Doug stange biography

Doug has been contributor to the In-‐Fisherman magazine since 1977, and a staff member since 1981.

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Have been writing about fishing since 1976.

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Those We Honor

Doug Stange is the Editor-‐in-‐Chief of many InterMedia Outdoors publications including In-‐Fisherman and Walleye In-‐Sider magazines; he also oversees the In-‐ Fisherman series of annual guides; Walleye, Bass, Catfish, Ice Fishing, Pike-‐Muskie, Panfish, and Gear Guides.

Doug has been contributor to the In-‐Fisherman magazine since 1977, and a staff member since 1981. Doug is one of North America’s most accomplished multi-‐ species anglers. In his tenure with In-‐Fisherman has written about almost every aspect of freshwater fishing.

Doug is also the host of In-‐Fisherman TV, one of the most watched programs in all outdoors for more than 30 years. The show format is a by-‐product of the widely popular In-‐Fisherman magazine, which focuses on the pursuit of everything that swims in freshwater and near-‐shore coastal waters.

Along being a TV host and Editor-‐in-‐Chief, Doug has found time to author/co-‐author numerous In-‐Fisherman series of books,

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A teacher, innovator and world-champion angler, Mick Thill didn’t really need any more validation of his fishing prowess.

Then again, when you’re elected to the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, you don’t just toss back the honor like an undersize perch, even when you’ve been known to butt heads with the fishing establishment.

“It was a pleasant surprise [and a] shock,” said Thill, of Skokie, who got word of his enshrinement last month. “Being inducted into the Hall of Fame means a lot to any sports-minded American.”

Using long rods and delicate tackle, Thill has been known to catch hundreds of fish in an hour.

“Mick is a fish-catching fool,” said Bob Long Jr., who runs a Chicago Park District program for children called Fish’N Kids. “He can catch fish in a sewer.”

Ralph Grasso, another prominent Chicago fisherman, nominated Thill, who became the 10th Illinoisan named a Legendary Angler by the

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Douglas Stange

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