
Tips for gathering live bait during Pennsylvania’s winter fishing season
We never know what type of weather winter is going to throw at us these days.
Some days it is cold and blustery, but others offer up sunshine and the hope of more favorable
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We never know what type of weather winter is going to throw at us these days.
Some days it is cold and blustery, but others offer up sunshine and the hope of more favorable

The idea to raise the minimum size limit for trout in Pennsylvania from 7 inches to 9 inches is a significant change, and a good one.
The proposal was discussed at the Pennsylvania Fish

Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced Tuesday morning, Jan. 13, that he had signed Secretary’s Order 3447, which will require that most public lands managed by Interior are open to hunting and fishing access

Ice fishing came early this winter to much of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier.
While open water persisted in the southern half of the state, hard-water fishing was in full swing from Crawford to Tioga to

When I started fishing for trout as a kid, around 1966, the minimum size for keeping trout was 6 inches. It stayed that way until the Pennsylvania Fish Commission increased the minimum length to 7

Talk about fishing in Erie County and lots of people probably imagine taking a charter on Lake Erie itself, or probing Presque Isle Bay, or targeting steelhead in the lake’s tributary streams.
Those are
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

The Wildlife Leadership Academy in Lock Haven is now accepting nominations for the 2026 residential Field School experiences to empower students 14 to 17 to become certified Conservation Ambassadors.
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