In central Illinois, there is much to be proud of and fishing is one of them. Here’s a list of the 10 best fishing places in the region: Gridley Lake Cass County ⎸25 acres ⎸8 miles north of ...

Rend Lake officially crested at 413.67, only slightly below the highest recorded lake elevation of 413.83 way back in 1995.

Baldwin Lake is a cooling lake for the coal-fired Baldwin Power Station and offers largemouth bass, black crappie, redear ...

Bennett Gotlund caught and released a smallmouth bass at Burnham Harbor on Monday. It likely would have topped the standing Illinois record.

and imported the fish into Illinois without a permit for VHS (Viral ... taking home the first-place prize of $1,300. Instead, Joe Zehner, 70, was the rightful winner of the tournament after ...

Today’s story takes place in downstate Illinois, where a strip-mining coal company went belly up, leaving behind 12 deep basins. Developers bought the land, built a dam, and cleared out ...