Tips & Features
Michigan Reader Stories: Father, son share emotional elk hunt that at one point didn’t seem possible
We started into the pines moving slowly through the deep snow. The bulls were already in the woods on the opposite side headed to bed down.
This stalk was different than any other I
Want to try Pennsylvania’s trout waters on the ice? Here’s how to do it
The snow slanted down hard, pushed ahead by what the weatherman would later say were 48-mph gusts.
If I had been home during such conditions, I’d never open the front door, but this was
A doe with a muzzleloader helps thin Ohio’s South Bass Island deer herd
Since I moved off Ohio’s South Bass Island, aka Put-in-Bay, after my retirement in 2011, I have watched as the island’s deer population jumped from a couple of family units to numbers approaching the limit
Minnesota foundation helps youth with life-threatening illnesses ‘just be kids’
Dan Oliver remembers.
He remembers that Lake of the Woods ice-fishing trip several years ago. One night, sitting at a lodge bar sipping an adult beverage with friends after a day on the hard
Jigging down for crappies and sunfish – video
Drop your jig a couple of feet below the ice and then hold the line and slowly drop the line and jig another 10 to 12 inches at a time to draw crappies and sunfish.
Jeff Frischkorn: Chasing the winter doldrums one fly at a time
Each whisk of wind that danced through the folds of whatever jacket I’ve worn this winter was met with the same uncharitable oath of condemnation. It was not always so.
Time was once I
Recipes for a successful shed-hunting season
The late-winter blues are officially upon us. Ice fishing is coming to a close, it’s the end of most hunting seasons for Pennsylvania residents and the rivers and lakes are a little too chilly for
Steve Carney: Simple often is best … but split screens are nice
Most ice anglers these days are “flasher” people while on the ice. We’ve spent countless hours learning the good and bad of using flashers to mark fish, and we’ve become mostly comfortable with their use.<br
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Panfish pandemonium on the horizon
Even though the game-fish bite is usually slowing, the panfish bite is heating up. For late-season walleyes, I suggest downsizing to the smallest spoon possible.
