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More than 4,000 pounds of fish were added to Axehead Lake (Park Ridge), Belleau Lake (Park Ridge), Sag Quarry East (Lemont), Horsetail Lake (Palos Park) and Green Lake (Calumet City).
Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources Opening day for spring trout season at five Forest Preserves of Cook County sites will be slightly later, mid-week (April 7) instead of Saturday, April 3. Click here for information on Illinois’ statewide spring trout season, Here is the word on spring trout at the FPCC sites from Carl Vogel, director of communications: The spring 2021 inland trout season for the Forest Preserves of Cook County will begin Wednesday, April 7, a modification of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources opening day to allow for COVID-19 public health guideli...
Provided At 5 a.m. Friday, I caught Tony Boshold. “We are in a pretty tough winter doldrums right now,” he messaged back. “I’m driving to the lake right now.” That’s why I reached out to Boshold. We are in an extended period where the ice has and will have significant snow cover, making for tougher ice fishing, especially after the weekend storm. An ice angler sits on a partially snow-covered Axehead Lake on Friday before the storm. Provided by a reader “DOWNSIZE, downsize, downsize!,” Boshold messaged from the ice. “It doesn’t matter what color you use as long as it’s ...