As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. In this case, it’s about both my time at the Tribune Chronicle and The Vindicator and my time in journalism as a whole, as Thursday marked my finale at the paper. I arrived in Warren back in 2021 with a reasonable idea of what to ...

It’s bladed jig season and the largemouth bass are chasing them on the lakes throughout the Youngstown-Warren area. Actually, every month seems to be right for my assortment of bladed jigs, popularly known as Chatterbaits — the brand name that has become synonymous with the lure genre. ...

Back a few years ago, my generation helped pioneer video technology that no doubt is paying huge dividends today on the fishing boats of hundreds of thousands of anglers. We were avid players of Pong, then Pacman and Space Invaders, and on to Super Mario Brothers and Tetris. My generation ...

Their smiles were particularly sunny, considering we met under a sky heavy with low-flying clouds. But fishing was in the air when I shook hands with Leo Wilkes and Eddie McNicol at 6:30 a.m. Sunday near the boat ramp at Kennedy Campground on the banks of the Ohio River in Newell, W.Va. I ...

Being in the heart of dirt track racing, asphalt tracks don’t see a lot of attention. This weekend Lorain County Speedway in Amherst will play host to the fastest short track asphalt cars on the planet — the IMSA Supermodifieds. It’s the first of only two appearances in Ohio for the ...

Mosquito Lake has been a hot topic on social media recently and not just because of the great catches of bass, crappies, catfish and walleyes. The fishing has been productive this spring. Anglers tallied more than 200 limits of largemouth bass during a major tournament on Mosquito in ...