Choosing between rattle and flash spoons: Which one, and when?
Often, certain fish species can be attracted to a lure or presentation based simply on their biology and what they like to eat.
Often, certain fish species can be attracted to a lure or presentation based simply on their biology and what they like to eat.
All year, I gather new books in anticipation of writing this review. And then I cram reading them into one or two weeks in order to offer my take on a new crop of reading

New, hybrid zip-seal vacuum bags make is easy to reseal your wild fish and game.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the Dec. 7 Michigan Outdoor News.
Nationwide there has been a 16% decline in the turkey population and a 19% decline in turkey harvest, according to National Wild Turkey Federation Regional Biologist Ryan Boyer.
This fish, weighing just ounces shy of 48 pounds, beat the previous record, which had stood for more than 40 years. In the interim, very few salmon had even come close to the record.

With the fast onset of winter across north country, the ice-angling season has quickly arrived.

I find using scents for deer hunting can be a productive strategy for enticing a whitetail within bow range. But those scents must be used judiciously.

Deer living among the patchwork of farm fields and croplands are pressured more than their deep-woods, high-mountain-top living cousins.
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