Tips & Features
Anglers rediscover vintage fishing gear
Taking a deep breath, I eyed the swirling river my grandfather introduced me to nearly 60 years ago. Shiners that I had trapped as he once taught me splashed in a bucket on shore. A
Murphy’s Law for sportsmen (or if you’re anything like me)
If you’re anything like me, it never fails that your perfect cast of the topwater plug to that big largemouth bass lurking just under the lily pad is smacked instead by a 6-inch pickerel.
Jeremiah Haas: It’s important to know how nature deals with heat
This summer has been one of the warmer and muggier summers that we have had in the past couple of years in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. While we tend not to
Colleen Foehrenbacher: Building conservationists beyond the classroom
Over the past few years I’ve listened to dozens of podcasts discussing concerns about the future of hunting, fishing, and shooting sports. Hunters today represent a smaller share of the population than they did a
C.B. Bylander: Fly fishing for crappies is a summer treat
Fishing stories rarely start with “I was reading a John Sanford novel in a lounge chair by the lake.”
But this one does. It does because that’s exactly what I was doing this spring
Struggling pheasants in Illinois have different preferences than state’s quail population
Two rooster ring-necked pheasants were going at it pretty good. After a short tussle they gave up on their mating-induced ritual and parted ways. I had been photographing pheasants at this site for several years,
Subtle differences can make all the difference when it comes to muskie lures
Water churned behind Nick’s topwater as it steadily plopped toward the boat. Suddenly, about 20 feet out, the big muskie that was trailing the bait spun off in a giant swirl and retreated back to
Glenn Sapir: Largemouths or smallmouths? Don’t make me choose
Largemouths or smallmouths – which would I rather go after? That’s like asking whether I’d like a vanilla or chocolate hot fudge sundae? They are both great, and I can’t go wrong with either. Which
Steve Sarley: By the end of our fishing day, Seelhoff was true teammate
In my last column, I was telling the tale about my initial entry into the world of tournament fishing. It was a PWT event on the Illinois River out of Spring Valley.
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