
For distance, go with a baitcaster
I was just fine with spinning reels. A 43-inch flathead catfish changed all of that seven years ago. That Scioto River flathead in Ohio fought differently from the blue catfish I had been catching in

I was just fine with spinning reels. A 43-inch flathead catfish changed all of that seven years ago. That Scioto River flathead in Ohio fought differently from the blue catfish I had been catching in

Fish pirates have largely vanished from the Fox and Wolf rivers in recent decades, but spawning sturgeon from the Winnebago system’s big lakes in east-central Wisconsin still need some watchdogs during their vulnerable journeys of

It was a classic turkey standoff. Dad and I had struck gobblers late in the morning – a pair of toms that climbed all over my calls. Our original setup was, I felt, a long

The Poconos Mountains in northeast Pennsylvania can be divided into two sections, the southern ridge and valley area and the elevated northern section.
This is important for anglers because mayflies and such zoom around

There have been several reports recently that claim the crappie fishing in many lakes and reservoirs is red-hot. So if you like crappie fishing, things are starting to heat up.
Crappies don’t actually spawn

In a nod to the increasing popularity of straight-walled cartridges for rifles in Ohio deer hunting, Andrew Mitchem put one to good use this past December.
On Dec. 1, 2022, Mitchem, of North Lewisburg

A look at the best and the worst of early-season hunts.

You’re going to need a gun, calls, camouflage clothing, and maybe a blind, decoys, a vest, and other incidentals. You don’t “need” all these items to kill a gobbler, but they’re good to have.

No one disagrees that conservation should be “science-based.”
That’s the most important reason the concept is included as one of the seven fundamental pillars of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
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