What we are learning two years into the Illinois DNR’s new method of gathering brood survey information is that you – and people just like you – have taken the role of “turkey tabulator” very
Walleyes starting to bite, largemouths warming up. Here’s a look at the Illinois fishing report on June 22, 2025.
As a parent of two teenagers and a coach at our school, I have seen the changes in kids during this electronics age. We were mean, mean parents when we did not allow our first
I started fishing with live bait. Didn’t we all? I recall picking fat, wiggly nightcrawlers off of my family’s driveway after a rain.
Nothing better than free bait for a young fisherman, is there?
For 36 years, the Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair at Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois has been a cornerstone of outdoor education and recreation, bringing together families, volunteers, and organizations in a celebration of
Did you know muskrats may be natural conservationists by creating bird habitat through building their homes? Since 2021, I’ve been working closely with conservation partners at Audubon Great Lakes to better understand how muskrats influence
If you are growing tired of the doom and gloom fur market reports, please be advised that it’s not that there is no interest in fur, it’s just that the universe seems to be doing
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Manager Justin Sexton led a presentation to a crowd of more than 50 people, during which the cause of Little Grassy Lake’s drawdown and progress toward solutions was established.
Two hybrid crappies and eight black crappies were collected by Illinois DNR in its 2024 fall survey of Citizens Lake. Meanwhile, the agency stocked 500 hybrids from the Banner Marsh Rearing Ponds in late October.<br
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