Home » Tips & Features
Tips & Features

Ohio angler Ab Reed marks 49 years competing on bass tour
The strength of any organization depends on a solid foundation. For the Perry County Anglers in Ohio, that foundation is anchored by a member who will be competing for the 49th consecutive year when the

Leech patterns may be the ticket after ice-out in Ohio
Do you use black jigs to mimic a leech? Should you use a leech pattern? Do you see leeches when you are out fishing, like you do crayfish, minnows, or shad? What is the deal?<br

Put deer first when searching for sheds at the end of tough winters
Altoona, Pa. — As winter begins to loosen its grip, and the days stretch a little longer – there’s a particular itch for many people to get outdoors. The days stretch a little longer, and

Making you a better open-water angler – video
Three key lessons ice fishing teaches us and how you can use those same insights to catch more fish during the early open-water season.

Steve Carney: Think ahead to open water; and concerns of low water levels
The ice fishing season has been long and productive in Minnesota, and I am spending most of my time preparing for the switch from ice to open water.
Three months on the ice was

Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Longer, warmer days mean slab crappies!
With longer and warmer days ahead, crappies will begin pushing into shallow basins and weed flats adjacent to spawning bays.

Two special tags lead to two huge bull elk for Pennsylvania hunters
Pennsylvania has three scheduled hunting seasons for elk each fall. With a second vote of commissioners in April, a fourth regular firearms season will be added in October. Almost all of the nearly 150 tags

The art of sitting still may be the most important skill in turkey hunting
Over the years, I have made every mistake in the book while pursuing wild turkeys, plus I invented several that nobody knew about.
Now that I’m an expert on all the ways you can

Trout have a fatal attraction for ‘fuzzy’ flies
Before the enjoyable madness of matching the hatch begins, a lot of trout – and I mean a lot of trout – fall to attractor flies. Venerable patterns such as the Wooly Bugger, Wooly Worm