For as long as I am able to go fishing, the charming song recited by a long-time fishing buddy will be rattling between my ears every time I am rigged up with a topwater frog for largemouth bass. Twenty years ago, Steve Zarbaugh cranked up his vocal chords to set the mood when he and I ...

My dad and I used to joke with one another, typically on an NFL sunday shortly after another Browns loss, that hopefully, one day, we would get to see our favorite team win a Super Bowl before we died. I used to smirk at the idea. “I’m so young. How could they not win before I die?” I ...

Politics and fishing are a lot alike. You can ignite an argument without even trying. Politics, water quality and even fishing are heading to a showdown later this month, and it seems as though the folks in Ohio’s statehouse may succeed in siphoning major bucks from the people and programs ...

We who fish endure heat and cold, rain and snow and whatever other weather arrives on the days we go to the lakes, with full knowledge that nature is not always in a benevolent mood. Saturday was one of her bad days. One hundred anglers and volunteers gathered at Aqua Ohio’s Evans and Pine ...

Twenty-six years ago this month, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers made their area debut. For a Niles native and a longtime Cleveland baseball fanatic, having an Indians minor league affiliate within two miles from home was a dream come true. Walking into what was then Cafaro Field for the first ...

The careers of 10 people pivotal in the growth of bass fishing in Ohio and the nation were celebrated Friday night during their induction into the Ohio Bass Fishing Hall of Fame. The Ohio Bass Fishing Hall of Fame seeks to preserve the legacy of bass fishing in the Buckeye State and honor ...