Chauncey's Great Outdoors

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors 2-10-2024 we will have Time Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and all the February programs for you to enjoy this month. Then Clyde Sarna owner of the Tinley Park Fishing Travel and Outdoor Expo that takes place next weekend Feb 16-18 at the Tinley Park Convention Center, will be one to talk about all the cool things happening at the sh...

On this week’s Chauncey's Great Outdoors, we will have Bob Haack from southern Illinois who harvested his deer in the first gun season of Illinois. But what he did after that is the story from tracking the deer, following the trail, to finding it went into the a pond, but as a true sportsman he did not stop until they got the deer out of the water and his brother said oh my look what we have here....

On this week’s show we will have Oliver Ngy a professional bass angler who will be doing seminars at the Chicagoland Fishing Travel and Outdoor show in Schaumburg and Tod Alberto the show producer for the show in Schaumburg, who has a whole boat load on information of what’s going on at the show, and you never know who is going to call in.

On today’s show we have Rick Battilini from Yellow Bird Fishing Products which is a full line lures and planer boards. Who will be at the Muskie Expo in St Charles today Saturday and Sunday this weekend. Then we will also have Brandon Palaniuk who will be at the Chicagoland Fishing Travel and Outdoor Show in Schaumburg on Thursday and Friday next week. Remember to stop by the Water Werks Marine bo...

On todays show we have Rick Stagowski from Daiwa, telling us about all the great free gifts you can qualify for with the purchase of a Daiwa Product at the Chicagoland Fishing Travel and Outdoor Show in two week in Schaumburg. Then Mike Verset the owner of the Muskie Expo that we will be at next weekend at the Kane County Fairgrounds, in St Charles, with lodges, new muskie gear, Water Werks Marine...

On today’s show (1-6-2024) Were at the beginning of all the outdoor shows coming to the Chicago Area like the Muskie Expo in St. Charles and The Chicagoland Fishing Travel and Outdoor Expo in Schaumburg. On today's show we have Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve of Cook County will talk about all the cool programs going on in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for January. Then Jim Lemke,...

On today’s show (12-30-2023) we have Mike Reynolds to talk about how you need to look at places to go deer and turkey hunting in Illinois in 2024 and how you have to do a little homework just to get it done. After Mike, Dan Hayes will be on to talk about your fishing gear and what you should be doing with it while your’re watching tv or out in the garage, so everything is ready when it warms up. T...

On today’s show we have, Steve Ettinger, from the Illinois Conservation Foundation telling us how we might be able to save our taxes with a end of the year donation to the outdoors and the Illinois Conservation Foundation, and then we will have Steve Silic the fisheries biologist from the Forest Preserve District of cook County about ice fishing when we get ice and trust me we will. Then we will h...

On today’s show (12-16-2023) we have, Capt. Ted Penrod from Penrod and Reel Guide Service to talk about steelhead fishing in the St. Joe River just over the border in Michigan in a heated river boat, I’m there!!!! Then ice fishing guide and educator Tony Boshold will be on to talk about getting ready when we have first ice. Then we will have the Aiden fishing report and more for you in the last se...

On today’s show we have, Officer Jacob Holsclaw, a Wisconsin Conservation Officer talking about ice safety, followed by Jim O'Neil from Midwest Outdoors giving us his tips on winter perch fishing off Chicago and more. Then we will have the Aiden fishing report and more for you in the last segment of the show along with fishing reports and more.

On today’s show we have, Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County and then Clay Finnie a 14 year old outdoorsman who was at the Directors Hunt for the Illinois Conservation Foundation Pheasant Hunt and the first time he worked over dogs in the field. If you don’t hear the excitement in his voice, then download the show from ESPN Chicago App and listen again. It's really cool. The...

On today’s show we have Pete Meier, a good friend of the show who was in Southern Illinois deer hunting with a bow for archery season and then a gun for firearm season, last weekend. Then Brian Griffin with a waterfowl report for geese and duck hunting in Southern Wisconsin and Illinois. Then we will have the Aiden fishing report and more for you in the last segment of the show.

On today’s show 11-18-2023, we have The winners of the Spring Valley Walleye Club Tournament Trail Champions Chris Clemmons and Bob Hausler who took first place in the final round on the Illinois River. Then Berklie Hayes, a very accomplished young woman angler, boat handler, hunter of waterfowl, turkey, deer, and more took her first deer with a box and boy is she excited. Then we will have the Ai...

