Tips & Features
Steve McComas: Here’s a celebration fish can appreciate
Ice on a lake doesn’t freeze all at once – it sputters and hesitates and then the edges stiffen. Whole-lake ice formation comes from the slow dance of rearranging water molecules.
Lake ice always
Avoid these common mistakes to fill your whitetail tag in the last few days of the archery season
If you’re looking to fill your buck tag before the archery season ends Dec. 31, you’re going to want to set up in a fresh stand, observe as much as you can, and then think
New fishing products – video
Some of the new products introduced earlier this month at the annual St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show.
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Time to drop a line again!
Some safety tips when going ice fishing: Go fishing with a friend who can help in an emergency; bring ice picks and wear a flotation suit; check the ice thickness as you go and follow
Steve Carney: Should we reuse arrows after they have been shot at an animal?
I’ll admit that I’m superstitious when it comes to reusing my arrows. Once released, whether it is a hit or miss on an animal, that arrow is considered retired. But that’s just me.
On
Waiting for ice in New York this winter? Take advantage of this transitional time period for anglers
Ice might be slow to form again this winter in New York, but why spend the time waiting for that special time of year indoors?! Get out and fish!
The last few years have
Best spots to find fish on early ice – video
Brian Brosdahl breaks down his go-to locations and areas that he likes to set up and search for fish during the early ice season. He also shares a few of his go-to presentations to put
Add some “wood specials” to your fly box this winter
I’d dropped by the Michigan home of famed anglers David Van Burgel and Kathy Scott for a minute. Those names should probably ring a bell with a lot of Michigan anglers.
For those to
For one deer hunter, this was a really poor stand location
There’s something special about sitting in a deer stand. It’s a front-row seat to nature’s wonders. At dawn, the wild world comes alive – songbirds sing, mallards hail, and pheasants crow.
Dusk, too, is
