The traditional sunset crappie bite has been slow the past 10 days or so. While it has been slow, we are moving a lot of fish, but that is just resulting in few bites.
Wind and extreme cold is liming fishing activity. Here’s a look at the Minnesota fishing report across the state on Jan. 21, 2026.
Vern Hacker has been dead since March 1989, but I recall his smiling face and deep respect for rough fish whenever someone makes news for catching a huge gar, burbot, sheepshead or another piscatorial pariah.<br
If you’re looking to upgrade your current boat rig, or purchase your first one, plenty of great offerings exist for 2026.
Any of the models below are great choices whether you’re a tournament angler,
The popular annual ice fishing event in Wauconda is preparing for “The Final Derby” – though the event’s future is unclear.
Mike Rodgers, who, with longtime neighbor Ryan Jacobsen, started the Lake Villa Veterans
A 3.9-pound smallmouth bass sampled by environmental research technicians in the Cal-Sag Channel may as well have been 15 pounds. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago sees it that way, and for good
With the weather we’re having, tributaries are the go-to.
Nice flows had made for good steelhead action in the Oak and even opened up flows in the other area tribs.
Crappie and largemouth bass have always been the stars of Lake Sangchris, but many anglers around Illinois tend to forget that Sangchris holds state records for flathead catfish and striped bass.
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