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Understand top walleye spots as summer advances from warm to hot
They say hindsight is crystal clear. That is, looking back on events that have occurred after the fact and then seeing the correct course or the right move. Then it’s always an easy, clear choice,

Pennsylvania reader stories: Winter morning pheasant hunt has healing quality
Of all the mornings to go out hunting in January, we had chosen one of the coldest.
My father and I arrived at a frozen parking lot in Royersford, at 7 a.m. My friend

Know your emergency contact possibilities when on the Great Lakes
I came out of a popular Lake Michigan harbor a few weeks ago and spotted a person in a boat a few hundred yards away waving a boat cushion.
“Something’s wrong,” I said to

Avoid these three mistakes puppy owners make with their retrievers
Early summer is prime time to pick up a new hunting pup. This gives owners plenty of time to train throughout the best months of the year, and if the timing works out, have their

Illinois DNR to host traditional blind drawings at state waterfowl hunting sites this July, August
The Illinois DNR announced that it will host “traditional” blind drawings at all state waterfowl hunting sites in July and August.
The question: Should the agency expect hunters to show up in throngs, which

Chris Hespen picked to manage Illinois DNR’s largest site at Pyramid State Park
Chris Hespen has built an impressive resume with DNR.
The Peotone native was recently named the site superintendent at Pyramid State Park. Hespen is just the fourth site super in Pyramid’s 55-year history, following Bob

Here’s how to find deep-water crappies
If you’re a dedicated crappie angler, this is when things get dicey.
With the water warming, corresponding with sunny weather, crappies in big lakes will be found deeper. It’s not easy finding crappies in

Here’s how to catch fish using Santee Cooper Rigs
Credit for the Santee Cooper Rig is given to K.C. Nelms, an angler from northeast Georgia. He often fished the Santee Cooper Lakes region of South Carolina in the 1980s. At first, I had no

Ned rigs: Tips and gear for success – video
Some A-plus information that will help you catch more fish this season using ned rigs.