Great Outdoors Stories

The Great Outdoors: Big Hollow Lake

BURLINGTON, Iowa - KCRG-TV9’s John Campbell joined Drake DeLang and Chris King of Burlington at Big Hollow Lake for some late spring crappie fishing. Big Hollow is a relatively new body of water but it... Read More »

The 'Great Outdoors' - Turkey Hunt

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - John Campbell takes you into the "Great Outdoors" for a turkey hunt. After a scout trip that was not promising, John and his group of hunters enjoyed a good morning on the hunt. For... Read More »

'The Great Outdoors' - Spring Turkey Season

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - John Campbell takes you into the Great Outdoors with a pair of hunters near the end of spring turkey season. The two hunters found conditions to their liking - minus a tough sun -... Read More »

John Campbell's 'Great Outdoors' - 'The Two-fer'

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - John Campbell takes you to the "Great Outdoors," where he and a Sigourney angler took to the waters to do some fishing. What happened on that day is memorable, to say the least. John's... Read More »

Ice Fishing In 'The Great Outdoors'

WILLIAMS, Minn. — You’d hate to think that experiencing ambient air temperature of 40 degrees below zero would be the highlight of four days’ ice fishing in the “Walleye Capital of the World.” But for... Read More »

John Campbell's 'Great Outdoors': The Rabbit Hunt

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Dan Solomon’s beagles, who bark only when they smell a rabbit, bayed nonstop for four hours Sunday morning in the Cedar River badlands just southeast of town. Barreling at full cry... Read More »

John Campbell's 'Great Outdoors' - Ice Fishing

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Ice fishing will never replace open-water angling in my affections, but it will do until spring returns. Three of the biggest thrills of open-water angling — the detection of the... Read More »

'The Great Outdoors' With Ed Podolak

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - John Campbell caught up with legendary Hawkeye Eddie Podolak on his recent fishing trip to Upper Minnesota. Don't miss John's "Big Ol' Fish" every Monday on the KCRG-TV9 News at 6... Read More »

Great Fishing Day In Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - KCRG-TV9's outdoors guru Orlan Love reports on a beautiful day to flyfish in Eastern Iowa.... Read More »

The Eagle Has What?

Mississippi River-The bass fishing was OK on the Mississippi River south of Lansing earlier this week. Chuck Marshall, formerly of Independence, tied into nice some 3 pounders. At one of his hot... Read More »

The Quarterback's Bear

Iowa City-Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg has hunted deer and turkeys in Iowa but earlier this summer he had a chance to hunt bear in northern Canada and he got what he went for. Using a bow and... Read More »

Nation's Best Attacks Iowa River

Iowa City-On Saturday, Calvin Hassel of Grand Island, Nebraska showed why he is considered one of the top paddlers in the country. In the morning he teamed up with Kathy Brimeyer of Dubuque to win the... Read More »

Flatheads in the "Urban" Outdoors

Iowa City-Bill Liston loves fishing below the Burlington Street dam in Iowa City and the reason is simple, he catches fish. Sometimes the stripers are hitting. Sometimes the walleyes are biting. Right... Read More »

Takes, Takes on Belva Deer

Sigourney-Thad Takes of Independence and Jeff Kramer of Marion were throwing frogs and toads at Lake Belva Deer last week and the results were impressive. Lots of largemouth bass taking the bait. The... Read More »

The Patient Angler

Lake Macbride-Joe Boardman of Cedar Rapids has a favorite place to fish at Lake Macbride. We won't give away the site, but Joe is happy to sit there for hours watching his tips to see if anything hits... Read More »

the Brown Trout were Hitting

Allamakee County-Never say Tom Denney of Elgin and Roger Reed of Strawberry Point don't enjoy a challenge. Both are avid fly fishermen and recently they visited a river in northeast Iowa that is not... Read More »

Great Outdoors: Brush with Nature

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The spring Iowa turkey season opens Monday. Early this morning, KCRG-TV9 Sports Director John Campbell struck out in the woods to see if he could spot a gobbler. Watch the video... Read More »

Great Outdoors: Many Interesting Animals on Display at State Taxidermy Show

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- The recent Iowa State Taxidermy Association's annual show in Marshalltown featured many interesting displays. There were birds on wing, birds at rest, bobcats, and an abundance of... Read More »

Great Outdoors: Warm Spring Affects Fishing on the Mississippi

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Our unseasonably warm March weather affected many things in the Great Outdoors, including fishing on the Mississippi River. A recent trip to the Big Muddy proved the point. Watch... Read More »

Eastern Iowans Dominate State Duck Calling Championships

BURLINGTON, Iowa -- You knew you were in the right place the minute you stepped indoors. The lobby of the Catfish Bend Hotel in Burlington was loud and crowded last Saturday, with tons of vendors hawking... Read More »

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