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March 28, 2026

Fish the ‘pocket’ water: Where overlooked runs hold big trout potential

Stream trout anglers are largely creatures of habit.
I say largely because there are exceptions to every rule. Still, the stream trout anglers I’ve fished with and learned from over the years adhere to a very strict angling script, with little or no coloring outside the lines.

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Great memories made fishing, railroading on Pennsylvania’s Pine Creek in the 1970s

Some of my favorite memories fishing in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York are along Pine Creek and the Genesee River in the 1970s using a now-defunct railroad to travel portions of these waters from Ansonia to Galeton and beyond.
The short line railroad was called the “Wellsville, Addison and Galeton,” giving it the amusing initials, “WAG,” painted on its limited number of freight and passenger cars and on three diesel engines.

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Kentucky project aimed at bigger bass makes key finding

Bigger bass that are more aggressive in chasing an angler’s plastic worm from one end of the lake to the other?
Roughly 96.2% of Illinois fishermen responded, “yes, sign me up!”
That, of course refers to a non-scientific poll about an intensely-scientific endeavor being taken on by biologists in a neighboring state. News flash: Kentucky researchers have reported the finding of genetic markers associated with “enhanced size in native largemouth bass.”

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Kristin Ojaniemi: Snowmobiles help access big fish in backwoods lakes

What I enjoy the most about ice fishing is how accessible it is, or so I thought. You don’t really need a ton of gear – a sled, auger, a bucket to double as seat and fish hauler at the end of the day, hole scoop, jigging rod and bait should do it. And if you’re really serious, a flasher.
This minimal setup works great if you’re fishing the same little lakes that you can drive up to and walk a hundred yards or less to the same fishing hole that typically produces panfish.

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Spring is a great time to target all Ohio’s Muskingum River has to offer

The Muskingum River watershed circulates the life blood of eastern Ohio, a massive 8,051 square miles, through all or part of 27 counties, the major cities of Akron, Mt. Vernon, Mansfield, Marietta, Newark, Canton, Zanesville, Cambridge, and Wooster.
The mainstem and namesake, the Muskingum River, accumulates of some of the finest rivers in Ohio.

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