Tips & Features
Minnesota’s Pro Tip of the Week: Catfish can be tough to catch in July
July is typically a tough month to target both flathead and channel catfish. Both species are moving in and out of spawning, which usually results in less feeding activity and decreased movement of the fish.
Histories Forgotten: The 1870s saw the rise of the sportsman in Illinois
Before the 1870s, in Illinois, market men – men who hunted for profit – exercised free reign over state natural resources deemed wildlife.
Despite economic downturns and social upheavals, Illinois’ fertile fields, ample transportation systems,
Return to the river is a trip back to angling roots
Poets may say a brook babbles; writers will say a river murmurs. Those who truly understand the language of flowing waters know they whisper the voices of those who have gone before.
Driving many
Make your own fire-starters this camping season
Our parents taught us not to play with fire. But under the supervision of an adult, there is an activity you can do at home (preferably outside) or at the summer campsite that can involve
A look at what’s new and cool for this summer camping season
Canadian camper, photographer and web developer Dave McGrath has been pleasing New Yorker campers for years through one of his hobby websites: New York State Campsite Photos.
Camping attractions are many at New York’s Grass Point State Park
Visualize sitting around a campfire on the river bank, watching a golden sunset as fishing boats scurry for their docks and individual fishermen cast in the lengthening shadows from dockside. In the fading light a
Camping across New York: Adventures in and around Allegany State Park
New York offers some fine camping opportunities. From the Allegany Mountains in Allegany State Park, to the Catskills and Adirondacks, and countless other places around the state, there are wild places filled with freshwater streams,
Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area offers suburban hunting in New York’s Monroe County
Mention Braddock Bay to most sportsmen and women and their immediate thought is fishing, and with good reason. The major slice of Lake Ontario is a great departure point out into the big water, but
Christine Thomas: surveying birds at the little cabin
“Christine, The Ruffed Grouse Society wants me to run a field tour of different properties managed with a habitat goal.
