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Wide, dry, sage flats stretched across the steep hillsides surrounding me. When I stomped on the ground a small cloud of dust exploded around my boots...

PITTSBURGH — My conservation roots run deep. In my world, fishing isn’t about catching, stocking up on food or achieving some mastery over the environ...

Brian Minich captured first-place in the 2024 Kinzua Cup Walleye Tournament on Sunday. Minich’s five fish totaled 13.76 pounds. Four other anglers had...

The sun was high in the cloudless sky, beating down upon me without pity. It was so bright, I wondered briefly if my sunglasses were on; the bright, s...

When you spend hours, days, weeks fishing and making thousands of casts over many years, some strange things happen. Some seem unbelievable, but that ...

There is little doubt our favorite muskie lure on Buckhorn Lake, Ontario was the J-13 jointed Rapala. On darker days, the blue-backed color pattern wo...

A stop on a national kayak fishing tour will come to the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers on July 30-31. The Pennsylvania tournament is the eighth stop ...

Some of the things I really enjoy about retirement are very simple. Take, for example, the weather. Winter brings those bitter cold days when the wind...

Just recently, I invited a couple to my home for a fish dinner. They were excited to accept. They loved how I prepared fish and looked forward to comi...

St. Bernard’s Parish will hold its Good Friday Fish or Shrimp Fry from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Social Center, 95 E. Corydon St. Take outs, deliverie...

You don’t have to be crazy to be a fisherman, but it doesn’t hurt, especially if you’re a serious trout fisherman. With the weather finally beginning ...

A FOOL FOR YOU: There’s no question that April Fools’ Day is one of the most widely recognized non-religious holidays in the Western world. Although i...

The first day brings an avalanche of memories cascading down upon me. So many great days on the stream, so many wonderful people and varied weather an...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Ever-improving and more sophisticated technology, such as electronics and modern materials, are diminishing the fish populations in...

Writing weekly articles for two newspapers is a seemingly never- ending chore. You finish up one week’s editorials and immediately begin working on th...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) —Another big fish has been pulled from the waters of Western Pennsylvania, and it may be a state record. A 34-inch, 18.1-pound walley...

In the early years of this century, anglers, fishing guides and fisheries biologists were beginning to worry about the Susquehanna River, which had en...

Anyone who has fished for any length of time has had a bad day using old fishing line. Remembering that experience is like a painful blister; the frus...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Computed tomography, or CT scanning, which combines a series of X-ray images taken from different angles around an organism and uses...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, which stocks certain state waterways with millions of trout each year, is experimenting with stocking trout...