If you are reading this, you possess all the equipment you need to enjoy a rare and beautiful outdoor event. What you do not have is much time. The Perseid meteor shower peaked last Thursday night but continues, if somewhat diminished, for the next several nights.The Perseid shower happens ...
A few days ago, Kathy and I encountered a couple we are friends with at a restaurant in the mountains. While the women chatted about our respective grown kids, the husband and I talked outdoor stuff, mostly fishing. He related that a pond on their property holds some large bluegills, and that ...
I learned a lot by attending the Youghiogheny River Symposium held June 24th at Penn State鈥檚 Eberly Fayette Campus, including the need to pay more attention to smallmouth bass.Smallmouth bass, Fish and Boat Commission biologists reported, have made an impressive comeback in the Yough. When ...
I鈥檒l confess to prejudice 鈥� toward a fish. Like most anglers I鈥檝e heard鈥攁nd accepted 鈥� all the negative barbs cast at carp. 鈥淭rash fish.鈥� 鈥淢ud sucker.鈥� 鈥淧ond rat.鈥� And worse.And I鈥檝e chuckled at that oft repeated carp recipe: 鈥淭ack a nice carp to a board, season well, ...
When does a kid forget their first fish? Never.That truth is the driving motivation behind the Izaak Walton League of America, Uniontown Chapter鈥檚 Youth Fishing Day, which they have offered to area kids every June for, what, 50 years?None of the currently active 鈥淚kes鈥� members can recall ...
Aligning your schedule with another angler seems more difficult these days. So, generally, I fish alone, snatching an hour or an evening when I can. But lately I鈥檝e had a fishing companion on nearly every outing.This companion never calls or texts ahead; he, or she, just shows up when the ...
