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In Grand Rapids, after you've caught your fill of steelhead, you can switch rivers and chase big, aggressive smallmouth bass. Here's how.
The state plans to build a barrier to keep out the carp, but first it has to deal with the legacy of pollution at the ...
Seafood fans travel from all corners of Illinois just for their famous smoked shrimp. It’s a place that honors tradition by keeping things exactly the same year after year. In a world of constant ...
Where: 3259 E 95th St, Chicago, IL 60617 You can’t miss Lawrence’s with its giant red shrimp sign pointing the way like a seafood lighthouse. This Chicago institution stays open late, making it ...
Only 40 miles separate voracious Asian carp from the Great Lakes. To stop them, Illinois must reckon with its legacy of coal ...
Want to catch a freshwater fish over 100 pounds? Learn where, when, and how to catch lake sturgeon in Wisconsin, Minnesota & ...
While bull sharks are not new visitors to freshwater habitats, their presence is increasing because of this human-related ...
Estuaries are key for wildlife such as wading birds, as breeding and nursery grounds for commercially important fish, and for storing carbon and ... and man-made barriers such as weirs and dams are ...
People collect mussels from the shore, but do they also exist in freshwater ecosystems? Just how many of these inconspicuous ...
Waverly Lake and Schuy-Rush Lake have been added to a list of bodies of water in Illinois with advisories about eating fish caught there ... of black crappie and freshwater drum; one meal ...
the fish could cause irreversible damage to the largest freshwater system on earth. After years of negotiating and planning, Michigan and Illinois officials reached an agreement with the U.S. Army ...
Here are the "fin"-alists for our prettiest fish contest. The tiger muskie is half pike, half muskie and all beauty. / Joe Shead Muskies, the undisputed kings of freshwater gamefish, are sharp ...