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Illinois Calendar of Events – Issue 19

Banquets/Fundraisers Sept. 18: Loud Thunder WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., Milan Community Center. For more info call Tony Petreikis, 309-791-0116. Sept. 18: Cordova Chapter DU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Cordova Civic Center. For more info call Tom

Federal carp director to oversee prevention work

Chicago — No one is using “Carp Czar” in his official title, but John Goss is in essence exactly that. On Sept. 8, Goss, a former top official with the Indiana DNR, was named federal

Fall trout fishing season to open Oct. 16

Fall trout fishing season opens Oct. 16 at 37 ponds and lakes throughout the state, DNR announced today. More than 70,000 trout are being stocked by DNR at the locations listed below. No trout may

Free fishing at state parks this Saturday

DNR is waiving the fishing license requirement at state parks on Sept. 18. Below is the agency’s announcement” To celebrate “It’s Our River Day,” DNR will offer free fishing at state parks on Saturday, Sept.18.

Carlyle Lake will host high school fishing finals through 2016

The Illinois High School Association has granted a contract extension for the Bass Fishing State Finals at Carlyle Lake in Carlyle. The IHSA conducted the country’s first high school bass fishing state championship at Carlyle

Dairy farm blamed for fish kill in central Illinois

Bellflower, Ill. – DNR estimates that 40,000 fish, including minnows, buffalo fish, carp, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish and other fish were found dead over a seven-mile stretch of Lone Tree Creek from U.S. 136

Illinois man to fish for $1million bass

A 49-year-old angler from Illinois will gett he chance to catch a bass worth $1 million later this month on Lake Erie. Here’s the pesse release from the event sponsor: Michael Skidmore of Chicago has

Fishermen upset by carp contract administration

Springfield – Upset with the way lucrative government contracts for catching Asian carp on Chicago-area waterways were handed out, a group of commercial fishermen is speaking up. Tony Pate said he’s speaking for a group

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