Dale Bowman
Outdoors Columnist
Philip Jordan sought a different path than perch fishing Thanksgiving on the Chicago lakefront. It paid off a steelhead.
A buck in Hegewisch, symbolic of too many deer in that area, a Downstate dog story and a near-record count of cranes at Jasper-Pulaski FWA in Indana are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
A day spent observing the first steps in revising the list of endangered and threatened fish in Illinois. Who knew what wonders swam in our waters?
An open house on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on Tuesday and the St. Paul ice-fishing show beginning tomorrow are in this Go & Show.
Hunters give many reasons why they like using certain single-shot rifles, which are now legal for use in firearm deer seasons in Illinois.
Ice fishing finally getting underway in the Northwoods (maybe closer to home) and the continuation of perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Illinois deer hunters had a preliminary harvest of 53,348 in the first part of the firearm deer season, up slightly from 2022.
Joe Yozze shot his biggest buck during the first part of Illinoois’ firearm deer season.
Dan Lindich found a tangential use for catching nice steelhead on the Chicago lakefront: It’s a good way to warm up.