fishing

You may have heard that once in a great while a fisherman will "exaggerate" the size of a catch. Well, sometimes they don't exaggerate.

Just when you thought you've seen it all, a guy stops his truck to do some fishing.

Some things in life were just meant to go together. Things like summer and BBQ, open windows and cool breezes, movies and popcorn, and of course, books and fishing. Wait...what?

That might not be a bad slogan to use to draw fishermen (and women) to the waterways here in the Land of Lincoln to do some fishing, and spending of their tourism dollars. It doesn't hurt to have a guy in Carbondale with video proof that it happens, either.

Monday was Conservation Day at the Illinois State Fair on Monday and Gov. Bruce Rauner used the day to sign into law four bills that will expand hunting and fishing in Illinois.

In the interests of full disclosure, I have been fishing a total of 3 times. Once, when I was a kid, I badgered my dad into taking me out fishing. We caught, together, a grand total of zero fish, but at least it rained all day, and we got a flat tire coming home.

It's a shark-filled summer so far. Attacks in North Carolina (7 at last count), paddleboarders being harassed by great whites in California, and now, Captain Ben Chancey, off the coast of Stuart, Florida, doing battle from his kayak. As I started to watch the video, my first thought was, "Oh, _____...

I've never been ice fishing. I was invited once, but unfortunately (at least that's what I told my fishing friend), I couldn't make it. See, I was under the impression you just sat around in a shack on a frozen lake, staring at each other and drinking lots of beers...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Hunting and fishing licenses in Illinois can now be purchased for $1 – if you’re age 75 or older. It’s a new law recognizing the amounts these folks have paid in fees over the years, says Marc Miller, director of the Department of Natural Resources...