Articles filed under Outdoors
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Air disaster claims popular TV fishing host WejebeApr 11, 2012 3:00 pm - Over the holiday weekend, the television fishing show category lost one of its more popular hosts. Spanish Fly host Jose Wejebe was killed Friday afternoon when his Com...
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Pay to play is the new reality outdoorsApr 11, 2012 11:00 am - Illinois is one of the most unique states in the union. Aside from once being called the hog butcher to the world, our state is still able to thumb its nose at New York ...
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Deep thoughts on an appetizing springApr 04, 2012 8:31 pm - Wild mushrooms, slab crappie, and walleyes tossed in for good measure. With those wonderful elements about to fall into our laps, we know that spring is here. The only m...
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Time to slow down, and make every cast countApr 04, 2012 11:04 am - I have done my best holding my frustration in check regarding state lawmakers and the way Springfield plays games with state taxpayers. So last week I hit two ponds, and...
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‘Big’ trouble along the Buffalo RiverMar 29, 2012 8:31 pm - I wonder if Bigfoot would be upset if he discovered people were being charged money to join the hunt for him. The National Park Service cited and fined professional big ...
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Towing the party line on neighboring fishing opportunitiesMar 28, 2012 2:12 pm - There may be quite a few out there who have never experienced a party-line telephone service. In my household when I was a kid, we shared the phone line with two neighb...
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Forecast calls for a fine season on the waterMar 14, 2012 8:00 pm - When I was in New Orleans, I happened to stop by a tiny shop exhibiting Cajun and voodoo-like objects that were for sale. I figured I could invest a few bucks and purch...
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Time to spring into actionMar 13, 2012 8:31 pm - It’s being called an “angler’s spring” by many Chicago fishermen. Lake Michigan: Platoons of hungry shore fishermen claim they haven’t seen spring coho fishing this good...
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Record blue cat caught — and releasedMar 13, 2012 8:31 pm - I’m always amazed when I receive stories about monster fish being hooked and boated. While fishing on the Kansas side of the Missouri River on Aug. 11, Rob Stanley of Ol...
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Wisconsin man catches Illinois’ largest walleyeMar 12, 2012 5:19 pm - A fisherman named Fred Goselin held the record for the largest walleye ever caught in Illinois for more than a half century before 15-year-old Nick Tassoni caught a bigg...