by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 19, 2019
Have you ever been fishing Michigan waters and pulled in a fish with a missing fin or one with an external tag on it? Several fish species found around the state are marked in some way, and the details on the fish and the tags are important to several DNR studies and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 14, 2019
Trout fishing is a great Iowa tradition and the state’s Department of Natural Resources offers these tips to help you be a more successful trout angler. Iowa’s first fish hatchery was built in 1874 near Anamosa to raise trout. As interest in trout fishing grew and...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 10, 2019
Get out and explore northeast Iowa’s trout streams this fall. From easily accessible streams in state or county parks, to streams in Iowa’s most wild and remote natural spaces – there’s a perfect spot for everyone. Perfect for beginners Grannis Creek, Fayette...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 6, 2019
Congratulations to Sophie E. on setting a new catch-and-release record Gerrard rainbow trout! The 8-year old angler wrangled up the 36.5 inch monster while trolling flies on Idaho’s famous Lake Pend Oreille in early October 2019. Renowned fishing writer...
by Robert Sohrweide | Oct 27, 2019
My reel was hissing as line ran off it. My ten-weight fly rod was bent and shaking. My heart was beating rapidly as I felt the strong sockeye salmon fighting at the end of the line. That fish had hit my red wet fly eight feet in front of me in just over a foot of...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 24, 2019
An angler on Lake Vermilion caught and released Minnesota’s new state record muskellunge, a 57 ¼-inch fish that he called a “true giant.” The DNR certified the state catch-and-release record fish on Oct. 11. The 57 1/4-inch fish had a 25 1/2-inch girth with an...
by Michael M. DeWitt, Jr. | Oct 8, 2019
Before you go “popping the question” and asking for fishing permission, there are a few things you should know. Contrary to the small-town rumor mill, I did not enter into holy matrimony with my bride solely to gain access to her daddy’s prized fishing pond. But it is...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 1, 2019
The diverse Florida Indian River Lagoon is being poisoned by a booming human population. Last May, while visiting friends in Edgewater, Florida, I enjoyed a boat ride out to Mosquito Lagoon. My best old buddy in the world, Jim Carver, and his cousins Greg, Fred and...
by John Ross | Sep 25, 2019
Mention salmon and grouse in the same breath and hunting and fishing Scotland instantly comes to mind. Gentlemen in snap brim hats, Norfolk shooting jackets, plus fours and wellies to the knees, best gun poised with loader at the ready, their eyes searching the brow...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 15, 2019
Billy Vanderbilt (left) found the smallmouth bass biting on the Spring River when he was out recently with guide Mark Crawford of Spring River Flies and Guides. Billy used an olive Woolly Bugger to catch the smallmouth. Trout are often what is most talked about when...
