Reminder comes that May is big-fish month in Illinois
Clyde Swan catching a big northern pike drives home a reminder that May is big-fish month in Illinois.
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Chicago outdoors: Milkweed & monarch caterpillars, white pelicans and sturgeon
Milkweed and monarch caterpillars in the suburbs, a cool photo of an American white pelican in Indiana, and a note on the success rate during the 2023 sturgeon-spearing season on Wisconsn’s Wiinnebago system are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
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Fox Lake celebrates arrival of migrating birds with Pelican Palooza; 'This is a rare event' – Chicago Tribune
The fourth-edition of the event highlights local businesses, parks and public spaces, village-sponsored activities and attractions at the Fox Lake District Library.
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Fish kills after ice-out are not expected to be as bad as in the polar-vortex winter of 2013-14, but some fish kills are expected on smaller, shallower mud-bottom lakes.
The weather has been warm enough to allow anglers to sit on a bucket outside on the ice, as these guys were Friday evening at Channel Lake; even with ice reaching depths of 18 inches in spots and weeks of heavy snow cover, significant winter fish kills are not expected around the Chicago area. Dale Bowman Homeowner groups sometimes ask fisheries biologist Frank Jakubicek if having ice rinks will help prevent fish kills. It helps. In the old days, kids and parents were more apt to clear snow fro...
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