The question mark is for ice conditions or the existence of ice for this Wild Weekend Wandering around Chicago outdoors; the certainties are Tinley Park Fishing and Outdoor Show this weekend and hunting for shed antlers, at least the hunting part will be a certainty.

With Illinois fisheries chief Debbie Bruce and IDNR director Marc Miller back to back on Saturday, the Tinley Park Fishing and Outdoor Show keeps building a strong case as the top outdoor show around Chicago.

From spring coho beginning on southern Lake Michigan to extremely dangerous and variable ice conditions, there's a lot of seasonal notes for this Midwest Fishing Report.

It only seems apt to run the Stray Cast here.

Landscape photographer Robert Shaw discusses his latest book images in "Abraham Lincoln Traveled This Way: The America Lincoln Knew" this afternoon on "Outside."

I don't know if it the lack of winter weather or what, but it seems like shed hunting is underway in earnest around the Chicago area earlier than normal.

Mulling things on my morning ramble

with Storm, the family's mixed Lab.