Dale Bowman

It's another week with eclectic options.

The Illinois Big Tree Register is being tidied up and brings a reminder of how many champion trees are around us, including two national champion trees in DuPage County.

The Indoor Fishing Flea Market at Rolling Meadows High School and Mike Norris' formal induction into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show lead this week's Go & Show, but there are also events of note in Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri.

Luke Hein has had good success surf casting for small brown trout and steelhead on Chicago's South Side this winter. It's an old-school method that works fine.

Traveling can be more than a series of adventures; it can also be a way to expand your universe and way of thinking.

Illinois hunters harvested more than 6.5% more deer in the 2024-25 seasons than in the `23-24 seasons.

The All-Canada Show and the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show lead the most varied and packed weekend of show season for Go & Show.

Modesto Perez caught a good crappie from a southern Forest Preserves of Cook County lake to earn Fish of the Week.

Arlington Anglers president Chris Popp had the idea to not bemoan the aging of fishing club members, but to embrace and use the value of older members to grow the club.

Martha Brynda's note and questions on white opossums in Lake Villa lead this notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.