Chauncey's Great Outdoors

On this week’s Chauncey’s Great Outdoors 11/2/2024 show, we should be getting a cal from Duane Landmeier a member of the Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail and state champion of the event. Then Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County with an activity report for November. It’s dry all over so Jeff Vasher from the Michigan DNR will talk about the high fire conditions throughout the Midwest and Michigan. Then the Aiden fishing report and more all for you!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors: we should be getting a call from Danny Cossich, from the Oswegoland Fishing Fools, a great fishing club for everyone. Then we were out placing fish cribs with Constellation, Clean Energy, Brett Nauman, Jeff Jenkins and Seth Love from the Illinois DNR at Braidwood Lake. Then Ryan Witacare, winner of the Big Lake Bass Tournament on Lake Michigan last weekend and a fantastic smallmouth fishing guide on Lake Michigan, will tell us how he did it! he can be reached at Chicagobassfishing.com We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 10-19-2024 show, I'm sure we're going to get a call from Jason Uldrych the coach for the Carl Sandburg fishing team and their fundraiser for the team fishing tournament next weekend. Then Wayne Libera from Water Werks Marine will tell us how to enjoy a color tour from your boat and what rivers and lakes are the best to see the colors. Followed by Joe Cochrane award winning taxidermist from Nature's Image Taxidermy in Lombard, Illinois and what you should do to take care of pheasant , duck or small mammal you want preserved. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors: we have a special call coming in from Brian Souza of Bizz Baits that great bass fishing bait company that moved to North Carolina from Illinois and was moved by the lost of damage to property and lives in western Carolina after hurricane HELENE and wanted to help these people and with the help of his employees, fisherman and anyone else that wants to help just listen to the interview and open your hearts and wallets. Then Steve Welch, a legendary crappie guide on Lake Shelbyville will tell us about the slabber crappies he is getting for the next month on the lake. Then Steve Sillic head of fisheries from the Forest Preserve Dist of Cook County with a list of all the lakes that are going to be stocked with rainbow trout and that season opens Oct 19. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 10-5-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony sitting on the Dock at Winthrop Harbor with a year end review because the boats are going in for a winter's nap, then Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve Dist of Cook County with a list of all the super fun things to do. Then Jim O'Neil from Midwest Outdoors who participated in a spear fishing tournament on Lake Geneva and what he saw there. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors, we have Capt. Tony sitting on the Dock at Winthrop Harbor with a Lake Michigan report, then Johnathan Spann from the DuPage County Friends of the NRA and their fundraiser to help support the many youth programs in the county and the youth trap shooting teams they help. Then Dennis Butz the owner of No BUTZ About IT Guide Service in the Green Bay WIsconsin Area and the hot fishing you can experience with him. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 9-21-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony sitting on the Dock at Winthrop Harbor with a Lake Michigan report, then Phil Guttman from the pro staff of Mercury Outboards and Vexus Boats will come on to talk about this weird early warm weather and how its effecting muskie fishing. Then Curtiss Twellman from I Hunt to talk about their program on learning more about hunting after you complete your hunter safety course and get in the field. Their program will take place on Sept 28 in Wauconda, Illinois at Deacons Golf Farm from Noon to 5 pm, register online. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors show, we have Capt. Tony sitting on the Dock at Winthrop Harbor with a Lake Michigan report, then Matt Becker and Spencer Shuffield AKA Team Brownie who won the MLF Team Event a couple of weeks ago with 300 lbs. of weighed bass on the championship day, WOW!! This should be a good interview. Then Capt Curtis Cecchil of the Fox Valley Outdoors guide service in northern Wisconsin will cover fall fishing in northern Wisconsin. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 9-7-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony is sitting on the Dock of the Winthrop Harbor because the waves are too high to go out with a Lake Michigan report, then Tim Mondl for the Cook County Forest Preserves to talk about the programs to enjoy in the early fall of the year. Then Don Kahl the Grassland Program Director who is responsible for the state's pheasant, quail, and rabbit populations. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 8-31-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony sitting on the Dock of the Winthrop Harbor with a Lake Michigan report, then Ethan Fields and Lane Stephens, two college students that just fished for McKendree College in southern Illinois at the Bassmaster College Championship. Then Sam Klimas the Illinois Waterfowl Project Specialist will be bringing us up to date of this year's resident goose hunting season that opens tomorrow and the rest of the waterfowl season. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 8-24-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony sitting on the Dock of the Harbor with a Lake Michigan report, then Big Fish Brooksy ( Brook Wheeler ) from Grand have will be coming on with his 39 inch just under 30 pound king salmon he took near Grand Haven and he holds over 80 Master Angler Awards for the State of Michigan. We round out with Taylor Finger the Wild Bird Ecologist for the State of Wisconsin about the duck populations for this fall. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 8-10-2024 show, we hope to hear from Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan report, then Art Mathews from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, after that we will have the winners Clint Marler and Phil Duracz of the inaugural South Shore Bass Tournament out of Hammond Marina and sponsored by the Horseshoe Casino right there. We will then have the Aiden fishing report and more!

