
Young bass angler from Illinois rides the highs and lows of the sport
Much like life, fishing has its good days and its bad days. No matter how old you are or how long you’ve been at it, every day is another cast.
If you’re lucky, you

Much like life, fishing has its good days and its bad days. No matter how old you are or how long you’ve been at it, every day is another cast.
If you’re lucky, you

Since the inception of the Illinois High School Association’s state bass fishing tournament in 2009, southern Illinois schools have been proving it is the size of the fish, not the size of the school that

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 30, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

If you are a fisherman in Illinois who likes to use crawdads as bait, there is good reason to pay attention to the next one you place on the hook.

To continue with a subject I addressed recently, I wanted to give a little more praise to the valiant warriors of the DNR, not just in our home state of Illinois, but in all of

Recently, social media was buzzing with pictures of a bighead carp weighing 109 pounds – a fish that was caught during the Invasive Carp Control Program near Morris, Ill.
That was after a 90-pound
A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Illinois published in the June 30, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Field reports from Illinois Conservation Police CPOs published in the June 30, 2023 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

Saugeye fishing on Lake Carlton continues to draw anglers who want to give the species a try.
But as DNR predicted, fishing for the walleye-sauger hybrid “takes some dedication.”
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