer Hunts. I’d like to say I was participating as
As I write this, there are nine days and counting until archery season opens. Like they seem to every year, August and September have dragged on while we dream of fall winds that will send
There’s finally a bit of buzz in the state’s trapping community – just as the Illinois Trappers Association prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary next month. Final approval of a river otter trapping season was
Crab Orchard Lake Crappie action has improved recently. Most fish are being located in 8-10 feet of water over submerged cover, rip rap or bridge pillars. Minnows and jigs are equally effective. Catfish action is
Spring Lake Catfish are biting on bluegills and shad. Bass being caught on spinnerbaits. Crappies biting on minnows and jigs at the south end bays. Lake Bloomington Catfish biting good on dipbaits, doughs and crawlers.
Illinois River The sauger bite is slow with fish being caught near the tailwaters of dams or on the flats vertical jigging jigs with minnows or pulling “three-way rigs.” The white bass are starting to
Banquets/Fundraisers Sept. 22: Loud Thunder WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Community Center. For more info call Tony Petreikis, 309-791-0116. Sept. 22: Friends of NRA Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Concordia Hall, Staunton. For more info call David Odorizzi,
Region I During a detail on Lake Holiday, a District 6 CPO arrested an individual for operating a watercraft under the influence of alcohol. A large pontoon boat full of people came up to the
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