Backyard and Beyond: The ‘pre-spring’ season
Val Cunningham
March 30, 2026
Dick Dennie’s trail camera snapped two foxes “meeting in a wintery woods,” as he wrote, echoing the famous Robert Frost poem.
Pennsylvania
Wild turkey hunting’s great debate: How much calling is too much calling?
Mark Strand
March 29, 2026
How much to call and how loud to call is a question many turkey hunters face. It’s one of the most hotly-debated topics in the sport.
If you want to get a red-faced dose
Fish the ‘pocket’ water: Where overlooked runs hold big trout potential
Tori McCormick
March 28, 2026
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
Great memories made fishing, railroading on Pennsylvania’s Pine Creek in the 1970s
Vic Attardo
March 28, 2026
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
Making turkey sounds on various calls can help you tag more gobblers
Richard Tate
March 27, 2026
Expert turkey hunters like Tony Hudak of Noxen, Pa., insist that scouting is crucial for success when hunting spring gobblers. They also tell you that when hunting you need to set up in advantageous positions
Tyler Frantz: Pennsylvania’s Lebanon Valley College conducting hunter health study
Tyler Frantz
March 26, 2026
As a 41-year-old in relatively good health – and someone who still plays competitive soccer with men 20 years younger – I shouldn’t get gassed climbing a mountain.
However, I do recall sucking wind
Suspending jerkbaits are deadly in early spring, and for more than just bass
Jason Haberstroh
March 26, 2026
Across Pennsylvania and around the bassing world, suspending jerkbaits are widely celebrated as outstanding springtime producers.
During early spring, some days seemingly the only lure that garners any action is this kind that rests
Tom Venesky: Concern over appointment process for Pennsylvania Game, Fish & Boat commissioners
Tom Venesky
March 25, 2026
The appointment process for members of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Fish & Boat has the potential to, one day, be a disaster for hunters and anglers.
But it can all be avoided. The
Notes off a soiled cuff: Problem with the Pennsylvania’s fishing summary cover? And an amazing turnaround for the Little Juniata
Jeff Mulhollem
March 25, 2026
Because I’ve lived relatively near the Little Juniata my entire life, and because I fished the river coursing through Pennsylvania’s Blair and Huntingdon counties so many times over the years, I’ve long been aware of
