Fishing
Ohio Mixed Bag: Take precautions with fall burning
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Forestry urges Ohioans to take precautions and follow the state’s outdoor burning regulations if they plan to burn debris.
Major renovations to dam at Cowan Lake will impact Ohio outdoor users
One of the most popular lakes in southwest Ohio is facing some major changes. The changes will affect the many fishermen, bass tournaments, kayakers, and sailing clubs that call Cowan Lake their home waters. <br
Conservation director Gene Gilliland to retire from B.A.S.S.
Gene Gilliland will retire at the end of 2026 following a distinguished 12-year career as B.A.S.S. conservation director.
Gilliland has devoted 43 years of his professional life to bass fishing, fisheries management, and conservation.
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Pine Creek Rail Trail Named Trail of Year
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently recognized the Pine Creek Rail Trail – Lycoming and Tioga counties – as Pennsylvania’s 2026 Trail of the Year.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania hunter ed instructors aging out
Mark Kerr, a vice president for the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 114, which represents the game wardens and waterways conservation officers of the Pennsylvania Game and Fish & Boat commissions, gave a compelling presentation
K-9s become ambassadors for Ohio Division of Wildlife after program’s inception in 2018
They are more than mere well-behaved dogs. They are crime solvers, finders of the lost and injured, and ambassadors of good will for the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
They are the division’s “canine officers”
Metro Area Fishing Report – October 4, 2026 – video
Diving into fall patterns and some changing conditions.
Michigan’s Four Lakes fishery rebounds years after flooding
Nearly 1,500 fish representing 30 species, including a 27-inch walleye and an unexpected brown trout, were captured in a recent survey of Sanford Lake – early evidence that Michigan’s Four Lakes fishery is beginning to
Gretchen Steele: You don’t need a trophy to have a story to tell
We take photographs of it, measure it, weigh it, rate it and then publish it. That isn’t inherently wrong. Throughout the years I have admired many trophy deer, pretty fish and memorable harvests.
