Change. It’s inevitable. Nothing stays the same for long. Just when we are getting cozy with an idea, a place or a thing, along comes a change. That includes the lakes where we go fishing. From time to time, I think back to the days when Barb and I first ventured out to Mosquito, West ...

Every day as we advance toward May, the wetlands around our region’s lakes play a symphony of songs that enchant those of us who love our outdoors. Springtime music fills the air around Mosquito, Pymatuning, West Branch, Milton, Berlin and Shenango. Songbirds play the high notes, while ...

One of my fishing friends reels in a pretty penny organizing and promoting fishing adventures in exotic locations in Central and South America. His business serves people who scratch their itch for trophy catches of tuna, marlin, dorado, grouper and all manner of saltwater species aboard ...

Every day after ice out here in northeastern Ohio, a fresh corps of anglers pulls up to a launch ramp with a flood of emotions only a fishing person can understand. Whether we’re at Lake Erie or an inland reservoir, our arrival for our first launch of the season is accompanied by feelings ...

Spring is our reward for enduring winter, bringing us a new season of baseball, fair weather and big bass to the shallow water of our favorite lakes. April showers are in the forecast, the Cleveland Guardians are undefeated (as I write this) and the largemouths are swimming to the warming ...

Anglers live for noteworthy catches and rarely fail to celebrate and commemorate their successes. For as long as people have gone to the water with intentions of catching fish, the most and the biggest were measures of anglers’ skill and cunning. The ancients rejoiced at outstanding ...