Chauncey's Great Outdoors

On this week’s show we're going to have Stephanie Isabella who first started fishing this year and went out ice fishing for the first time, and while in northern Lake County she hooked into a huge northern pike and brought it through the ice all by herself. We will then have a very good friend of the show Jim Crowley of Hook and Hunt TV and he will tell us about the late season goose hunting in Central Illinois and then Ice fishing in central Illinois which they don’t do too much of. We will then have in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On this week’s show we're going to have Mike Konrath Director of Sagawa Nordic Center in Lemont Illinois from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. He will tell us how will be able to enjoy some cross-country skiing and winter sports at Sagawa Nordic Center for the whole family. We will then have Lieutenant Martin Stone who is a Conservation Warden, also an off-highway vehicle administrator also in Wisconsin. We will talk about snowmobiling and the rules, regulations and safety concerns you should listen to.

We will then have in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On this week’s show we're going to have Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and we're going to talk about some fun things to do in the forest preserves including places to go snowmobiling and more. We will then have Adam Walton from Pike Pole Fishing a multi species guide service that guides open water and ice fishing. We will then have in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On this week’s show we're going to have Jeffery Spirek a high school student who decided to make his own hard baits, paint them, make molds and more all on his own and turn it into a business. You will love this one. Then Colleen Callahan the Director of the Illinois DNR will be coming on for the first time and not the last to talk about department and what they had to do to live with Covid and what they will be looking to do in the future. We'll then have in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On today’s show we are going to have Tommy Krysiak one of the three Muskie tiers that helped his friend Loui Gonzalez catch his first muskie on a yearlong quest and it comes thru the ice in lake county and its 52 inches what a first muskie and what a catch. Then Kyle Goddard from the Hoffman Estates Park District is going to talk about his ice fishing school every weekend and a tournament on Feb 7 in the morning before the super bowl. We'll then have in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On todays show we are going to have Tammy Miller from the IRAP Program for the State of Illinois which puts together private property owners and hunters, fishermen, and small game hunters together to allow them to enjoy the great outdoors. If you like hunting you may want to have your pen and paper ready for this interview. Then Mark Martins a professional walleye angler for open water and ice fishing will talk about ice fishing and his ice fishing school you can attend. Well then have in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On today’s show were going to have Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve Dist. of Cook County talking about the different programs they are going to offer in January that you can do with your family and friends on the trails and then some online programs that they have to get you outside and feel better about yourself. Then we will have Tony Boshold the master of ice fisherman and someone who also guides for ice fishing and teaches you how to enjoy it. Tony Boshold is a master Ice angler and has won several championship ice tournaments. We will then have, in our last segment of the show the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On today's show we are going to have Jill Perry the Manager of McCullom Lake Hunt Club just west of Hebron Illinois in northern Illinois. She took over the managing this club that has members and is open for non-members shoots. I’ve been hearing about all the good things that they are doing up there and look forward to talking to her. Then, we will have the new Executive Director of the Illinois Conservation Foundation Steve Ettinger and he will talk to us about some grants and other things are available to groups, organizations and even college scholarships from the foundation. That should catch the ear of a few parents listening. He will also tell us about all the programs they have helped in and what they have planned for the future. You can also make a donation, because they are not funded by the IDNR, they are a standalone 501 .c3 non-profit doing good for the outdoors and teaching the younger sports kids how to do it right. (ilconservation.org)

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from Phil Piscetllo good friend of the show and owner of the Borderline Guide Service about what gear you need to go ice fishing if its your first time and wanting to go out and try it. We are then going to talk to Capt Austin Adduci of Grab Your Fly Charters a fly fishing and river fishing charter for the Kankakee River and how you could be catching fish year round with him on the Kankakee River. Then have in our last segment of the show we will have the Aiden fishing report, some outdoor news and more fishing reports.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors we're going to talk to Saro Kevorkian, who is the newest holder of an Illinois state record fish. He caught a burbot and we will hear from him about the size and exactly what happened when he caught it. Then next Peter Schlichting, the Deer Project Manager for the state of Illinois, and we will talk about the great success many deer hunters had this year for firearm hunting and the general heath of the Illinois deer herd. In our final segment we will have my grandsons Aiden Fishing Report for West Michigan and other outdoor news and fishing reports.