Fish

Hidden Lakes Trout Farm in Bolingbrook will be hosting a Trout Season Celebration beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19.

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Preregistration forms are available at the Dixon Police Department. Registration is allowed on the day of the event as well.

The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office and Mounted Patrol Youth Fishing Derby will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Rockwood State Park, Morrison.

The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is celebrating 100 years of conservation and recreation in 2024.

Fish at night when the water is cooler and fish are more active at some Will County forest preserves this month.

Gabby and Grady Staats of Sterling spent the day fishing at Sewards Park on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. With more rain on the horizon, the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for area waterways.

Temperatures in the 90s didn't stop area residents and wildlife from enjoying the outdoors on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

These are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of June 24. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org.

Kids lined cast their lines into the Rock River at Prophetstown State Park on Saturday, June 15, 2024, aiming to catch “the big one” at the annual Dick Brown Fishing Derby, hosted by the Prophetstown Police Department.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources sponsors one weekend each summer to sample fishing without requiring a fishing license.

Nestled along the shoreline of Lake Carlton in Morrison-Rockwood State Park for the last five decades, the cabin-like restaurant has drawn in fishermen, people camping in the state park and motorists or bicyclists who head out to the lake to take in the scenery.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County's Youth Kayak Fishing Program will provide new opportunities to youth.

For 12 years, scientists at the University of Illinois College of ACES researched ways to stop the spread of invasive species like Asian carp through physiological barriers.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host several educational programs the week of May 13 and May 20.

The expanded testing by the Illinois Department of Public Health has resulted in advisories for nine bodies of water this year.

The advisories are based on routine testing conducted by the Illinois Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program, which was updated last fall to include testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals.”

A better understanding of life’s complexities actually is made possible by fish alarm chemicals.

Celebrate Earth Month and earn a gift by picking up litter around the Hidden Oaks Preserve in Bolingbrook.

The Knights of Columbus Council #14463 will be hosting a Fish Fry at the Yorkville American Legion, 9054 Rt. 34, on Friday March 1.

The Forest Preserve District has 30 fishing line recycling containers installed at fishing locations for anglers to properly dispose of their broken or unneeded monofilament.

The 2024 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open Saturday, April 6, at 58 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state, including Centennial Park Pond, Rock Falls.

Marmion Academy’s Fishing Team will host its annual Lenten Fish Fry Fundraiser in March at the catholic school at 1000 Butterfield Road in Aurora.

Dining at a local fish fry is a traditional part of Lent for many Will County residents.

The Yorkville American Legion Post 489 and the Knights of Columbus Council will host a Fish Fry at the Yorkville American Legion Friday, March 8.

Yorkville American Legion Post 489 will host a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 at 9054 Route 34, co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council 14463.

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Mild weather is making a desired white Christmas unlikely.

Lyle Reap has a hidden gem at his Polo Farm, two rooms of his colorful and unique fishing lure collection.

These fantastic now-you-see-’em, now-you-don’t adaptations are present in many different classes in the animal world.

The Marshall-Putnam Soil and Water Conservation District will once again be holding its fall fish sales. Flyers are available online at www.marshallputnam.com or on the group’s Facebook page.

A Family Fishing Event took place Sept. 9 in Round Lake Beach.

Weather was perfect...fish were biting – the perfect combination for the golden anniversary of the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office and Mounted Patrol’s Youth Fishing Derby.

So famously brief is this insect’s adult life that its entire order, Ephemeroptera, reflects its brevity.

The Elk's Club Fishing Derby at Petunia Fest had 50 kids signed up to compete for trophies and fishing gear Saturday, July 1, 2023.

Kids cast their lines and hauled in plenty of prizes at the 17th Annual Dick Brown Fishing Derby at Prophetstown State Park.

All that’s missing is a picturesque wharf, because E & S Fish Company in St. Charles not only offers a tempting array of seafood in its display cases, but has created a dine-in restaurant off the retail portion of the space for its ultra-fresh catch.

The Lake Carroll Fish Club opened their hatchery doors to school students this week to teach them about the process the volunteers use to grow and stock walleye in the lake. On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 a group of West Carroll Middle Schoolers attended one of the sessions.

The Lake Carroll Fishing Club opened its hatchery doors to school students this week to teach them about the process the volunteers use to grow and stock walleye in the lake. On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 a group of West Carroll Middle Schoolers attended one of the sessions.

1,940 pounds of trout were relocated to the Centennial Park pond in Rock Falls Tuesday, March 21, 2023 ahead of the April 1 opening of the fishing season.

Investigators determined Michael Sullivan imported the fish into a Plainfield lake during three separate occasions in 2021, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources caught thousands of carp Thursday at the Starved Rock Marina in Ottawa. The IDNR have been netting the carp all week along the Illinois River.

Kaden Norman knew he was in for a battle with a big fish when his rod bent 90 degrees and started to move suddenly Sunday. The 14-year-old Cary resident was right, catching a 43-pound flathead catfish.

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A Prophetstown man and his nephew are on the hook for potentially breaking the state record for largest shovel-nosed sturgeon ever taken in Illinois – a record they broke within a month of each other, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports.

Grace Klein of Sublette, a senior at Illinois State University, caught a 37 1/4-inch, 17.5-pound northern pike March 5 on Lake Onalaska in LaCrosse, Wisconsin

About 130 fishermen honored the memory of a former Lake in the Hills resident at the Connor Kincaid Fishing Tournament Saturday in Lake in the Hills.

The Kincaids will honor their late son’s lifelong affinity for the outdoors with the Connor Kincaid Memorial Fishing Tournament from 8 to 11 a.m. at Indian Trail Beach on Saturday, which would have been his 23rd birthday.