
Canton Lake keeps its catfish culture in Fulton County, Ill.
Largemouth bass, muskies, and crappies continue to be on the edge of “breaking out” as spotlight fish at Canton Lake.
But the stage still belongs to catfish.

Largemouth bass, muskies, and crappies continue to be on the edge of “breaking out” as spotlight fish at Canton Lake.
But the stage still belongs to catfish.
A look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Illinois published in the Dec. 27, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Illinois cuffs and collars are field reports from Conservation Police CPOs. These reports are from the Dec. 27, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 27, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.

With wildlife cameras set up at more than 100 sites within a 30-mile radius of Chicago, Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute has captured hundreds of thousands of images of critters since it launched a

Geese are in the news, but as has been the case the past two decades, it’s mostly not what you might call “positive” news.
I say “mostly” because there is an ounce or two of
More than $55.2 million in grant funding was awarded to 100 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities.

The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation of something it feared – three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.
Samples from the birds – two recovered

Some in Illinois are longing for the days when the deer season deer kill eclipsed 100,000 and the total take reached more than twice that.
And it’s not just hunters wanting a return to
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