On today’s show 11-11-2023 we have Phil Gutman with a report from the Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail Championship. Then Bruce Caruso from Perch America will talk about walleye stocking they are doing at Wolf Lake. Then Conservation Officer Capt. Mark Folden of the southern zone in Illinois will talk about our upcoming deer season. Then we will have the Aiden fishing report and more for you in th...

On today’s show we have Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to tell us about all the fun programs for people from 5 years old to 125 years old, going on this month in the Forest Preserve Dist. of Cook County. We then take a trip with Jason Johns of Boneyard fishing on Rend Lake and hear about the numerous full limits of 25 crappie each, with ten being over 10 inches and how...

On today’s show we have Troy Showerman the Resource Project Manager who I met at the ribbon cutting event at Powderhorn Lake that connects Powderhorn Lake, a marsh and Wolf Lake as it was 100 years ago. After Troy, Wayne Libera and I will talk about taking fall color trips from a boat down many waterways in Illinois and Michigan. Then Steve Ettenger the Executive Director from the Illinois Conserv...

On today’s show 10-21-2023, we have Jim Kopjo the Crappie Professor telling us about a small but lots of stuff fishing swap meet at the VFW hall 8844 S. Ogden Ave. in Brookfield, Illinois next week from 8 to 12. All money raised goes to programs for our vets in hospital and at home. Then Doug Ide from Guide Ide’s Fishing Guide Service in the Lake Geneva and Delavan area and many other lakes. Will...

On today's show we have Capt. Tony with his last report on lake Michigan for the year. The boat is going for a long winter's nap till April for coho. Then Tim Mondal will report on some cool programs in the Forest Preserves District of Cook County thru the month and next Saturday is opening day of Inland Trout Season in Illinois on 59 lakes. Steve Silic the Head of Fisheries for the Cook County Fo...

On today’s show we have Capt. Tony with a Lake Trout report on Lake Michigan. Then Matt Gunkel of So Il Sportfishing will talk about how we can enjoy open water fishing in Southern Illinois when our lakes up north are frozen and catch big stripers and muskie. Then a very good friend of the show Mike Norris, a fishing guide, educator and a smallmouth fishing guide you won’t believe on Big Green Lak...

On today’s show we have Capt. Tony with a Lake Trout report on Lake Michigan. Then Debra Sillic a naturalist from the Little Red School House Nature Center, where this weekend they are having the famous Art Fair and the nature center is open for the kids to have fun in also. Since Oct 1st is the opening of archery deer season in Illinois and other states, Mike Reynolds is coming on to talk about t...

On today’s show we have Capt. Tony with a salmon report on Lake Michigan and a report on his trip with Tom Palmisano, Kevin Irons and me this week. Then at the beginning of the week we were at Braidwood Lake with Brett Nauman of Constellation and Seth Love the fisheries biologist of the IDNR for the area. We were putting in 50 fish cribs to bring the total up to 1450 cribs that Constellation has b...

On today’s show we have Capt. Tony with a salmon report on Lake Michigan and a report on his trip with me this week. Then I went into the archives as I said and found the interview I did with Doctor Howard Tanner, the father of all salmon fishing in the great lakes. He turned a 100 last week and I wanted to let you hear the voice of a man who opened the outdoors for so many. Then Phil Guttman, a g...

On today’s show we have Capt. Tony with a salmon report on Lake Michigan. Then Gus Mantey of SUGs Fishing Guide.com who is a young guide in the Eagle River Wisconsin and other lakes will be coming on to talk about fall fishing in Northern Wisconsin, then Wade Louis a wildlife biologist from the Illinois DNR who is responsible for monitoring the upland birds, including doves which is what he will t...

On today’s show we have the Capt. Tony for Lake Michigan. Then Tim Mondl from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County is on to tell us so many things you can do with friends and family in the Forest Preserves. Then Tom Dvorak will be on from Fishing Has No Boundaries an organization that takes people fishing that you may have thought would never go fishing again and well hear how this voluntee...

Welcome to the latest episode of "Chauncey's Great Outdoors" podcast! Get ready for an informative and engaging show, featuring an incredible lineup of guests who are passionate about enhancing your outdoor experiences. Starting off, we have Capt. Tony providing an exclusive big fish report directly from Lake Michigan. Tune in for the latest updates on catches, thrilling fishing anecdotes, and the...