Illinois Mixed Bag: DNR grant to help improve forest preserve
Staff Report
May 3, 2023
A mix of outdoor-related stories from across Illinois published in the May 5, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Fishing
Fishing advice No. 1: Read the regulation guide
Steve Sarley
May 3, 2023
With a little spare time to kill, it’s not a bad time to read the State of Illinois Fishing Regulation guide that is published every year. There are not a lot of changes each year,
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Animal found dead in Macoupin County pond eventually identified as badger
Staff Report
May 3, 2023
Field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs published in the May 5, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Channel cats still second fiddle to bass at Ramsey Lake in Illinois
Anthony Candia
May 3, 2023
For a lake of its size, Ramsey does get a good deal of fishing pressure – probably because it is located in the center of relatively small fishing lakes in the central part of the
2023 Great Lakes Preview – The Niagara River is year-long fishing destination
Megan Plete
May 3, 2023
The Niagara River is a mighty and meaty hot spot for anglers during any time of the year. Carving an international border between New York and Ontario, the Niagara is full of many different target
Wake boats, deer hunting top spring hearing votes in Wisconsin
Patrick Durkin
May 3, 2023
A tsunami of opposition to wake boats swept through Wisconsin’s statewide conservation hearings in mid-April, with 62% of voters favoring restrictions on these popular wave-generating boats.
“Wakeboats” – which have ballast tanks in the stern
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – May 2, 2023
Site Staff
May 2, 2023
Trollers are chasing a good concentration of kings and lakers here.
A life of fishing and teaching: Bob Kerans is the 2023 Illinois Outdoor News Person of the Year
Ralph Loos
May 2, 2023
You walk into the special room at Bob Kerans’ Decatur, Ill. home and you instantly recognize where those little “fishing kits” he creates and hands out to perspective fishermen are crafted and commingled.
The
Wisconsin State Roundup: Thoughts on fishing opener, spearing quotas and commercial lake trout fishing
Dean Bortz
May 2, 2023
As of April 27 the DNR had yet to release the 2023 walleye and muskie spearing quotas requested by the six Chippewa tribes that maintain court-affirmed off-reservation fishing, hunting and gathering rights in the ceded
