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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission wants blue catfish restored in Three Rivers system, nowhere else
Ultimately, the hope is to restore populations of largest of all North American catfish species to the Ohio, Monongahela and lower Allegheny rivers – the three waterways where blue catfish are considered native.
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Rainbows in the dark of night on the ice? Spooky, but fun
As the stars skid over the sky there is a tap on your line. The rod that seemed silent now shouts with a hard, reactive pull.

Ohio couple goes to great lengths to help inner city children learn to fish
Berea, Ohio — Dennis Knowles and his wife, Gail Grizzell, are lifetime anglers. Grizzell learned at her mother’s knee while Knowles forged his fishing skills under the tutelage of his Uncle Ulysses.

Northwest Wisconsin Fishing Report – January 16, 2023 – video
Lot of rain and lot of slush on the ice in this neck of the woods. So how’s that impacting the fishing?

5-year-old’s first time ice fishing always an adventure, even without a hot bite
On a recent afternoon, I was reminded young kids don’t have to catch fish to have fun ice fishing, as long as they have snacks and someone willing to build snow forts, throw snowballs at,

The six most common types of darkhouse spearers
Darkhouse spearing is one of winter’s most enjoyable activities. The silence, the darkness with just a green light glowing from a hole in the ice, and of course, the excitement of a big pike creeping

Bobber stops: an off-season DIY tackle project
If there’s one thing the Green Movement has right, it’s “reuse, reduce, recycle.” But in some ways, many anglers have been living by this slogan for decades.
Years ago, I discovered a great way

Smallmouth bass are an under-ice treasure
Even a smallmouth just a pound or two will bend a jigging stick in half and won’t give up after the first or second and sometimes third thumping run.
Their tenacity makes them plenty

Ohio anglers see some good bites before brief ice fishing window slams closed
Ohio anglers enjoyed a brief window of ice fishing during the last week and a half of December 2022 before warmer temperatures deteriorated ice conditions around the state.
Air temperatures in Central Ohio, for