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Bait shop changes, crossbows, pink salmon, cougars, lakefront northern pike

Bait shop changes around Chicago, record crossbow usage by Illinois bowhunters, pink salmon records, cougars in Illinois and northern pike on the Chicago lakefront are among the top stories in the outdoors around Chicago during 2022.

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Bigger and more northern pike on the Illinois lakefront, an example

Roman Owerko again shows the quality of northern pike in Chicago harbors, a sign of the change on the Illinois lakefront the last few years.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Report: Lakefront salmon and trout top this week’s report

Again salmon and trout on the lakefront lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus on Saturday, openers come for Illinois’ catch-and-release fall trout season as well as salmon snagging at select spots on the Illinois lakefront.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Report: Nearshore salmon/trout, bluegills, smallmouth, largemouth, catfish

Nearshore salmon and trout around Chicago fishing continue to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Report: Smallmouth, shoreline salmon/trout, drum, bluegill, catfish, coho

Fishing for active smallmouth and the spurts of shoreline salmon and trout around Chicago lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Chicago fishing/Midwest Report: Shoreline salmon/trout, Chicago River ode, lakefront sturgeon, pinks

Hints come of an early start to shoreline fishing for returning Chinook and leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, plus the usual options for late summer fishing around Chicago and some unusual reports.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Report: Bluegill, pinks, crappie, kings, largemouth, smallmouth, bowfin

The delightful variety of summer fishing around Chicago goes on, with the added accent of pink salmon, to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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The coming close of Henry’s Sports and Bait viewed through decades of its and Chicago’s history

Going back to the beginning of Henry’s Sports and Bait, the powerhouse of Chicago outdoors and fishing, then going through decades of the history of Chicago and Henry’s.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Kings, bluegill, catfish, bass, drum, hybrid stripers

The rise of big kings along with usual summer variety of action around Chicago fishing leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Kings, catfish, smallmouth, largemouth, bluegill, lakers

The many options of summer fishing are highlighted in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Crappie, bluegill, smallmouth, largemouth, walleye, coho

A good mix of early summer fishing on our rivers, lakes, ponds and Lake Michigan leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Knowing jack about skipjack herring turns into a pending Illinois record, plus the Stray Cast

Travis Strickland caught the pending Illinois-record skipjack herring, in part because he knew what he had.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Up/down weather, coho, steelhead, smallmouth, trout

Even with the extra variable weather, a mix of spring fishing—coho, steelhead, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, crappie, trout—lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Hoping on a warm-up, coho, smallmouth, browns, steelhead

Hoping on a true spring warm-up around Chicago fishing later this week leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus there’s salmon and trout on southern Lake Michigan and better smallmouth on inland rivers.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Coho, browns, steelhead, lakers, smallmouth bass, crappie

The variety of southern Lake Michigan — coho, brown trout, steelhead, lake trout, smallmouth bass — leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus the bite for crappie picks up inland.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Trout opening day, coho, browns, steelhead, largemouth, (smelt?)

The opening of Illinois’ trout season leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus there’s coho, brown trout and steelhead on southern Lake Michigan with largemouth bass and crappie bites building inland.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Heidecke/smelt/inland trout openers, coho, browns, steelhead

Openers lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report with smelt netting in Chicago and Heidecke Lake opening on Friday, then inland trout opening on Saturday.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Yo, coho, lakers, harbor pike, cooling lakes, surprising catches

Coho action on southern Lake Michigan/Chicago lakefront lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; but there is also lake trout on southern Lake Michigan, northern pike in Chicago harbors, the opening days of Braidwood and LaSalle cooling lakes, and lots of the joy of surprise catches.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Braidwood opener, late ice fishing, open-water spots, coho, trout

Hints come in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report of the in-between time with both ice fishing and the start of open-water fishing around Chicago; plus there’s trout and early coho on southern Lake Michigan.

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: First coho reports, ice fishing, derbies, sturgeon spearing

Ice fishing, obviously, again leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there ‘s also the first reports of open-water coho and sturgeon spearing season begins Saturday on the Winnebago system.

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