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Sports Columns

Valentine’s, Daytona mean fishing is right around the corner

With Valentine’s Day in the rearview mirror and the Daytona 500 taking the green flag tomorrow, Northeast Ohio anglers are setting their sights on melting ice and springtime fishing. Our annual transition from the dead of winter to the promise of spring brings hope and optimism to anglers ...

HINER: To the NFL, just buy a massage table

If Roger Goodell had a nickel for everytime a Pro Bowler faced sexual harassment allegations from masseuses, he’d have two nickels. It’s not much, but it’s odd that it’s happened twice. On Thursday, Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker was the center of another massage-related ...

WOLLITZ: Fishing can be a lot like surfing the internet

People often tell me that fishing is a mystery to them because they have no clue where to start or what to look for. Fishing, I explain, is just another slice of life, plucked from the loaf of activities that define the human experience. That it happens on the water is part of what ...

Braided lines are an adjustment, but worth it

When it comes to choosing fishing lines and rigging, freshwater anglers have had it pretty easy for generations. We spooled up with whatever strength and diameter nylon monofilament we preferred, threaded the line through our rods’ guides, and tied on our lures and hooks. It was pretty ...

Safe for another Day

Back in November, I put out there that Ohio State football coach Ryan Day needed to beat Michigan to avoid the John Cooper comparisons. Well, that win over the Wolverines didn’t happen, and it set off alarms throughout the Buckeye state. Toward the end, I said there was only one way for ...

WOLLITZ: Biding time in winter till spring fishing returns

Let’s face it. Not everybody is cut from the same cloth. Just as some people like fishing and others do not, some people will walk out on a frozen lake, drill holes and sit for hours in sub-freezing weather jigging for whatever might happen to swim within range, while others question ...