Wishes for a Simple Year Outdoors in Southern Illinois
Outdoor columnist Les Winkeler reflects on personal, small joys for the new year. He recalls specific moments in nature and family life that make his world meaningful, from bass and crappie fishing to waterfowl, wildlife, and quiet mornings, thanking his daughter for prompting the reflection.
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Jennifer
Buck
Jim Edmonds
Illinois
Glen O. Jones Lake
Lusk Creek
Heron Pond
Ducks Draw Steeleville Men To New Private Hunt Club
Four Steeleville residents arouse interest in a new duck hunting club at Lucky Duck Hunting Club south of Steeleville. They leveed land, built blinds, and shifted from goose clubs to duck management, aiming for closer, more reliable hunts near Pyramid State Park.
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Arry Hartman
Gary Cleland
Dana Bayer
Bob Reiss
Steeleville
Huck’s
Lucky Duck Hunting Club
Carlyle Lake
Oakwood Bottoms
Crab Orchard Lake
Reiss
Illinois
Knop
Pyramid State Park
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Brandon
Rohlfing
Ray Marshalla
Southern Illinois
Les Winkele
Southern
Crab Orchard secures bass by raising size limit
Crab Orchard Lake will raise the largemouth bass minimum size to 16 inches starting April 1 and reduce the creel limit from six to three fish. The move follows a steady decline in adult bass numbers, with officials citing multiple contributing factors and a plan including refuge protections, fish-offs limits, and habitat enhancements to boost populations over the next three years.
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Marion
Crab Orchard Lake
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fisheries
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Fisheries
Chris Bickers
IDNR
Bickers
IDNA
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
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