What is typically is a month of furious crappie and bass fishing for southern Illinois’s largest lake got off to a slow start due to early April rains. Rend Lake officially crested at 413.67, only ...

My introduction to the eastern hellbender or mudpuppy came at an early age. I was about 14 years old when I first held one in my hand and it scared me half to death. As kids, we frequently fished the ...