And the water quality and temperature – the lake has a maximum depth of 40 feet – allow some of the trout that survive the early-season fishing pressure to hold over. Reports of catching browns and rainbows on either side of the 20-inch mark are credible and fairly common.
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In the world of competition turkey calling and call-making, let’s just say it’s tough to keep up with the Joneses.
That was truer than ever this year as Dustin Jones of Beaver, Ohio, came home from the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) annual convention and sport show with two major awards, and his son, Ethan, returned with a calling championship.
Ed Terefencko didn’t make the trip this year to the National Wild Turkey Federation’s annual Convention and Sport Show.
Fortunately, he sent his turkey calls to the event. Terefencko, of Pottsville, Pa., walked off with a trio of prestigious honors in the NWTF’s annual call-making competition, solidifying his reputation as one of the top callmakers in the country.
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Bo Bartlebaugh won’t be competing in the Junior Division at next year’s National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Turkey Calling Championships. He’ll be 16 years old, and that division is for callers ages 11-15.
That’s probably just fine with a lot of youths: Bartlebaugh, of Armagh, Pa., continued his dominance last month by capturing his fourth straight Junior Division title.
Pennsylvania 15-year-old wins fourth NWTF calling title in junior division Read More »
For starters, it’s one of the smallest of the 11 Finger Lakes at 1,800 acres. Honeoye Lake is just slightly smaller, and nearby Canadice Lake is the smallest at a mere 649 acres.
But Hemlock’s uniqueness goes well beyond its size, or relative lack of it. Along with Canadice, it’s one of two Finger Lakes with virtually an undeveloped shoreline.
Hemlock Lake in New York isn’t your typical Finger Lake Read More »
Two of the three inductees this year into the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Grand National Calling Championships Hall of Fame are natives of New York.
One – Ernie Calandrelli – was part of the early days of the NWTF, barnstorming across the country with a longtime friend and fellow Hall of Famer (Paul Butski) to compete in calling competitions.
The other – Jim Pollard – is generally regarded as one of the finest turkey callers in history, with a competitive resume to support that label.
Two New Yorkers inducted into NWTF Hall of Fame Read More »
When my wife, Paula, and I left the Adirondacks in the late summer of 2013, it was a painful move in more ways that one.
Loading up our rented U-haul for a trio of Labor Day weekend trips back to the Pennsylvania-New York border made for an exhausting and backbreaking effort. But even before that, there was pain beyond leaving so many friends and the home and life we built in the North Country.
I sold my ice fishing equipment.
Steve Piatt: Good to be back on hard water in New York Read More »
It’s probably no surprise that Bear Lake is often overlooked as a quality angling destination in Chautauqua County.
After all, at the other end of the county is the massive (13,156-acre), hourglass-shaped Chautauqua Lake, known for its bass, walleye, muskellunge and panfish opportunities.
Bear Lake has big fish in an overlooked, small package in New York’s Chautauqua County Read More »
My deer-hunting history is one of forkhorns, 3-pointers and, after Pennsylvania implemented antler restrictions, a few basket-racked sixes and sevens, as well as antlerless whitetails and seasons with unfilled tags. Even my first big-woods Adirondack buck wasn’t big at all, a 5-point that didn’t top 100 pounds at a weigh-in at a local tavern.
I simply don’t harvest big bucks, and while I jokingly state that I only visit the taxidermist about once every 30 years, I did a little research and the math showed it’s actually 31 – for my first buck, a fine, symmetrical eight-point, and my biggest, a 136-inch 10-pointer.
Steve Piatt: An unexpected big buck for a hunter who doesn’t harvest big bucks Read More »
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