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Fly-fishing for carp on Pennsylvania’s lower Shenango River? It’s fantastic fun
A friend promised me that we could catch a multitude of fish by wading into the lower Shenango River, just below the concrete structure that holds back the water that creates Shenango River Lake.

How to keep an elderly sporting dog going well into the golden years
The hardest thing to deal with as a dog owner is how short their lives are. The puppy stage is a mixture of fun and frustration, but it doesn’t last long. Middle age is amazing,

Interested in Ohio’s fall steelhead fishing? Here are some of the state’s best access points
If you’re a steelhead fisherman, it’s never too early to start thinking about the fall runs up the northeast Ohio tributaries of Lake Erie.
These lake-run rainbow trout make their temporary homes in a

Mike Schoonveld: All lost fish are big ones: Prove me wrong!
I saw a friend’s Facebook post recently in which he was showing off his first ever Chinook salmon.
He said it weighed 16 pounds then explained he’d hooked another but it tangled in a

Summer scouting: Start laying the foundation for your best deer season ever
Archery season may be weeks away, but Minnesota expert Bob Borowiak is already gearing up to do some of the most important scouting he’ll do all season.
While most successful deer hunters recognize the

Simple and spunky, fishing for summer bluegills never gets old
As summer approaches, I am taken back to my time as a youth, and to my son’s time when he was a kid to the simpler times of fishing. These types of outings are still

Delaware River’s Pocono section great for bass in Pennsylvania
Just the day before I had picked up a flint arrowhead as I walked the edge of a cornfield along the Delaware River in the rain.
This day I latched onto an 18-inch smallmouth

Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is an untapped gem for smallmouth
Copper mining in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula ended decades ago but one hidden gem remains: a nearly untapped bronzeback (aka smallmouth) bass fishery that rivals the best the state has to offer.
The Keweenaw area

Bob Gwizdz: Big trout love streamers
Big fish eat little fish. It’s the way the world works, but I sometimes think anglers lose sight of it.
What brings this to mind is a float I made on Michigan’s Pere Marquette River