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Vic Attardo: A few tips on taking full advantage of a good bite for bluegills
This year around Christmas, when a sudden frigid snap in Pennsylvania resulted in safe ice, feisty bluegills were most often caught. That’s typical of the first ice of the season. This season, the ‘gills seemed

Get the jump on cunning coyotes this winter
Once the deer seasons are over, I used to only focus my attention on hunting rabbits and ice fishing. That was until I tried hunting coyotes. Now, even though the other two still take up

Hooking grubs for crappies and sunfish – video
“Tackle” Terry Tuma suggests using a sharp hook into the beveled end of the grub, and when utilizing wax worms, try hooking the bait through the tip or the center for better movement.

Ben Moyer: A treasured (but illegal?) text alerting me to a buck’s location
Hopefully, in our age of instantaneous communication, all hunters understand it’s illegal to use a cellphone or electronic device as an aid in the taking of game. The pertinent regulation in Pennsylvania states this:

Steve Carney: Catching a thief, and some tasty fish soup
I was astonished when I filleted a 16-inch walleye and out poured nine minnow heads, which the fish had managed to pluck from my jigging spoon.
I finally caught the walleye on the 10th

Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: An Achilles heel in forward-facing sonar?
But there is one thing they all have in common: They do not show a fish lying on the bottom or barely off the bottom – fish that are working the bottom with their noses

Here are Ohio’s best winter steelhead bets
Drought conditions in 2024 hindered the start of the annual steelhead migration in Ohio. Anglers found fall-run fish staging along the Lake Erie shoreline more than they did moving upstream in the rivers.
The

Is your pup stressed? Learn to know the triggers
It’s by amazing coincidence that just about everyone who owns a hunting dog also happens to own the best dog on Earth. For many reasons, we are especially partial to our four-legged hunting buddies, but

Considering a hunt in Africa? Just go
My oldest son, Ira, called. “Hey Dad, I think you and Chris (his son) should go to Africa with me.”
Ira was the winning bidder for a ‘Plains Game’ safari donated to his local