Opinions
Let them eat carp: New DNR program builds on annual deer meat donations
Springfield – Be it a deer burger or a carp filet, hunters and anglers in Illinois are being cast as an important source of food for the state’s needy. DNR Director Marc Miller is even
Big Game Scoring book available in hard copy
Harrisburg — Copies of the 2010 Pennsylvania Big Game Records are available from the Pennsylvania Game Commission online at The Outdoor Shop, www.pgc.state.pa.us, or call 1-888-888-3459, or mail your remittance to: PA Game Commission, Dept.
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
Wyatt named Pheasants Forever rep for north and central Illinois
Fairmount, Ill. – Dick Wyatt, a founding member of the Champaign County Pheasants Forever chapter, has been named as the new regional representative for PF in northern and central Illinois. Wyatt will aid “The Habitat
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.
Game Commission announces pheasant-stocking plans
Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has slated 108,000 ring-necked pheasants for release on public lands throughout the commonwealth for the upcoming small game hunting seasons, including 16,800 birds for the junior only season (Oct.
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
