Even a smallmouth just a pound or two will bend a jigging stick in half and won’t give up after the first or second and sometimes third thumping run.
Their tenacity makes them plenty
Reader-submitted letters to Illinois Outdoor News.
An 8-pound largemouth bass from Crab Orchard Lake. A 4.8-pound crappie at Kinkaid Lake. A 51.75-inch muskie caught in northern Minnesota.
What would it take for a fish outside of the “cool species crowd”
Springfield — The Illinois Trappers Association (ITA) will hold a single fur sale in 2023. The sale will be held Feb. 18 at Krile Auction House on Route 32 in Strasburg. Doors will open at
Roughly halfway through the current bobcat season, harvest figures appeared to mirror previous Illinois seasons.
“While numbers can change by the minute, as of January 3 the current harvest was right at 128,” Stan
There are a lot of puzzling things about the Illinois spring turkey season – mostly puzzling to turkey hunters up and down the state. The most common question I get this time of year, as
This is the year that Illinois officially recognizes the brightly colored eastern milk snake as its designated state snake.
Herpetologist Chris Phillips of the Illinois Natural History Survey told The Center Square that he
Outdoor-related news items from around Illinois.
It’s that time of year when we dream of warmer days and spring gardens. Like many households, I spend hours paging through seed catalogs in early January.
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