A no-wake restriction has been imposed on the Chain O’ Lakes and Fox River north from the Algonquin Dam, because of high water brought on by long periods of heavy rain in Illinois and Wisconsin, the Fox Waterway Agency in Fox Lake announced Wednesda...

Spring has finally shown its lovely face to anglers. Here’s what’s happening on the home waters: Fox River: Good bass and panfish angling on the main river as well as channels downstream from the McHenry dam. Fox Chain: Crappie and bluegill ...

It appears that industry ramrod Keith Ogulnick will be riding range again when the National Marine Manufacturers Association kicks in to high gear as the owner of the 2012 Rosemont Sportfishing, Travel and Outdoors Show. Jim Sugarman, former owner o...

Lake and McHenry county officials are watching the Fox and Des Plaines rivers as recent heavy rain has caused the waterways to swell to the month. If current forecast models remain true and the rain slows down and turns to snow as expected, the Fox...

I never thought I would utter the words “good riddance” to the cold weather gear and the ice tent, but it has been a long and arduous spell of fighting off the cold, snow and frustration. Of course the harsh weather we just experienced was the same...

When you jump around in the water at Harold Hall Quarry Beach in Batavia, your feet don’t land on the bottom of the former quarry. Your toes are on 1 to 2 feet of beach sand. Below that is a fabric membrane, below that there is supposed to be a 4-in...

It was one of those chilly, rainy days, and I decided to invest some time tying flies. In between concocting my own styles of streamside creatures, I moved between the fly desk and the computer. And as luck would have it, there was a rather lengthy...

I was recently reminded by a reader that despite the fact we are still in the throes of winter, some of the area ice conditions are suitable for exploration. This reader reported he caught some walleyes very close to the McHenry Dam — but he also p...