Mark Kosevich News Today

A sandhill crane dancing with a cornstalk, a 12-point buck in the Foroest Preserves of Cook County, ice-fishing guru Dave Genz on bluegills and the record pounds of silver carp taken from the Illinois River are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

A confirmation of a leather carp in the Kankakee River, a “well-built” buck in a Cook County forest preserve, sale of Theodore Roosevelt’s Smith & Wesson and wild black carp confirmed in the Mississippi River basin are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Nearshore salmon and trout on southern Lake Michigan top the sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Howard Bass and Mark Kosevich share Fish of the Week honors with muskies from northern Wisconsin.