Stray Casts

Stray Casts will intelligently report and observe, hopefully with a touch of wit, on daily occurrences, reports and releases related to Chicago-area outdoors from bucks to bass to birds to bugs

Trying to put a fix on the weekend outlook for this lakes sections of the Midwest Fishing Report.

Trying to put a fix on the weekend outlook for this lakes sections of the Midwest Fishing Report.

It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

Try to put a handle on what to expect for the holiday weekend in this rivers section of the Midwest Fishing Report.

Here is the wrap of spring turkey hunting in Illinois, complete with a TOTW, a first by 60-year-old Bob Molzahn.

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Add a second photo this month of a snake eating a fish.

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It's public radio and fundraising time, so here comes the best of show this afternoon on "Outside" on WKCC-FM (91.1).

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Recent Comments

  • Burgermister: Calling all humans, calling all humans kill all the cats read more
  • Dale Bowman: very unusual. And it is interesting that this occurred several read more
  • Kevin: That's definately a N. Watersnake and a beaut at that! read more
  • Kevin: I've been catching, keeping, releasing snakes and other reptiles/amphibians for read more
  • Ken Gortowski: On Sunday, the creeks feeding the Fox didn't come down read more
  • S. Cupimos and Sue Alimento: Nice fish Tony! read more
  • Dale Bowman: Kevin. I tried to blow the photo up and doublecheck read more
  • Kevin: While that is an excellent picture, it does not appear read more
  • Dale Bowman: Raptor, thanks. More to come on a similar one. read more
  • Raptor: Well, that's definately a copperhead, and it's definately got a read more

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