Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 20, 2025
Staff Report
February 20, 2025
Another frigid spell has ice fishermen sittin’ pretty. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report on Feb. 20, 2025.
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Backyard and Beyond: Winter favors the hardy – and the lucky
Val Cunningham
February 19, 2025
When Ray Pruss and his grandson, Archer, built a rugged statue and named it Stoneman, did they know that one day a red fox would stop by? Because a bobcat had been visiting the site,
A fun and effective approach to running and gunning for turkeys
Eric Morken
February 19, 2025
It was late May in 2022 when my daughter and I got positioned against a huge oak on a narrow tree line between crop fields for our last turkey hunt of the Minnesota season.
How do longbeards and geometry go together? The answer can help you bag gobblers
Steve Heiting
February 18, 2025
A long time ago when I was a clueless sophomore and maintaining passing grades in geometry was a daily struggle, I felt insulted when the teacher used the term “obtuse” while addressing our class.
Want to try Pennsylvania’s trout waters on the ice? Here’s how to do it
Vic Attardo
February 16, 2025
The snow slanted down hard, pushed ahead by what the weatherman would later say were 48-mph gusts.
If I had been home during such conditions, I’d never open the front door, but this was
Tom Venesky: Timing of new CWD cases in Pennsylvania poses risk
Tom Venesky
February 15, 2025
Years ago, as chronic wasting disease was starting to spread across south-central Pennsylvania and northward, I asked a biologist friend if he thought the disease would ever turn up where I live in Luzerne County.<br
Ben Moyer: Pennsylvania’s Under 7 mentor rule a beneficial filter
Ben Moyer
February 14, 2025
You can’t call it a controversy, and certainly not a conflict. But you could fairly consider it debate, in the best sense of the word, defined by Webster’s, as a noun: “a regulated discussion of
Notes off a soiled cuff: Federal protection of hellbenders could impact trout stocking in part of Pennsylvania
Jeff Mulhollem
February 14, 2025
In mid-December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. A population of the unique, huge salamander
Recipes for a successful shed-hunting season
Brent Hizny
February 13, 2025
The late-winter blues are officially upon us. Ice fishing is coming to a close, it’s the end of most hunting seasons for Pennsylvania residents and the rivers and lakes are a little too chilly for
