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Summer fishing and school's-out fishing, in all their manifestations and wide variety (hybrid striped bass, coho, yellow perch, cicada fishing, big carp), lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

It's late May and aptly enough just about everything is going, even the cicadas, to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

As befits May, all forms of fishing are going and so are the cicadas to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Leading this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report are spring signs on Lake Michigan and inland waters plus the perch closure beginning May 1 on Illinois' Lake Michigan waters and Wisconsin's general inland opener coming Saturday.

Spurts of lakefront salmon and trout along with inland fishing heating up lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

It feels like we are finally truly slouching toward spring around Chicago fishing and that leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

A flood warning has been issued along the Fox River from Johnsburg to Red Gate Road in St. Charles starting Tuesday night and will continue “until further notice.” The river is forecast to get abo...

The spring trout opener in Illinois and other spring signs (spring signs?) lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Coho on southern Lake Michigan and the openers on Monday for smelt netting in Chicago and Heidecke Lake lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Some lakefront coho, some spring signs and the reopening of LaSalle Lake are among the highlights in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.