Tips & Features
Steve Carney: What the fish are eating, and an unusual shallow bite continues
Every largemouth bass, walleye, and crappie I catch means a quick check inside their mouths as I look for clues regarding why they’re on a particular spot.
Sometimes there are blood leeches present in
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Take your time going after the monsters
Midsummer finds many anglers in hot pursuit of top-line predators such as pike and muskies that test their skills and savvy.
Rock reefs and large weedbeds are the structures of choice for this kind
Bob Gwizdz: Is bass fishing really getting better on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair?
Back in the spring, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources put out a story with photos entitled: “The good times are now: Smallmouth bass fishing has never been better in Lake St. Clair.”
The
Go crazy for this colorful sunfish — the pumpkinseed
You know how kids go crazy – nice crazy – when they catch a fish. Well, let them catch a pumpkinseed sunfish and that crazy will rival the Fourth of July fireworks we recently enjoyed.<br
These training tools will help you level up your retriever or pointer
Even though it happens every year, the speed in which summer comes and goes always seems to catch us by surprise. We are officially into the back half of this one, which means we’re inching
A little effort in the summer pays off later on the trapline
Every year it amazes me when trappers fail to prepare their traps and equipment before season.
These same trappers fail to prepare their traplines and gain permission to trap on various properties. Yet, they
Glenn Sapir: An enjoyable experience and incredible fishing from a party boat
I have fished out of a variety of watercraft, ranging from a two-man, front-to-back pontoon “bass boat” and kayaks, canoes and johnboats to high-powered bass boats and large, roomy pontoon boats, to six-pack charters, that
Ryan Rothstein: When it comes to hunting, and nature, it’s OK that we’re not as smart as we think we are
It’s October 18, and the forecast is calling for highs in the upper 60s – more than a dozen degrees above normal – while the wind is forecast to blow from the southeast at a
Tom Bahti: Know when to ‘lighten up’ a bit when it comes to hunting guns
We all remember when we were younger – in our 20s, 30s, and 40s. We were still panther quick and leather tough, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Unfortunately, age catches
