My love-hate relationship with Mosquito Lake dates back to 1977, the year I began to widen my fishing horizon to include waters beyond the reach of the casts I could make from the banks of creeks and ponds. That was the year wife Barb and I went on a Saturday to Southern Park Mall to buy ...

It finally happened on Sunday evening. Shedeur Sanders got his shot at playing in a real NFL game. Sanders entered in the second half of the Cleveland Browns’ 23-16 loss to the Baltimore Ravens after starting quarterback and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel was evaluated for a ...

One thing we anglers can count on is that change is inevitable for our lakes and rivers. The Berlin Reservoir of 45 years ago is considerably different from the Berlin of today. The same goes for Milton, Mosquito, West Branch, Pymatuning, Shenango and, well, you get the picture. Rivers ...

It’s a truth of human existence that when we put ourselves in harm’s way, bad things can happen. We don’t always get dinged, however, so we tend to dismiss the potential for danger in a trade-off for the fun and adventure that can be the reward when we step out of our comfort zones. ...

Anglers yearn for hot lures, high-tech electronics, sleek boats and the coordinates for the local honey holes, but the truth is they alone are not the real secrets to fishing success. Many people hit the lakes with 100 pounds of lures, thousands of dollars worth of sonar and GPS, 75-mph ...

There’s something to be said for the kind of enthusiasm that bubbles so exuberantly among youthful anglers. Lots of water has flowed over the dam since I could legitimately claim to be young, but I still love my fishing days as much as I did in years gone by. I readily admit, however, that ...