Articles filed under Outdoors
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Plan to control Asian carp was fishy from the beginningDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - The search for my 2009 Scrooge Award recipient took all of 20-seconds this year. The honor goes to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A misguided Corps has given us a Ch...
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Don't overlook Binkelman's big contributionDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - When I first met him in 1966 I thought he was nothing more than a cantankerous chap with an ego the size of Texas. My impressions quickly changed when he explained his m...
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Asian carp issue unresolvedDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - It's amazing to me how area news reaches many corners of this country. Three people have asked about the Asian carp situation in the Chicago Sanitary Shipping Canal, an...
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If it works, then it's the right techniqueDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - In a recent e-mail from Wauconda angler Jerry W., he stated he went on a three-year campaign to catch as many different fish species as possible using just two types of ...
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For now, stay away from the iceDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't go running off to the north woods just yet so as to get a jump on ice fishing. Carl Novelli reports even though it has been cold and some back channels have skim ...
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It's time to go shopping ... for next year's fishing tripDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - This could be the best time in years to cherry-pick a fishing destination for next year. Don't misunderstand me now. Not all lodge operators may be open to negotiating t...
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Seasonal change is in the airNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Over the last six months or so I've watched some friends taking off for the woods with their chain saws and axes. Their mission was to cut as much firewood as their truc...
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The cold facts to embracing ice fishingNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A leftover e-mail surfaced again while cleaning out files from my in-box. Greg H., a reader from Elgin, contends I'm more than a bit balmy when it comes to ice fishing....
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Revamped outdoors show at Rosemont in JanuaryNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - "My 2010 show promises quite a few surprises." That bold statement comes from Jim Sugarman, who flies to Chicago almost every week in order to be the hands-on boss of th...
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The ultimate fishing trip provides more than fishNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SAVANNAH, IL - This great fall weather is a true gift. And when it gets to be as mild as it has been these last few weeks, I get wanderlust, and the call of the open roa...