
A diverse fishery awaits anglers on Iowa’s Big Creek Lake in Polk County
From crappies, bass, walleyes and muskies, plenty of quality options for anglers exist on Iowa’s Big Creek Lake in Polk County.

From crappies, bass, walleyes and muskies, plenty of quality options for anglers exist on Iowa’s Big Creek Lake in Polk County.

Attrition is expected with each class of cadets going through the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s Waterways Conservation Officers training program.
But in recent years, the number of cadets dropping out of the

Spring is officially in full swing. After a winter that seemed it would never end, it’s great to be back in a boat. For many of us in the Midwest, this time of year brings

Although it’s one of the Minnesota DNR-managed 10 large lakes, Lake Pepin likely doesn’t top the list for most walleye anglers as a primo destination for the May 13 fishing opener.
The southeastern Minnesota lake

Up north, anglers refer to vegetation as weeds or weedbeds. Down south, and increasingly across the bass belt, anglers generically call all weedbeds “grass.” So for fun, let’s talk tactics for chasing “bass in the

Let me begin by saying that Joan Wulff has never been able to teach me how to double-haul correctly. This was certainly not Joan’s fault. We all know that Joan is an excellent teacher and

Sure you’ve heard of Niagara Falls – as a romantic destination or a place for death wishers to tumble from within barrels over the massive falls.
But what you probably didn’t know is that

We are about 7-14 days away from ice-out here on the big lake. How the shore fishing bite has been going along the coulees and what to expect as we get closer to ice-out and

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has decided not to lease more than 160,000 acres of state forest land to the military as was requested by the Department of Military and Veteran Affairs for the
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