Welcome to the ChicagoFishingLinks.com Regional Fishing Reports page. This page will provide links to various outdoors related websites from some of the more popular Midwest fishing hot spots.
You can also check out Dale Bowman's Column in the
Chicago Sun-Times every Sunday and Thursday:
DaleBowman.com
Chicago Area
(Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southern Wisconsin)
Newspaper On-line Reports
Chicago Sun-Times Midwest Fishing Report by Dale Bowman
Message Boards
Telephonic/On-line Report
For the most popular Chicago area
24 hour a day fishing report, try
Henry's Sport and Bait Fishing Hotline. You can hear Henry's fishing report one of two ways:
On the home page of Henry's website:
http://www.henryssports.com
By Telephone:
(312) 225-FISH
For up-to-date fishing reports for Illinois, call the toll-free angling hotline 1-(800)ASK-FISH.
"The Outdoor Report" from the
DuPage County Forest Preserve District:
http://www.dupageforest.com/Outdoor Report/outdoorreport.html
Indiana
The Indiana DNR's fishing reports can be found at:
http://www.ai.org/serv/dnr_fishingreport
Also try "The Steelhead Site"
http://www.steelheadsite.com/reports/indiana/
Michigan
Michigan's DNR provides and in depth weekly fishing report by region:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364-34956--,00.html
Also try "The Steelhead Site"
http://www.steelheadsite.com/reports/indiana/
Minnesota
The North Shore report from the Minnesota DNR is updated a
couple of times a week.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/lakesuperior/report.html
Ohio
Ohio's DNR has fishing reports for Lake Erie and many other inland fisheries:
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/1newsite/Fishing/freport/freport.html
A Lake Erie fishing report is available 24 hours a day by calling toll-free 1-888 HOOK
FISH.
Wisconsin
For a statewide reports by County, try the Wisconsin DNR fishing report page at:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/news/or/