Jeremy Quintiliani caught his first King Salmon on the Pere Marquette River in Michigan in August 2009.
Jim Crowley interviews Nate Herman of Herman Brothers Pond Management to learn how best to build a new pond.
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County: Hancock
Date and Season: October 17, 2009; Bow
Notable: Kills 13-pointer while 7 1/2 months pregnant
County: Lake
Date and Season: November 4, 2009; Bow
Notable: 14-pointer not as lucky as 10-pointer earlier in day
County: Woodford
Size: 40 inches 32 pounds on bathroom scale
Date: Sept. 11, 2010
Notable:
More than 100 fisherman representing 30 locals from the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters found the bass hungry Saturday during the Annual Bass Tournament at Lake Shelbyville.
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Broad heads are being sharpened. The faint odor of buck lure will soon be wafting out of your truck vents. Don’t forget to double-check your safety harness.
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Central Illinois biologist appointed to nature preserves commissionWilliam McClain, a retired natural heritage biologist from Carlinville, has been named to the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission.
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Migrating monarchs on the moveJust as millions of birds begin the twice-yearly ritual of migration, there is another, less expected traveler on the move.
Monarch butterflies are the only butterfly to make a two-way migration — and it takes multiple generations to make one complete round-trip.
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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is looking into whether Stone Ridge Dairy - the largest in the state - may be responsible for a fish kill that destroyed 40,000 fish and other aquatic life.
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Fish or frankenfish? FDA weighs altered salmonA Massachusetts company wants to market a genetically engineered version of Atlantic salmon, and regulators are weighing the request. If approval is given, it would be the first time the government allowed such modified animals to join the foods that go onto the nation's dinner tables.
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