ichthyology

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) reminds anglers that Mentored Youth Trout Day will happen on Saturday, March 30, 2024, b...

In Pennsylvania, March is known as trout stocking month. Because the annual trout opener is always in April, trout stocking is typically done 2 to 4 w...

I was in Rhode Island visiting my daughter. As I rolled out of bed the house was silent, everyone either at school or work. The wind whipped and moane...

I hope I’m not speaking too soon, but I believe spring will come early this year. As I look at the extended weather forecast for the next 30 days, mos...

Their victims seldom see death coming. One moment they’re happily swimming along, then a flash of motion and the crunch of spike-like teeth through th...

After wrestling all day Saturday in St. Marys, these young Bradford boys — Peyton, Isaiah, Isaac, Elijah and Maxson — hit the ice Sunday morning on Ki...

Women love shoes. Over the years there have been countless jokes about this and I‘ve seen large closets specially designed for, and filled, with styli...

Hunting season has wound down for the most part and it’s three long months until spring. With these thoughts in mind, it’s only natural to wonder how ...

During the last several years or more, the winters in northern Pennsylvania have not been what they used to be. Winter used to arrive in November and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — On Dec. 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act. “Nothing,” he said, “is more priceless and more w...

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, I tend to follow the news. The news out of China is often disturbing for so many reasons. I was taken aback — aghast, one mig...

Pat Goff of East Main Street in Bradford hauled this 44¾-inch northern pike out of Willow Bay on Wednesday. The monster weighed in at 23.49 pounds....

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Miguel Andujar hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the playoff-bound Miami Marlins 3-0...

Many waterways in Pennsylvania are devastated by acid mine drainage, a man-made legacy from coal mining that leaves some waterways devoid of aquatic a...

Over the years I’ve seen a great many things. Some are easily explained and others are not. For instance, in almost any human endeavor, certain indivi...

Devin Grice of Bradford captured this striking image of the full sturgeon moon using … wait for it … his cellphone. Grice snapped the image at 10:38 p...

Her stay was supposed to be temporary. Upon graduating from St. Bonaventure in 2015, Summer Sawaya was going to spend the summer in Key West, Florida,...

Life has its ups and downs. We all experience the good days and suffer through the bad. Fishing, not surprising, hasn’t been excluded from these reali...

The still waters glimmered slate gray in color as dawn slowly drained the darkness from the sky. It was just cool enough that a light jacket was neces...

Though I was very young in those days, I still remember traveling to our favorite summer vacation spots. Time moves slowly in those early years and th...