Outdoors
Tying together memories, tidbits (blue-eyed freaks) and fishing from this emergence of periodical cicadas and the one in in 2007.
Three of four eggs hatched Thursday. The fourth egg was still being incubated and monitored by officials. The bird species is considered endangered in the Great Lakes region.
Another observation on the great year for coho fishing, a bush-trimming velvet buck in the suburbs and sandhill cranes on a famous Wisconsin golf course are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Kurt Marks adapted his metholds and caught a string of big carp from the Chicago River, a reminder that the big fish in the system remains the common carp.
Brennan Zimmy, 15, caught his PB largemouth bass and Macky Weathers, 7, caught a big northern pike while trolling for muskie to show the power of young people fishing.
Summer patterns, especially coho and perch, settling in and the start of the Kankakee River Fishing Derby on Friday lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
None of the four adults was injured in the accident, which happened about 1:45 p.m. Monday, according to officials.
Phil Grenchik landed a big walleye while trolling for steelhead last week.
A doe and fawn ambling through the northwest suburbs and signs of a big-coho year on Lake Michigan are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Kelly MacDonald utilizes a broad spectrum approach to teaching and coaching the bass fishing team at Prairie Ridge High School.
The museum’s first cicada bobblehead is a nod to the double brood emergence of the 13-year and 17-year cicadas in more than a dozen states, including both broods in Illinois.
A morning of very productive fishing for big fish with new site manager Justin Seibert at Hennepin and Hopper lakes allowed us to talk big fish there and fathers and sons.
Trying for perch with the reopening of perch fishing in Illinois’ Lake Michigan waters, signs of steelhead and hot (emphasis on hot) summer patterns lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Families turned out on the first day that Chicago Park District pools opened. Others had a splash at the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park. The city could reach 90 degrees for seven straight days, with very little cool down overnight.
Esta semana llega a Chicago la primera ola de calor de la temporada, abren 6 centros de enfriamiento
Esta semana de altas temperaturas, el Distrito de Parques de Chicago abre sus 77 albercas públicas para la temporada. La Municipalidad ofrece seis centros de enfriamiento donde las personas vulnerables al calor pueden buscar alivio.
John Mieszala’s 30-inch-plus walleye and Eugene NeSmith’s 27-inch walleye, both from Pistakee Lake, share Fish of the Week honors.
A week of high temperatures arrives as the Chicago Park District opens all 77 public pools for the season. The city is offering six cooling centers where those who could be vulnerable to the heat can seek relief.
Paul Vriend’s photograph of a lively fawn at Rosehill Cemetery and Todd Cook explaining cicada-imitating flies working on Salt Creek are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Brumby and Willum, a pair of 2-year-old male koalas, will be viewable to the public at 2 p.m. Tuesday — the first time koalas will inhabit Brookfield Zoo Chicago.