It wasn’t a good day of fishing on the Illinois River for these three anglers. They were coming back in after a day on the river with no fish to show for it, but they certainly found it on the way home. They had the camera rolling when they went through a school of Asian [...]
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Illinois Anglers Get Skunked on the River, Attacked by Flying, Asian Carp
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Cabela’s Unveils Locations of Wanna Go Fishing for Millions Fish
Last year, Cabela’s started their “Wanna Go Fishing for Millions” campaign, and this year, they hoping it gets more people on the water, and more people to download their Recon Fish app, as anglers look for the fish that will win them $2 million. Anglers were able to hit the waters in 19 states (Arizona, Colorado, [...]
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The First Record Burbot Landed in Illinois?
Capt. Tim Wojnicz is a Wisconsin-based fishing guide who may have a whole slew of new records in Illinois thanks to a 8.85-pound burbot. Wojnicz fishes out of Waukegan early in the season, and was out looking for perch on his FinQuest Charters, when he saw one of his rods really bent over. ‘‘I couldn’t [...]
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Shedd Aquarium Offers to Take Next Captured Sea Lion from Washington
The controversy of what to do with the burgeoning sea lion population near the Bonneville Dam in Washington state is still raging, as officials have now killed four sea lions. And now the Shedd Aquarium has stepped up to give everyone an ideal solution. According to Huffington Post, the Chicago-based aquarium has said that they [...]
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Records Will Fall in Lake Michigan This Year?
Last month, a yellow perch was landed on the rocks of Chicago that could have set the Illinois record, had it been officially weighed. But the 2-pound, 1-ouncer is just another local legend. But, that is just a sign of what Chicago Sun-Times outdoor columnist Dale Bowman believes that there could be three new records [...]
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Groups Searching for Extinct Rainbow Snake in Florida
Last year, the South Florida rainbow snake was declared extinct, but The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Snake Conservation refuse to believe that's true. The two groups lead a 5-day search for the snake near Lake Okeechobee, and they came up empty handed. The last time there was a confirmed sighting of the colorful snake [...]
South Carolina the Next State with High School Bass Fishing
The rise of competitive bass fishing on the high school level is an ongoing trend, and now South Carolina might be next in line with teens on the water. “They want their picture on the wall just like the football team and the volleyball and basketball and other state champion teams from Camden,” said Daniel [...]
Record Walleye Landed in Lake Hefner, Oklahoma
The big walleye are hitting across the U.S., and a 43-year-old record may fall in Oklahoma.Jeff Ma was fishing the Hefner Spillway when he landed an 11.4-pound walleye, which would best the body-of-water record set in 1967 by an ounce. Whether Ma's record will be certified or not is unclear, however, because he never got an official [...]
Walleye Record Certified in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has been busy with paperwork certifying record walleye, and they've just filed their latest record.Earlier this month, Jim Zimmerman landed a 15.08-pound walleye fishing the Pecatonica River. This walleye eclipsed the existing, 2-month record set by 15-year-old Nick Tassoni with a 14-pound, 12-ounce fish. Illinois certified Zimmerman's record yesterday [...]
United States Sets Team for Ice Fishing World Championships
Thirty anglers hit the ice Eau Pleine Reservoir, Wisc. with dreams of being one of the 10 members to represent USA in the World Ice Fishing Championships this weekend, and the field has been set. According to the Wausau Daily Herald, "The top 10 anglers were determined by the weight of panfish and roughfish they caught Sunday [...]
