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Trophy perch, bluegills and crappies often key on midges and other invertebrates over deep water even during the late ice period. Photo courtesy of Jason Mitchell
Join the Herman Brothers Pond Management gang as a group of young girls take a break from swimming to feed hybrid stripers.
County: Scott
Date and Season: Nov. 10 2009; Bow
Notable: Buck gross scored 171 4/8, with 16 scoreable points
County: Washington
Date and Season: Oct 1, 2011; Bow
Notable: Most memorable trip in 21 years
County: Franklin
Size: 2.06 pounds, 15 inches
Date: Nov. 3, 2008
Notable: Second time in a boat yields new record fish for angler.
Rabbit hunting has rewardsRabbit hunting is inexpensive, uncomplicated and, in most places, it’s not crowded. If the fields and timbers around columnist George Little's house are any indication, this is a good season for cottontails.
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Images from the IHSA bass tourneyHere are pictures from the first day of fishing at the Illinois High School Association's second state bass fishing finals.
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he eight-state Great Lakes region — extending from western New York to eastern Minnesota— was the only section of the U.S. where coastal wetland acreage increased during a five-year period when scientists took extensive measurements with satellites and field photography.
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Fishermen accounted for 26 deaths over a seven-year period. Three times as many people were killed while fishing than while playing golf.
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Tales from the Timber: Worthwhile waitBowhunter Jon Karl had to wait more than two hours on a buck last Saturday. The wait was well worth his while.
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Delisting bald eagles, sandhill cranes and Henslow's sparrows from the Illinois endangered species list is good news -- not a reason to wring hands in worry.
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