Tips & Features
Catfishing on Ohio’s Seneca Lake with a pair of ‘pros’
When the young man walked up to the Ohio Outdoor News booth at the National Fishing Expo in Columbus last January, he gave away his identity as soon as he smiled.
All the years removed
Jeff Frischkorn: Reel Recovery organization offers help after cancer diagnosis
Words create worlds.
Or so says 20th-century Hebrew philosopher and theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Words can install fear, provide comfort, change a person’s attitude, enlighten and encourage, or shred confidence and leave permanent
Steve Carney: The sweet lakes of Minnesota’s Becker County
Fishing typically slows as we head into mid-July, and many of us struggle on our home lakes. Not much you can do under those circumstances other than start prospecting some new water.
I decided
Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Dog days of summer smallmouth
In the dog days of summer when many bodies of water seem to feel stagnant and water temperatures rise into the high 70-degree range, shallow fast-moving rivers can offer some of the best fishing in
Tyler Frantz: Bringing home a new bird dog an adventure in the making
Losing my first bird dog of 13 years was a long, slow burn of hurt. It took me two years to get over it. But where one chapter ends, a new one must begin, so
Fishing Has No Boundaries removes barriers for disabled anglers
When Tim Cronemiller was a youngster, he used to join his folks on trips to Minnesota’s Upper Red Lake to take advantage of the hot walleye bite the lake offered during the spring and fall.
Old school ‘bobsticking’ for deep-water Superior lake trout still works
Bobsticking is a low-tech, low-cost tactic that’s popular among many lake trout anglers on Lake Superior. It works great for catching lots of eater-sized fish as well as some trophies.
It’s an especially popular
If you own a new bird dog, be mindful of these three summer dangers
A lot of upland- and waterfowl-obsessed folks pick up their fresh four-legged recruits in spring or summer. This timing makes sense, especially when you consider that we face about five months of real winter every
Forgotten characters from America’s public lands history: Johnny Horizon
Everyone knows Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl, and maybe even Ranger Rick the raccoon, but there are other forest and forestry-related fictional characters that long ago fell by the wayside. Here we examine the life and
