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SPRINGFIELD The 2022 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open April 2 at 57 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state.An early opportunity at

The trout are transported by truck from Caribou and are taken to the Spring Trout Sales.

Upstate and Western New York Fishing Report – May 20, 2021 Frank Campbell Finnan Murphy of Pittsford won the spring LOC Derby with this 26-pound, 10-ounce Niagara Bar king salmon. He caught it the last morning of the contest. Young 12-year-old Finnan Murphy of Pittsford was on cloud 9 last Sunday, May 16, the final day of the Lake Ontario Counties (LOC) Spring Trout and Salmon Derby. At 9:30 a.m., he hooked up with the biggest salmon of his young life while fishing out of Wilson, with Capt. ...

Outdoornews May 13, 2021 Season Dates Note: Please check DEC’s new Freshwater Fishing regulations guide for more special regulations by county and waterbody as well as new trout stream categories. May 31: Spring gobbler season closes. May 29: Statewide muskellunge season opens (except Great Lakes). June 12: Lake Champlain bass season opens June 19: Statewide bass season opens. Muskellunge, Tiger Muskellunge seasons open in Lake Erie, Niagara River and Lake Ontario.   Banquets/Fundraisers Not...

Dale Bowman It’s a beautiful thing. The regular season will open April 3, the early catch-and-release season on March 20. UPDATED: The opener for the five Forest Preserves of Cook County sites have a delayed opener, click here to read. Cook County sites includes Axehead, Belleau, Green, Horsetail, Sag Quarry East and Wolf Lake; in DuPage, Silver, Pickerel and Grove; in Kankakee, Bird Park Quarry and Rock Creek; in Kendall, Big Lake; In Lake, Sand; in McHenry, Piscasaw Creek and Atwood; in Wi...

Outdoornews February 1, 2021 Feb. 13-14: Free fishing days in New York. Feb. 15: Bobcat hunting and trapping seasons close in Northern Zone and southeastern N.Y.  Feb. 15: Trapping seasons close for raccoon, red and gray fox, skunk, coyote, opossum coyote and weasel statewide (except Regions 1 and 2); mink and muskrat trapping seasons close in western N.Y. Feb. 24: Canada goose season closes in western Long Island.  Feb. 25: Trapping seasons close for mink, muskrat, raccoon, red and gray fox,...

Maryland Gears Up for Winter and Spring Trout Fishing January 13, 2021 Photo by Stephen Badger/Maryland DNR The Maryland Department of Natural Resources plans to stock about 300,000 trout, which includes rainbow, golden, and brown trout, for statewide distribution between now and April 30. The annual stocking will be completed in three bursts: preseason (January and February), March 15 –26, and April 19 – 30. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and staff safety protocols, scheduled stocking and a...