Anna Cook, 6, hoists a bluegill she caught earlier this year while fishing at the Tri-County Ducks and Geese Forever Webfoot Day event at Jacob’s Field in St. David.
Watch Larry and Nancy catch a big 15-pound brown trout with Capt. Nick Ganzer aboard the MERGANZER out of Waukegan on July 27.
County: Madison
Date and Season: Nov. 2, 2009; Bow
Notable: Camera couldn't capture what crossbow could.
County: Adams
Date and Season: Nov. 17, 1995; Shotgun
Notable: Hurley's first deer hunt yielded this 258 7/8-incher.
County: Vermilion
Date and Season: Nov. 20, 2009; Shotgun
Notable: Small hedgerow yields a big buck.
County: Lake
Size: 13 pounds, 1 ounce; 28 inches long, 23-inch girth
Date: February 15, 1976
Notable: Bass hit with ice still on parts of Stone Quarry Lake.
County: Iroquois
Size: 7 pounds, 10 ounces, 25 3/4 inches
Date: August 30, 2009
Notable: Bass bit as angler reeled in a bluegill.
Nominations are now being accepted by the Illinois Conservation Foundation for the 2011 class of the Illinois Outdoor Hall of Fame.
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The Great Lakes have been at or near record high temperatures - and there's still a month left before the lakes typically hit their warmest levels of the year.
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Big fish Fridays: Record brown troutA brown trout weighing almost 42 pounds has been confirmed as a Wisconsin record and could also be a world record.
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Acres are expected to go fast when the first general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program opens Aug. 2-27.
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Government officials hope to have 150,000 acres of manmade wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico ready by Aug. 15 to provide food and rest areas for migrating birds displaced by the oil spill.
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Illinois fishing report 7-29-10Now's the time for Illinois anglers to go river fishing, target channel catfish or generally to wet a line early or late.
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Squirrel season approachingSquirrel season opens Sunday across Illinois and offers hunters the first chance to take to the timber.
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Fish kills haunt pond ownersAugust is typically the busy month for fish kills, but this year they have started earlier than usual in Illinois.
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