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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We’re in the “tween” season for anglers, a period during which most fishing options become nearly impossible to exercise. This is not to say we are without opportunities to get out to the water (if not “on” the water), but the weather is too cold for many anglers and the ice is not ...

Sooner or later, life teaches us, we will experience a hiccup in the unprecedented run of years of fantastic Lake Erie walleye fishing. In fishing, as in baseball, basketball and football, we fans know we cannot win them all. Undefeated is as good as it gets, and nobody I know is undefeated. ...

Reflections look back to the good times that provide context for the opportunities that stretch out in front of us as the new year draws near. While many are chronicling the highlights of the past 12 months as a first history of 2024, my time of reflection is my initial look-see at the 12 ...