Tips & Features
Putting together a game plan for early-season muskies
Some of the most fun I have on the water is fishing for early-season muskies. Not only does it feel good to chase the big predators after months of hard water, but fish are typically
5 quick ways to level-up your walleye jigs to hook more fish – video
Don’t get stuck throwing plain old ball head jigs with the rest of the crowd.
Young Ohio hunter has deer hunt of a lifetime
Fourth-grader Claira Wilson has been on quite the adventure in her young hunting career. While she had accompanied her parents, Chris and Carrie Wilson, afield many times, they couldn’t imagine what lay in store this
Spring river walleye-fishing tips – video
Advice for catching spring river walleyes, especially if you’re fishing the Upper Mississippi River.
For early-season fishing plans, consider ice-out timing
It’s extremely rare for there to be ice on any of the state’s lakes during a May opener, even in the extreme northern portions of Minnesota. Yet, there are still additional considerations when ice-out is
Ohio buck shot on 4-acre property in Auglaize County scores 196 4/8
Rick Place, of Sidney, says there isn’t much of a backstory to the massive buck he killed in the fall of 2022. It was more “right place at the right time.”
That right time
Try a laid-back approach to get on call-shy gobblers
The last couple of seasons, hunters have thought there was a curse on the wild gobblers. They just didn’t want to gobble! It has been frustrating and bewildering. Yet the Pennsylvania Game Commission assures us
Springtime is the right time for sunfish
Spring is a consistent time to find bluegills and other sunfish. No need for a fishing forecast when they gather in the shallows to spawn. The pre-spawn catch can be as good as those taken
Three hot hatches in Pennsylvania: These are the bugs to watch for in early May for trout anglers
Arriving at the stream, I take a moment to observe what’s going on. First I look for obvious rises, either those soft concentric circles that appear when a fish has daintily taken a bug on
