Steve Pollick
A day on the range can pay dividends in the field
Author recently assisted shooters at a sight-in day.
Summer project: Ridding little pond of vegetative mess
Author takes back control of his little water hole.
Good old days of perch fishing might not be finished
Anglers reporting limits of "yellow gold” in Erie’s Western Basin.
Old-school drifting and casting in Lake Erie’s Western Basin
Erie’s walleye numbers, something like 116 million, are at or near all-time highs, and the basin’s famous – or infamous – mayfly hatch has not yet begun in earnest.
‘Crick-picking’ a fine way to spend an Ohio afternoon
Author rekindles memories of his youth by fishing small creeks, rivers.
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Hunting, fishing license buyers fund the outdoor cause in Ohio
Author suggests buying one is a wise investment in wildlife.
Setting the late-winter dining table for wildlife
Author pleasantly surprised by what he has found at his feeders.
At long last, a longbeard appears on the homestead
Blogger has been patiently waiting for gobbler at his Sandusky County place.
It takes you and me to introduce youth to the outdoors
Blogger shares on-the-water, in-the-woods bonding experience with grandkids.
Berry-picking a rite of passage
Parallels to patience in hunting learned, appreciated by blogger's grandsons.
Howard Marsh a true testament to wetland conservation
Toledo Metroparks restored 1,000 acres of Lake Erie coastland.
Sturgeon snagged above former Ballville dam is welcome news
If you tear it down they will come, to put a twist on a saying made popular by the Kevin Costner classic baseball film, “Field of Dreams.”
Be tick smart in the Ohio outdoors
Something – a biting insect for sure – had marched down my forearm and punched in a string of tiny bites. I never even noticed the minor “attack” until, overnight, a reddish-purplish blob about two inches long raised up on…
Clearing logjams from 'Froggy Bottom' all in a spring day’s work
A water-logged volleyball, a capped but empty old beer bottle, a couple beer and pop caps, assorted Styrofoam, a spent shotgun shell, and “tons” of twigs, sticks, branches, dead grass, heavy limbs and logs, soybean stubble and more – it…
Chance encounter with gobblers serves as a reminder
With opening day for turkeys coming soon, it's high time to start staking out hunting territory for the spring.
About This Blog
Steve Pollick, an Ohio Outdoor News columnist since the paper’s inception in 2005, and retired staff member of The Blade newspaper in Toledo and its outdoors editor since 1982. His bylined stories and columns also have appeared in local, regional, state, and national magazines for more than 40 years.
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