According to Duane Chapman, a fish biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who specializes in carp studies, Darin Opel's catch is the largest on record by a recreational fisherman in the Western Hemisphere.
Bowfishing is exactly what it sounds like: Fishing with a bow and arrow. Anglers stand in a boat or on shore and take aim at the water.
Darin Opel has the North American record for largest bighead carp ever taken by a recreational angler, but he isn't confident he'll keep it for long.
Waterfowl hunters are encouraged to mark their calendars for upcoming waterfowl hunting blind site random drawings to be held at several public hunting areas in Illinois in the coming weeks.
Rising gas and ammunition prices apparently were factors in declining entries at the third annual U.S. Open Trapshooting Championship held over the weekend at the World Shooting & Recreational Complex.
St. John is one of the best places in the world to go snorkeling, but snorkeling gets little respect.
We've been stuffed with fresh blueberry pancakes and perfectly-crisped bacon, tempted with salads and pork in barbecue sauce and home-baked focaccia, sated with all the steamed lobster and corn-on-the-cob we can manage in a single sitting.
For decades, visitors willing to shell out a few extra dollars at Gettysburg National Military Park could be entertained - or bored - by an electric light display showing troop movements in that pivotal Civil War battle.
One ounce was all that kept Aaron Wehmeyer from a bigger payday Saturday at the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Illini Division Tournament on Rend Lake.
Sean Hoernke couldn't help but be confident on the final day of the FLW National Guard Open.
Darin Opel is allergic to fish. If he eats one or something that has been fried in the same grease, the reaction swells his throat shut.
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A grueling 75-mile relay race through the rolling countryside of deep Southern Illinois won't make many people's top 10 list of fun things to do on the weekend.
Tony Saunders stalked his prey for 35 miles by snowmobile through western Wyoming's Hoback Basin, finally reaching a clearing where he took out a .270-caliber rifle and shot the wolf twice from 30 yards away.
Hunting with his father on April 10, 13-year-old Jesse Tucker, of O'Fallon, shot a 5-bearded tom that will end up with the second-highest score for an atypical Eastern wild turkey in Illinois state history.
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The flood waters are gradually receding, and recreation life at Carlyle Lake is quickly returning to normal.
