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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.

Ohio Trailblazers: Pay attention to the fish pattern to catch more steelhead
John Breedlove’s mother once told him that he was the most observant person she knew.
That type of personality helps when you’re a serious steelhead fisherman as Breedlove has become known in Ohio’s Mahoning

Michigan’s midwinter angling is made for panfish through the ice
With most lakes locked up tight this year, anglers can dial in some excellent panfish fishing on southwest Michigan lakes like Gull, Gun, and the Randall Lake chain, according to Michigan DNR fisheries biologist Brian

Catching smelt through the ice – video
A simple method for catching lots and lots of rainbow smelt to use for bait or even a meal.

New York Reader Stories: Teaching kids how to hunt is a father’s gift
“You’d better get up here! The deer are running stupid.”
If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard it a hundred times. From the third week in October till the first week in December, those

Glenn Sapir: Shed hunting an opportunity to “deer hunt” after official seasons have closed
In the fall and early winter, hunters are looking for deer wearing an impressive set of antlers. In the months that follow, an increasing number of outdoorsmen and women are looking for those same antlers

Tom Bahti: You can get well in a hurry on sharptails
It was my friend and writer Tom Davis who once told me: “When you’re hunting sharp-tailed grouse, you can get well in a hurry.” I’m not sure that he came up with that saying himself,