
Rock bass: big hitters, weak fighters, good eaters
Rock bass smash any bait tossed in front of them, but fight with all the ferocity of paper towels once hooked.
Still, one must admire this low-profile member of the sunfish family because it

Rock bass smash any bait tossed in front of them, but fight with all the ferocity of paper towels once hooked.
Still, one must admire this low-profile member of the sunfish family because it

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced this week that the water level of Meadow Lake near Greenfield in Adair County will be lowered 3 feet starting the week of June 26.
The goal

In all my fishing years, I’ve never met a youngster that turned down an opportunity to go panfishing. At the same time, I have never met a youngster that was not eager to collect a

Smallmouth bass isn’t a fish you expect to find among a collection of small lakes.
But Boss Lake in the Mautino State Fish and Wildlife Area is going against the grain. DNR’s 2022 survey

Restoration efforts are underway to help protect and expand northern sunfish, flying under the radar of other more prominent efforts to benefit classier species like Atlantic salmon and lake sturgeon.
However, the sunfish

I like to think of it as stealth fishing – tiptoeing quietly into skinny water in my kayak in search of bass and panfish.
Mine is a cruising kayak, a 14-foot Current Designs boat

The Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair will be held June 10 at Pere Marquette State Park near Grafton. The event, in its 34th year, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will

Before you leave for your all too brief Memorial Day vacation, grab one or two fishing rods from the basement or garage because this is your big chance to pull the kids away from their

Catch-and-release fishing can be a deep subject, really. We have come to accept catch and release as a norm of modern fishing, and it certainly has its valid place. But hard thinkers on natural resource
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