Chauncey's Great Outdoors

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors, we have Capt.Tony with a Lake Michigan Report, Then Tim Mondl from the Cook County Forest Preserves will tell us all the cool programs for ages 5 to 105 to come out and have fun. Then Frank Sladek from the Urban Fisheries program with the Illinois DNR will be at Guaranteed Rate Field before the Sox game on Sunday June 9th from 9 to noon with all kinds of activities and hand outs and me!!! We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 6-1-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report, Brooke VanHandel the Assistant Deer and Elk Specialist for Wisconsin DNR. Then Violet Talley, a very very good angler and doing one heck of a job on the bass tournament scene will come on to talk about her latest tournament at Blarneys Bassmaster on the Chain O Lake in Illinois and how to change with the conditions even in mid tournament.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 5-25-2024 show, we have The Capt.Tony with Lake Michigan Report, Troy Showerman Project Manager for the Forest Preserve of Cook County and his 10 million dollar project with funds from the State of Illinois to improve so much in the Palos Forest Preserve areas. Then Ty Nielsen and Zack Widelski from Wheaton North High school won the IHSA Bass Fishing Championship against 73 other teams from across the State of Illinois at Carlyle Lake last weekend. We will then have more outdoor information in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 5-18-2024 show we are at our live remote on Braidwood Lake for the Fish for A Cure fishing tournament. We have Capt.Tony's Lake Michigan Report, then Logan Kap from Constellation will be there for the Cystic Fibrosis Charity, then Brett Nauman from Constellation who has worked on this event for many years will bring us up to date. We are trying to get over the $900,000 level of all funds raised for the charities in 23 years

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 5-11-2024 show, we have The Capt.Tony Lake Michigan Report, then Tim Darrey from the Coast Guard Aux about safe boating week and a whole lot more and how you can get involved with them, and rounding out our Mother’s Day Show Eileen Rice who I like to call “mom to the great outdoors” talking about her fishing program at east Prairie School in Skokie. We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 5-4-2024 show, we have the two winners from the IHSA Fishing Sectionals at Busse Lake, Seth Nebbler and Kasmir Andruchevich. Then Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County about all the cool things going on this month. Then Brett Naumann from Constellation will be on to talk about a charity fishing tournament called Constellation Fish for a Cure on Braidwood Lake in Braidwood Illinois, only one hour away from Chicago near Joliet on May 18th. This charity tournament has raised $836,000 with every penny going to charity and you could win part of $10,000 guaranteed by Constellation Power with fish place getting $4000.00 . You must sign up and be part of this great charity event that helps people. So send me a note to [email protected] for the registration forms and information.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show .

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-27-2024 show, we have Joe Kieserrwho owns Muskie Mob guide service who does guiding on the Chain O Lakes, Lake Geneva, and Green Bay. Then Capt. Tony of Diamond Ghost Charters has his boat in the water and he is spanking the salmon on Lake Michigan so wel will hear from him today.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-20-2024 show, we have Jim Chelsvig who took his 13 year old grandson turkey hunting for the first time and we'll talk with him about how that went. Then Jason Johns of Boneyard Outfitters and Guide service in southern Illinois around Rend Lake who has been sending me pictures of turkeys, crappie, cats, bass, and morels . I have to talk to him before I jump in the car and drive south.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-13-2024 show, we have Mike Lyons from SCI to talk about Safari Club International which really is a local conservation, scientific wildlife management, kids’ programs and supports the rights of hunters and fishermen. They are having their 52 Annual Banquet in Addison with lots of raffles, and outdoor stuff to win while supporting conservation, kid programs, scientific wildlife management and more. Get out your pen to write down the number to call or the web site to reserve your spot. Then it’s that time of the year, Mike Reynolds, my turkey hunting buddy, will talk about the first season in the northern zone which starts on Monday and more.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call it.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 4-6-2024 show, we are covering the opening of the inland trout season in Illinois especially the Cook County Forest Preserve with Steve Silic the fisheries biologist. Then Tim Mondl will be on for the monthly programs and activities you can do in the Cook County Forest Preserves in April.

We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and you never know who just might call in.