Fishing
‘The fishing teacher’ set tone for my attitude adjustment
On a cold and snowy day back in late January, I hiked across an icy parking lot and slid into the Schaumburg Convention Center, where Outdoor News Account Executive Don Kirby and I set up
Illinois Mixed Bag: More than 500K salmon and trout stocked
A mix of outdoor-related stories from across Illinois published in the May 19, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Always be an outdoors ambassador
We are all aware of the need to recruit the newest generation to appreciate the outdoors instead of sitting in front of screens all day. While there are many formal programs to recruit new anglers
The Fishing Teacher, Eileen Rice, inducted into Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame
The 2023 Illinois Conservation Foundation Outdoor Hall of Fame nomination of first-grade teacher Eileen Rice was a chance for Chauncey Niziol to recognize – and thank – a schoolteacher who he feels embodies Mother Nature
Illinois high school angler Hunter Petrovic picked for All-American Fishing Team
Hunter Petrovic, a senior at Minooka Community High School, has been selected as a member of the 2023 Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team.
Petrovic has an impressive five wins this past year, including
Lac du Flambeau tribe declares walleyes on ‘no-keep’ Minocqua chain in Wisconsin
According to March 15 declarations released publicly the last week of April by the Wisconsin DNR, the Lac du Flambeau (LdF) tribe announced its intent to harvest 1,288 walleyes from the five-lake Minocqua chain that’s
Wisconsin sturgeon receive boost from Tennessee facility
As an ecologist at Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium, Jocelyn Stalker is used to working with fish.
Still, she wasn’t sure what to expect when she showed up April 14 in Shiocton, Wis. to help the
Sturgeon make annual splash along Wisconsin’s Wolf River
The Wolf River walleyes had to wait a little bit this spring.
Doug Peterman and Doug Schramm drove two hours from their Sheboygan County homes in mid-April to take advantage of the Wolf River’s
Where to target muskies: Hard or ‘soft’ structure in warm weather?
One of the great mysteries in muskie fishing is where to find them, or at least where to find fish that will bite today. Should we fish hard structure or soft? There is no simple
