September 18, 2017

Columbus — The Ohio DNR will offer special archery deer hunts at seven locations, which border three of Ohio’s state scenic rivers, through local lottery drawings. The hunts will offer sportsmen a unique opportunity to explore seldom visited sites, while lessening the impact of deer browsing on native plant populations, according to ODNR. The Scenic

If you don’t have water, you can’t run a bait business, and about 10 years ago, Ron and Pam Bostic, of Taber’s Bait in Bemidji, were in trouble when their well malfunctioned. “The Thieles of Owatonna originally stayed at our cabins for their summer vacation and that’s how we got to know them,” Ron said. “Vince

Pittsburgh — Never were chubs and other rough fish so important to fly-fishermen. At the 2017 Youth World Fly-Fishing Championship held in Slovenia earlier this summer, teams of young anglers from all over the world flew in to compete. That included the U.S. youth fly-fishing team. Competitors fished specific waters, and specific portions, or “beats,”

Lansing — After a couple of disappointing years of fishing for chinook salmon along the Michigan shoreline of Lake Michigan, anglers are once again excited about the late-summer bonanza that these “king” salmon provide. While the final estimates of angler harvest and catch rates will not be available from Michigan DNR and other agencies until