September 3, 2018

Grand Rapids, Minn. — Homefield advantage, indeed. First-day leaders Kobie Koenig and Alex Keranen, of Grand Rapids, added to their comfortable advantage on the second and final day to pull away and win the 2018 Minnesota Junior Bass Nation State Championship, Aug. 25-26 on Lake Pokegama in Grand Rapids. The duo, which led by nearly

Columbus — It’s no big secret that the hunting and shooting sports are losing participants on a daily basis. There are myriad groups trying to do something to reverse this trend, including the National Wild Turkey Federation. The organization has hired Johana Dart to focus on recruitment, retention, and reactivation (R3) of hunters in Ohio.

Evart, Mich. — A party atmosphere prevailed when the Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association held its annual convention here Aug. 17-18. A steady procession of a variety of people strolled through the gate all looking happy and content. They flocked to the Osceola County Fairgrounds here to attend the trapping demonstrations at an attractively

Bradford, Pa. — A team of biologists from the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently surveyed the headwaters of East Branch Tunungwant Creek in McKean County. Although the main stem was designated Class A wild trout water back in the early 1990s, the tributaries that converge to create the stream have never been sampled. Until