by Sporting Classics Daily | May 5, 2020
Spring is here and so are the fish. Maine’s biologists offer 6 tips for success on the water this season. 1. Keep water temperature in mind. Cold temperatures mean the fish are still moving a bit slow, so your lure or bait should move slow as well. Take your...
by Doug Humphreys | May 1, 2020
A fishing knot does infinitely more than bind a fly or lure or bait to line, it binds a person to the idea of catching a fish. “It’s the tie that binds.” I wasn’t sure if he was making a statement to me or talking to himself. He slid the line...
by Michael Altizer | Apr 29, 2020
If you think fishing with your daughter is engrossing, try fishing with her new husband. If you are fortunate enough to have been blessed with a daughter, you eventually come to realize that someday, somewhere, some guy is going to come along who wants her for his...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Apr 29, 2020
Q&A with Minnesota DNR’s Ray Ruiz offers fishing tips for beginners and experienced anglers alike Anglers can find fantastic fishing opportunities all across Minnesota. Wherever you are, chances are there is a lake, river or stream nearby with fish that can be...
by Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. | Apr 27, 2020
If you want a delightful seafood dinner, and you can’t afford lobster, then say hello to my little friends. They are called by many names: crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, mudbugs, mountain lobsters and yabbies. They have more names than Carter’s has Little Liver Pills,...
by Rick Rosner | Apr 22, 2020
A Little Background Oncorhynchus mykis – aka Steelhead – are a unique form of rainbow trout. Born in high country freshwater, they experience a physiological transformation within a year that allows them to survive in the ocean. They spend most of their...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Apr 16, 2020
The walleye may be Nebraska’s most popular, albeit often hard-to-catch, game fish. It is known for not only having great-tasting fillets, but also for growing big and providing anglers a fishing challenge. Despite its reputation for being hard to catch, at certain...
by Larry Chesney | Apr 16, 2020
The success of striped bass in our freshwater reservoirs represents one of the great modern-day stories of nature’s ability to adapt. We got skunked that day, yet it remains one of my most vivid fishing memories. It was a warm spring morning in 1963. My dad had...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Apr 15, 2020
The New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife is excited to share that CHANJ (Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey) is featured in a new episode of the PBS show EcoSense for Living. CHANJ is an effort to make the New Jersey landscape and roadways more permeable for...
by Dr. T.C. Jennings | Apr 14, 2020
She would leave him soon, and for this reason she had insisted that he fish the opener without her, the only gift she wanted for their anniversary. The first day of trout season usually filled him with excitement. Even as a man he felt like a boy awaiting Christmas...
