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BROWN ISN‘T WORKING TODAY. Neither is white. Even orange on a green jighead isn’t getting bit. It’s a chilly sunny April day, and I’m out with Paula and Gordon in a Fletcher’s rowboat, bouncing tandem ...

Ice and snow may come and go, but spring is the promise nature never fails to fulfill. People who love to fish are biding their time in this “tweener” season as winter fights to maintain its frigid ...

Catch more jumbo perch with these top 5 ice fishing rigs. From tungsten jigs to tandem setups, these proven techniques will help you ice more perch this winter ...

I’M JACK KEENAN. CAN YOU TELL WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY GREG WAGNER. OH IT MAY BE COLD OUTSIDE, BUT NOW’S THE BEST TIME TO THINK AHEAD TO SOME SPRING TRIPS. WE’RE TALKING SURVEYS THAT SHOW ...

WEST FARGO – It was March 7 when my old friend and game warden Cory Erck called on a Friday afternoon. While I was working indoors at a sports show, he was out patrolling his district. After the usual ...

Scott Jordan and youngster Ethan Cole are pictured after a successful youth turkey hunt. The 2025 New York State Youth Turkey Hunt weekend ended this past Sunday. Photo courtesy of CRCS Outdoors ...

Late winter often produces the biggest perch of the entire ice fishing season. The 60-degree sun beat down on me like a death ray. The foot or so of softening ice I stood on acted like a mirror, ...

Pictured are the winning anglers in the “King of Spring” yellow perch contest at Cayuga Lake. From left to right are Craig Sleeman, Fischer Sleeman and Ethan Sleeman. The family fishing team took home ...

After the eight-hour drive, we started fishing about 3 p.m. Over the next six hours, we boated our 18-fish limit of walleye and a few jumbo perch that bit while trolling crawler harnesses. Monday ...