J.R. Black gives his perspective on the proposed Fish Management Fund and has discusses the Kankakee River Fishing Derby on "Outside" this afternoon on WKCC-FM (91.1).
Larry Walsh caught this buck on trail cam eating apples in his back yard in Willow Springs in mid-July.
Click here for today's column about a porject of North Lawndale students doing summer work at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
It looks like liberal seasons for waterfowlers, from the proposals just put out by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
We settle back into normal summer for this Wild Weekend Wandering around Chicago outdoors, but there are some changes relative to the coming week, too; can you say, ``Wisconsin wolf hunting?''
Even a day or so late, it only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.
The cooling lakes have taken a beating this summer with the record heat, but they keep producing, as you can click here and see for this FOTW for big blue catfish at LaSalle Lake.
Click here for today's column about the record sale of a J.T. Beckhart duck call last week.
Summer patterns dominate this lakes section of the Midwest Fishing Report, and for a change, there are even some reports for the cooling lakes.
Moderation and some water returns for this rivers section of the Midwest Fishing Report.
Jeff Nolan of Bridgeport Bass exclaimed last week, ``Freshwater sponges return to the Chicago river!''
Mulling things on my morning ramble
with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.
Mike Conlin discusses the proposed Fish Management Fund and puts perspective on the impact of heat and low water this summer on "Outside" this afternoon on WKCC-FM (91.1).
Click here for an interview with Mark Zona, my Sunday column about his throwing out the first pitch on Aug. 11 at Sox Park.
That's bikes to bass, not biking to bass, although I like that idea, too; but summer settles in and some regular summer doings take the lead for this Wild Weekend Wandering around Chicago outdoors.
Paul Petan Jr. caught his first trophy walleye about 8 p.m. June 23 from a northeast Indiana lake and earned FOTW honros.
Click here for my Sun-Times outdoors column on Wednesday about Kids' Fest at Wampum Lake in Lansing.
It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.
As long as we continue in this combination of heat and low water, I am going to combine the rivers and lakes sections into one Midwest Fishing Report.
Gunter Kehrhahn caught this wonderful shot of frogs chilling on a private pond in southern Wisconsin.
My sidebar to my Sun-Times outdoors column on Sunday was about the Chione brothers catching and their Illinois record redhorses on back to back days in April four years ago.
Steve Linneman talks about the Two Rivers Century Bike Ride, the transportation bill and biking dog stories this afternoon on "Outside" on WKCC-FM (91.1).
Click here for today's column about the impact of the low water levels and building heat on rivers around Chicago and fears of what is to come.
Trying to get some odd page views with the subtitle, but seriously relief from the heat is again the theme for this Wild Weekend Wandering around Chicago outdoors, however, there's some varied options and we will begin with them.
With some trepidation, I post this Fish of the Week, a wonderful flathead caught and released on the Fox River by Don Keller.
My main work computer went on the blink this morning, so the usual flood of posts on Wednesday may be on hold for a day or so.
Ken Gortowski photographed this squirrel two days after the violent storm the night of June 29 in Yorkville.
Click here for Sunday's column about flathead fishing on the Fox, both sharing the evening with the Fox Valley Flatheaders and putting context on Fox flatheading.
Meg Matthews discusses the broad sustainability programs at the Shedd Aquarium this afternoon on "Outside" on WKCC-FM (91.1).
Time to go slow when out for this Wild Weekend Wandering around Chicago outdoors; and there are some odder or at least different options this weekend.
Perfect time to celebrate largemouth bass fishing for the ages, north and south, as FOTW.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the state of breeding duck populations in North America and found record numbers; question is whether that will translate to better hunting.
Click here for Wednesday's column about lakefront perch fishing and the hated July closure.
The holiday and heat lead this lakes section of the Midwest Fishing Report.
It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.
Heat, dropping waters and the Kankakee River Fishing Derby lead this rivers section of the Midwest Fishing report.
Started fishing in the last light of Friday night for flatheads on the Fox River and kept going to cover Henry's eighth annual perch derby on Northerly Island.
About 100 steelhead were weighed in the 23rd Skamania Mania over the weekend out of Michigan City, Ind., with the biggest one going 14 pounds, 4 ounces.
Birder Alan Anderson surprised two deer, standing in Salt Creek last week, as they browsed on shoreline shrubs at Salt Creek Park in DuPage County.
Marianne Hahn discusses the Grand Kankakee Marsh National Wildlife Refuge and the importance of the Kankakee River in both Illinois and Indiana this afternoon on "Outside" on WKCC-FM (91.1).
Click here for today's column about the remarkable run of the Nick Engel and Nick Kushnerik fishing bass for Marist High School.
