Illinois’ Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
April 1, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Illinois published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Fishing
Illinois Cuffs & Collars: Angler in ‘bass buggy’ needed a PFD and a license
Staff and News Reports
April 1, 2025
Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police Officers. These reports are from the April 4, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Orleans County (N.Y.) Fishing Report – April 1, 2025
Site Staff
April 1, 2025
Some anglers are making drifts and swings for spawning fish and having success by being patient in the fast-water gravel stretches here.
South Dakota Fishing Report – April 1, 2025 – video
Site Staff
April 1, 2025
The Missouri River continues to be the place people are heading as limits of walleyes are common.
Illinois Mixed Bag: Spring trout season opens April 5 at 58 sites
Staff and News Reports
April 1, 2025
The Illinois Catchable Trout Program receives funding support by those who use the program through the sale of inland trout stamps. DNR stocks more than 80,000 rainbow trout each year in bodies of water where
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Technology? Fishing isn’t meant to be a ‘walk in the park’
Illinois Letters To The Editor
April 1, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 4, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Agreement to transfer ownership of Shabbona Recreation Area deals a bad hand to Illinois anglers and hunters
Ralph Loos
April 1, 2025
People in Illinois who don’t fish or hunt aren’t likely to be as disturbed as the rest of us about the state handing over Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area.
That’s because they haven’t invested
Bob Haase, the ‘epitome of a Wisconsin sportsman,’ named 2025 Conservationist of the Year
Dean Bortz
April 1, 2025
It would take every page of the next three issues of this newspaper to fully tell readers of the contributions made to Wisconsin’s outdoor scene over the years by Bob Haase, recipient of the 2025
Want to get youth involved in New York fishing, turkey hunting? Here are programs to help
Staff Report
April 1, 2025
New York’s annual youth turkey hunting weekend is April 26-27. Additionally, as the weather warms more fishing events, including programs for youth, are slated.
What follows is a listing of the programs that have