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 8-3-2024 show, we are LIVE at Paul’s Pizza and Hot Dogs in Westchester Illinois and we will hear from Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report Ken Husker O’Malley a fishing fanatic and pro staffer, Wayne Libra From Water Werks Marine and Jim Crowley from Jim Crowley Outdoors. Mike Reynolds will be our cohost today and we will have a cast of thousands! Drinking coffee and telling fish stories.

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 7-27-2024 show, we'll have Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report calling in if he is close in, no cell towers 10 miles out. Then we will have Jayette Bolinski the Communications Director for the Illinois DNR to talk about my favorite place, Conservation World at the Illinois State Fair that’s coming up. Then Steve Welch from Lake Shelbyville Guide Service will come on to talk about the high numbers of crappie and white bass they are catching right now. We will then have more outdoor information and Aiden’s fishing report in the final segment of the show, and don’t forget the live remote of Chaucney’s Great Outdoors at Paul’s Pizza and Hot Dogs Aug 3 at 31st and Wolf Road

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 7-20-2024 show, we hope Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report calling in if he is close in, no cell towers 10 miles out. Then we will have Bret Davanaugh and his fishing partner Alex Bielfeldt from Reed Custer High School, who will be going to the Bassmaster National Championship at the beginning of August to compete against 350 other boats for the national title. Then Jim Templin owner of FishTech tackle store in Morton Grove and Kenosha and FishTech Guide Service will update us on the Salmon O Rama, and fishing on local waters in Wisconsin and Illinois. 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 7-13-2024 show, we have Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report calling in if he is close in, no cell towers out 10 miles out. Then Eilleen Rice, my favorite first grade school teacher from East Prairie School in Skokie with her fishing program for kids, did something we all need to remember. She took her Mother In Law who loves fishing but because of age and some physical limitations they were able with the help of Night Prowler Guide service take her out on a pontoon boat for a day of sun wind and fishing in Geneva. Just like the young kids we need to get the old kids out also. Then Ken Husker O’Malley will come on and talk about summer patterns we need to be switching to catch more fish. 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 7-6-2024 show, we have The Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report calling in, Then Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County talking about the cool things we all can do in the forest preserves. Then JC Fultz from the Illinois Fire Marshal's Office talks about grilling safety and more this holiday season. 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 6-29-2024 show, we have The Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan Report calling in, Then Doug Ide from Inland Guide Service in Wisconsin who specializes in Delevan and Geneva and all the species in them. After Doug we will hear from Violetta Talley, a great female angler who fishes local and regional tournaments, does seminars and more. But what has me excited is she was part of a two-person tournament with no electronics on a lake they never fished before. I’m looking forward to that cause it was like old school fishing. 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, we have The Capt. Tony with a Lake Michigan report calling in, Then Brian Roell the large carnivore specialist for the state of Michigan will come on and talk about the health of the gray wolf in Michigan and what is true about them and what has become miss reported about them. Then with all the heat that we have been going through, Allan Gray, a tournament director from Major League Fishing will come on and teach us how to properly care for fish in hot weather in your live well if you're in a tournament or recreationally fishing. 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