There’s a portion of the lower Allegheny River — found within a several mile stretch that spans two navigation dams — that often excels at producing quality-sized smallmo...
In fishing, as with many other aspects of life, it’s wise to take our victories whenever we can get them, regardless of their relative insignificance at the time.
That’s ...
Walleyes can bite short, particularly when the water is ice cold as it is in early spring. When fishing a classic jig and minnow presentation, this often results in misse...
As I write this, we are in the midst of a spate of mild weather with temperatures in the 50s.
Spring is on the way, though painstakingly slow perhaps. Now is a good time ...
The sound of the township snowplow clearing the nearby street on a recent stormy Sunday morning reinforced the accuracy of the snow event that had been forecast for the p...
This winter’s weather pattern has not been overly kind to the angler.
Enough ice to eliminate most open water options; not enough to provide much in the way of safe ice f...
Hydrographic maps reveal subsurface features with the potential to hold fish, the degree to which largely depends on the accuracy and detail of the map. While paper maps ...
It’s been well over 30 years since the braided “superlines” became available to anglers.
While the modern braided line has seen a host of refinements and modifications si...
As he delivered the thick walled, 7-foot cardboard tube to my doorstep, the UPS driver asked, good-naturedly, “just how many fishing poles do you need?”
I took no offense...
With holiday shopping deals filling up the email inbox, this seems a good time to review some of the tackle and tools that have proven themselves useful over the past yea...
