Illinois fishing report May 8-15We're going to keep this simple. Now is the time to go fishing. Crappie are biting well from one end of the state to the other. Bass are spawning, done spawning and set to spawn but are biting well at many lakes (including thje 7-10 lunker at right caught by Adam Johnson at Spring Lake near Macomb).
White bass are still good in rivers. Bluegill are moving shallow. Muskie are more active. Channel catfish are good. Flathead catfish are starting to show up in southern Illinois. Walleye are still biting in the north. Smallmouth bass are moving up into creeks to spawn.
Just about everything you could want to catch is biting right now. So get out. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Ryan Bibula of LaSalle caught this 6-pound, 20.5-inch largemouth while muskie fishing at the Hennepin-Hopper lakes on May 9, 2008.
Watch Duane Chapman demonstrate the proper technique to fillet an Asian carp.
Jeff Lampe has been outdoors columnist at the Peoria Journal Star for 10 duck seasons.
Doug Goodman has been outdoors writer at the Rockford Register Star since 2000.
Chris Young has been Outdoors Editor at the Springfield State Journal-Register since 2003.
Finesse fishing and a slower presentation can yield more fish to anglers even after a dreaded cold front moves through and chillst the bite. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Celebrating feathered touristsSpring has been hard on Illinois birders, but winged visitors are arriving just in time for International Migratory Bird day. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
A record-setting logAfter first thinking he was watching a floating log, Darin Opel of Worden wound up with a record-setting bighead carp that weighed 92.5 pounds. But he thinks there may be larger bigheads lurking in the Mississippi River. MORE :: (2) COMMENTS
Big story on huge bigheadBowfisher from Worden Darin Opel tells his story about shooting a world-record, 92-pound, 8-ounce bighead carp on the Mississippi River. Ironically, Opel is allergic to eating fish. But Opel doesn't think the record will last forever. He believes there are even bigger bigheads swimming in the Mississippi. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Hunter enjoys home-made bowsForreston hunter Lowell DeWall enjoys hunting with longbows he has made himself. And last year he wound up shooting a 10-point Ogle County buck that green-scored 167 inches and had a 22-inch inside spread. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Drawings for waterfowl blinds at Illinois public hunting areas starts June 1, but the bulk of the drawings will be July 26-27. MORE :: (0) COMMENTS
Bowfisher shoots huge bighead carpIllinois Bowfishers member Darin Opel shot a 92.5-pound bighead carp Sunday on the Mississippi River near the Melvin Price Lock and Dam No. 26. The huge fish was 62 inches long and had a 30-inch girth. Preliminary research indicates this may be the largest bighead carp taken by an angler in the United States. MORE :: (2) COMMENTS
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