Tips & Features
Getting to the point of Michigan’s grouse and woodcock opener
I’ve been reflecting lately on how our great sporting traditions – participating in certain pastimes with particular individuals on specific days or dates – begin and endure. I have, and have had, plenty of them.
Bucket-list fish to target? Give me big bull bluegills every time!
For two consecutive editions recently, Ohio Outdoor News Editor Mike Moore crafted a “Sounding Board” question for selected readers basically querying them on their bucket list fishing trip destination.
Up swam “muskie” from one
Pay attention to sub-surface currents to put more walleyes in your boat
The looks were all the same: seven people wondering what the heck just happened.
After a 25-minute trolling pass with 11 fish caught, we were halfway through our return pass and had nothing, zip,
Belly boating for brookies: Get to those hard-to-access hotspots
Brook trout, Michigan’s state fish, often are associated with tiny, jump-across creeks. Angling means belly-crawling to their edges so you don’t spook them before dropping an earthworm or grasshopper into the often gin-clear water to
Low-water woes, and a ‘blue’ pike from Otter Tail County, Minnesota
The low-water woes continue as we slide into late September. This low-water issue is a factor for both fishing and for duck hunting.
I had a backwater area scoped out for the early duck
Pro Hunting Tip of the Week: Ducks keep flaring? Fix the problem
Many times, I’ve seen ducks come back to a field to feed, lock their wings as they see the decoys, and then flare hard at about 100 yards out. We’ll see hunters get up from
Despite hearing issues, the bond between these hunting partners one to be treasured
Grouse hunting is an art and the canvas is truly unique around every bend, up every knoll, and beside every stream.
This outdoor adventure usually begins the second week of September in Michigan and
Best tactics for fall walleyes, part 2 – video
Joel Nelson, Tom Huynh, Dusty Minke, Donnie O’Bert, Brian Brosdahl, and Tom Neustrom share their top presentations for walleyes in fall.
Streamers and Pennsylvania trout stream comes to life for author
A natural trellis arches over this section of Cross Fork Creek, the latticework structurally formed by interlocking tree branches, mostly hemlocks but also white pine, sycamores and a few scrubby maples hardly worth mentioning.
