I grew up fishing with my dad in Missouri which makes me anything but an objective judge. However, science has now declared that fishing is infinitely better in Missouri than it is in Illinois and the numbers don't lie.
Of all the hot topics, this might be the most contentious of them all. People in Wisconsin and Minnesota take their fishing pretty serious, but there's a new scientific ranking that proves once and for all that fishing in Wisconsin is way better than Minnesota.
Something is stealing fish at night along the Meramec River in Missouri and if you ask the campers and fishermen, they'll also tell you they're hearing things they simply cannot explain.
The internet loves declaring the best and worst of places and I prefer to focus on that first one. There is now a lake in Illinois that's been named the best in the state for a very specific type of tourist. Let's explore.