Al Hustosky was bitten by the fishing bug early, and his resulting angling affliction manifested itself in ways that no doubt raised a few eyebrows. A former resident of Lisbon and Salem, Hustosky resides today back in his childhood town of Maple Heights, where he first experienced the magic ...

Businessman and angler Dave Waikem is living proof that the key to success is listening, learning and delivering what the customer wants. Whether the “customer” is a car buyer, fishing tackle shopper or smallmouth bass, Waikem knows he will not win the sale by force-feeding them inferior ...

It’s over. It’s finally over. It might be 35 years overdue, but the wait for one of football’s greatest linebackers, Champion alumnus Randy Gradishar, has finally come to an end. The cynic in me wants to point out that if Gradishar were a Cowboy or a Steeler, he would have been ...

The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers suiting up for tonight’s Super Bowl have something in common with anglers that the casual observer might not realize. But Youngstown businessman Ed Muransky can see it clearly. He is a passionate angler who happens to own a Super Bowl XVIII ...

Intuition driven by the experience Bill Schrader of Canfield gained across the Great Lakes region prompted him to flip the switch last June to win the Muransky Companies Bass Classic, hosted by Aqua Ohio at Pine and Evans lakes. Schrader and teammate Eric Sevenich blew up the scales with ...

A defining moment in Rich Doyle’s fishing life came in 1962 when the Little League baseball team manager posted a roster that did not include his name. To cushion the disappointment, young Doyle’s dad took him to a local hardware store and bought him a fishing rod and reel. The father ...