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April 11, 2024

A trout pilgrimage to Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River” (Part 1)

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When I was a young newspaper reporter in Chicago with short vacations and little money, I used to drive to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to fish the Big Two-Hearted River, made famous by Ernest Hemingway’s story of the same name.
Growing up in Chicago near Hemingway’s birthplace in suburban Oak Park, I had read his short stories about Nick Adams, who fished and hunted in northern Michigan, as tales of a hometown boy whom I might know and could be.

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Ben Moyer: Quail release an uplifting development in Pennsylvania

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I count myself fortunate to have been invited to the March 19 release of wild bobwhite quail, trapped the previous day in Florida, onto the Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County, Pa.
It’s doubtful those quail felt as fortunate, at least initially. A stiff northwest wind bored down off the crest of Blue Mountain. Against those gusts, the mid-40s temperature that greeted the north-Florida bobwhites felt like the winter we never had, at least to the assembled humans.

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Will a mild winter mean more toms for Minnesota hunters this spring?

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Minnesota turkey hunters are welcoming the recent return of more spring-like weather as the season gets under way next week, on April 17.
The 2023 spring season stands proud with the second-highest harvest total in history. Nate Huck, Minnesota DNR resident game bird specialist, anticipates a potentially stronger season in 2024 thanks to the mild winter.

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Bob Gwizdz: The best time to go fishing is whenever you can

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We were fishing for Atlantic salmon, one of Jim Chamberlin’s favorite fish, on Michigan’s Torch Lake, one of his favorite fishing holes.
Atlantics, Chamberlin says, are “challenging, good fighting fish, extremely good to eat and they’re unique – Torch Lake is the only inland lake that has them.”
We were trolling, slowly, with shallow-diving Rapalas, 100 feet behind the planer boards in 15 to 50 feet of water, and rolling snake eyes. All the while, we could see the salmon – the water was so clear you see bottom 40 feet down.

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White bass run in Ohio may come a bit early this year

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While the white bass migration in Ohio peaks around mid-May, catchable numbers often linger to the end of the month. The timing and duration of the spawn is governed by the weather. No guarantee predicting exactly when.
Temperatures cold enough to interrupt spawning have been less prevalent in recent years. In early 2024, record setting warm temperatures made it look like spawning may begin earlier and end sooner than usual. It proved just the beginning of a rollercoaster and now only time will tell.

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Youth fishing derby returning to Perry County in Ohio this June

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On Saturday, June 15, one of the most fun days this side of a disappearing bobber will return to Perry County, Ohio, when the sixth annual Hooked on Fishing … Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) Youth Fishing Derby takes place at the Perry County Gun Club Lake. The lake is located at 4957 Township Road 149 New Lexington.

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