Fishing
Ohio DNR provides tips for staying safe on wintertime waterways in the state
“Ohio’s lakes and rivers are beautiful in every season, but cold water brings serious risks,” said ODNR Director Mary Mertz. “Wearing a life jacket and understanding the dangers of cold water can make all the
Mixed Bag: Penned deer kills Belmont County woman
A Stewartsville woman was killed Nov. 14 after being attacked by a deer kept on her family’s property, according to the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office.
Michigan’s Mark Sak heading into Fishing Hall of Fame
From growing up as a simple farm boy in Brown City, Mark Sak has fished and written his way to a spot on the wall of the national Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward,
Looking for some winter reading? These timeless American voices remind us why we still head afield
The woodstove hums, the Labrador snores, and the wind shakes a few stubborn oak leaves from their branches.
It’s that quiet stretch of the year when deer rifles are cased, ice augers are tuned,
PF&BC, volunteers collect steelhead for spawning
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently offered an inside look at how it keeps one of its most unique fisheries going strong year after year.
On Nov. 18, volunteers helped to collect hundreds
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Hanover Foods to pay for river pollution
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association have entered into a proposed Consent Decree with Hanover Foods Corporation to address
Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on possible merger of Pennsylvania fish and game agencies
When I first heard about the new study of ways the Game and Fish & Boat commissions should work together, immediately I thought of Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman and his comments about a merger
Ohio DNR’s Kendra Wecker appointed as chair of Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies panel
Kendra Wecker, chief of the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, was recently appointed as the chair of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Executive Committee. Chief Wecker was appointed for a one-year
Targeting bucketmouths through the ice? Think spoons
I learned this one in grade school: The fork says to the spoon, “Who was that ladle I saw you with last night?” The spoon replies, “That was no ladle, that was my knife.”
