Fishing Expo Seminars – Biggest Lineup EVER

Fishing Expo Seminars – Chicago’s best regional fishing seminar lineup. This year featuring the biggest lineup ever with three Fishing Hall of Fame speakers running expert demonstrations – offering fishing tips and showing fishing secrets. The ultimate fishing sessions – learn to fish at the show in our seminar rooms and on the HAWG Trough fishing seminar.

Chicago’s Fishing Show filled with  experts. Fishing expo seminars feature three Fishing Hall of Fame Inductees – Mike Norris,  Mike Mladenik and Jerry Costabile along with top area fishing guides. Catch our fishing show seminars and learn to catch bass, smallmouth bass, muskie, perch, trout, crappie, panfish, salmon, walleye and learn expert boating tips to put you on fish and keep you safe. Weekend passes $20 so you can hit a stack of seminars to improve your catch in 2026.

Learn fishing electronics and how to use them to find more fish and more action – book your tickets now for the Tinley Park Fishing, Travel & Outdoors Expo – get in on the great fishing around Chicago and the region. Regional fishing experts Johnny Wilkins (Chicago Fishing School), Kenneth O’Malley (Husker Outdoors) and more will teach you the best tackle and tips on catching more and larger fish around Chicagoland.

Lakes and regions covered in our sessions include Cook County, DuPage, Chicago Suburban Waters, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan lakes, rivers streams. This year’s fishing expo covers the most diverse group of waters ever. More Hall of Fame expertise, more expert fishing guides, expert biologists and even fly fishing is covered. Hit the fishing seminar rooms in the South Hall or the HAWG Trough demonstrations in the Main Hall.

Download a 2026 Fishing Expo Seminar Schedule, print it out and hit multiple sessions to improve your fishing this year.

Make every trip better – Let’s GO.