Chauncey's Great Outdoors

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.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from Jim Crowley who has been out hunting ducks in LaCrosse Wisconsin. He will be talking about how to decoy them in and we will even hear about duck hunting in a layout blind on Lake Michigan, that’s right duck hunting on Lake Michigan …….. Then Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserver District of Cook County will be on to talk about the electronic programs and other fun things to do with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. 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 Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from first, a perch jerker, a man who spends a lot of time chasing as he calls them, “those tasty yellow bandits on Lake Michigan”, Mr Mark Kubal a science teacher by day and a master perch angler on weekends. Then Trevor McKenny, a 21 year old student from McKendree University in southern Illinois who we mentioned last week won the Bassmaster College Bracket Tournament and will be fishing the Bassmaster Classic this march at 21 yrs old. He will also be fishing the Elite series next year and his degree is in Elementary Ed and will be a first grade teacher. The world is going to be in a good place with people like Trevor.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors 11-21-2020 were going to hear from a couple of unique sportsmen. The first one Is Frank Giacomino 91 years young, who you may have seen in the papers holding a 3 .8-pound oyster mushroom he found. Frank at 91 years old is a sportsman who has all the get up and go of a man in his 40s. We’re going to talk about that mushroom he found, but were also going to talk about what interests

him and how he would take the streetcar to Montrose Harbor to go perch fishing with his dad as a kid, and then walk the neighborhood were, he grew up picking mushroom on the park ways and in the alleys of Chicago and more. I just love this guy, you have to hear the love he has for the outdoors in his voice. It’s a true Chicago Story and something you would hear around the campfire. Then Mark Kays from the Rend Lake area is going to tell us about one of his first jobs out of school was to be a laborer and help build Rend Lake. I mean from a creek to the 19,000 acre lake that it is today and the unbelievable crappie fishing we can experience at a little bit of heaven at exit 77 on Interstate 57, at enjoyrendlake.com

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors, we're going to hear from two well accomplished college anglers Nate Doty and Brian Bleser of McKendree University Fishing Team from Southern Illinois, the Bearcats! They won first place in the Illinois Bass Nation College Tournament and will tell us exactly how they did it. Then Brian Anderson the Tick Terminator will tell us about ticks and how we can find them well into late fall and even winter, while you are hunting this year. Then we will have in our last segment of the show, our outdoor news and fishing report, along with the ever-popular Aiden’s Fishing Report for West Michigan and more.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and what we can do right in our own backyard in the Forest Preserves of Cook County .Then Chris Taurisano of T Bone Guide Service about fishing for late fall muskie.

Then we’ will have in our last segment of the show, our outdoor news and fishing report, along with the ever-popular Aiden’s Fishing Report for West Michigan and more.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from Dan Skinnier he is the Illinois State Wildlife Program Mgr for deer turkey and squirrels. Then Chase Rockstead will be coming on who also caught the new lake record walleye at Shabbona Lake. How he did it and how hard he worked at reviving it. We’ll than have in our last segment of the show our outdoor news and fishing report along with the ever-popular Aiden’s Fishing Report for West Michigan and more.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from a couple of high school anglers from Minooka High School, Andrew Kay and Donnie Voitik, who won the Illinois Bass Fishing Coaches Association Tournament at Shabbona Lake. They will tell us how wild and windy it became, but they succeeded. Then Chase Rockstead will be coming on who also caught the new lake record walleye at Shabbona Lake. How he did it and how hard he worked at reviving it. We’ll than have in our last segment of the show our outdoor news and fishing report along with the ever-popular Aiden’s Fishing Report for West Michigan and more.

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from Jacob Hosclaw Recreation Warden for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to talk to us about some new rules for hunting, fishing and enjoying the great outdoors in Wisconsin. Then Mike McClelland Fisheries Chief for the Illinois Depart of Natural Resources will be coming on to talk to us about the fall inland trout program that begins today in Illinois. We will then have in the final segment, the ever-popular, Aiden Fishing Report, some outdoor news, and more all for you on Chauncey’s Great Outdoors .

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors were going to hear from Ed Eisch he is a fisheries biologist for Michigan who is working with 40 organizations and getting a huge amount of support from the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to reintroduce the artic grayling into some streams in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. The cool thing is they are native to Michigan. This will be an interesting conversation with Ed, Then the fall colors are popping out in Illinois, and Indiana but in full technicolor in Wisconsin. Sara Meany the Secretary of Tourism for Wisconsin will be coming on to talk about the many ways to enjoy the fall colors safely in Wisconsin. Through car trips, hike, boating and more. We will then have in the final segment, the ever-popular, Aiden Fishing Report, some outdoor news, and more all for you on Chauncey’s Great Outdoors