September is coming to an end, and that means it’s the beginning of the spooky season. Halloween decorations have begun to pop up in neighborhoods, candy has flooded stores nationwide for a little bit now and people will start putting thought into what they want to dress up as for the ...

The timing couldn’t have been more frustrating. My most recent fishing trip followed a string of disappointing outings. The fishing over the past six weeks had been more puzzling than normal, resulting in days when one fish per hour seemed to be the best I could produce. Then came the ...

As our green woodlands fade to red, yellow and brown, anglers are reminded that the fish world also is transitioning. Fall colors bring flying footballs, playoff baseball (we hope) and favorite fish species perking up to longer and more aggressive feeding periods that enable them to store ...

Superstitions abound in many of the games people play, including the ancient art of fishing, which thanks to its long history has more than its fair share of myths and misbeliefs. “The fish bite better in the rain.” “Never take a banana on the boat.” “I’m wearing my lucky ...

Many years ago in a small town in northern Michigan, a 10-year-old boy on vacation with his family stood in awe in front of a sporting goods store’s shelves stacked with boxes of tantalizing slim-minnow lures. The family vacationed every summer in the same town, Indian River, between Burt ...

Chris DePaola and John Breedlove can talk for hours about their passion for steelhead fishing and the tactics they deploy in pursuit of the chrome treasures of Lake Erie. But they do not hesitate to boil it all down to one word when asked to sum up their expectations for the upcoming ...