Steve Sarley
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Sarley: What makes a good bait and tackle shopOct 15, 2025 9:00 am - I used to dream I could quit my job and open a bait and tackle shop instead. Looking back, I am glad I never did it. Owning a tackle shop is darned hard work.
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Sarley: What makes the Illinois fall trout season so specialOct 08, 2025 9:30 am - The Illinois Catchable Trout Program is funded by the sale of inland trout stamps. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources stocks more than 80,000 rainbow trout each year in bodies of water where trout fishing is permitted during the fall season. An additional 80,000 trout are stocked for the spring season that begins each April.
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Sarley: Leave elitism out of fishing and huntingOct 01, 2025 9:00 am - There is a tad bit of elitism that creeps into the worlds of hunting and fishing on occasion. There’s no place for it, outdoors columnist Steve Sarley writes.
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Sarley: How we were rescued from our fishing excursion on Lake MichiganSep 24, 2025 7:34 pm - This is going to be the end of my saga about my experience at the world’s largest professional walleye tournament. To recap, we had just speared a massive wave, completely inundating us. We were totally soaked and sitting in 40-degree temperatures with stiff winds. We were already late for the weigh-in and had released our solitary fish.
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Sarley: The journey home from this fishing trip didn’t go as promisedSep 17, 2025 5:10 pm - Daily Herald outdoors columnist Steve Sarley recounts a story about fishing on Lake Michigan.
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Sarley: Sometimes even pro fishermen make bad decisions on when, how to fishSep 10, 2025 3:45 pm - When we were last together, I was telling you about my first day at the inaugural RCL Walleye Championship in Green Bay a long time ago. I was riding high and quite full of myself, sitting in 25th place in the amateur co-angler division.
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Sarley: Another time I found myself in trouble on a big lakeSep 03, 2025 11:33 am - Daily Herald Outdoors columnist Steve Sarley tells another tale of trouble while fishing on a big lake.
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Sarley: Why I consider fisherman Spence Petros the toughest man in sportsAug 27, 2025 10:00 am - Hall of Fame angler Spence Petros is as tough as anyone I have ever met. The first time I musky fished with Petros, after 14 hours of casting giant lures without a break I felt like I was going to die. I realized the tremendous shape he was in.
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Sarley: A bowhunting book that every non-hunter should readAug 20, 2025 10:00 am - Mike Mitten and “The Enchantment of Bowhunting,” is all about the hunt and what it means to true hunters. Mitten takes you to dream locations while he chases dream animals. He never loses sight of the spirituality in what he does. His feelings and emotions for what he lives, fills each and every page.
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Sarley: Mea culpa, I have no defense for my actions on Lake SuperiorAug 13, 2025 6:42 pm - I was shaken when I read the following e-mail that I recently received. It hit me so hard that I read it over and over again.