Bill Smith, of Kingston, NY, has been coming up to the Salmon River for 15 years to fish for steelhead trout. He recently ...

New York State will again hold a free fishing weekend with the event set for Feb. 15-16. What this means is that if you're at least 16, you don't need a license to fish in any body of fresh water for ...

Thomas Jefferson is often credited with short, thought-provoking statement, “Knowledge is power.” Others have pointed to Sir Francis Bacon as the original wordsmith. Regardless, the phrase ...

Saginaw Bay was ranked as the fourth-best ice fishing spot in the U.S. by FishBooker, which looked at such things as location, fish species you can reel in and whether you'll land a trophy.

Recreational and commercial fishing in the Great Lakes region is a $7 billion industry. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie, my earliest outdoor memory is fishing with my dad ...

Fishing in Rhinelander, you’ll mainly get to target Walleye, Northern Pike, and plenty of Bluegill and other Panfish." Presque Isle Bay, Pennsylvania: "Visit this part of Lake Erie anytime from ...

The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...

I had been fishing elsewhere, always with a truly laughable lack of success, and the other childhood stories I had been told about the abysmal water quality in Lake Erie caused me some skepticism.

Columbus restaurants can't offer ocean views, but they can offer plenty of seafood. A fresh and steady supply has changed our meat-and-potatoes ways.

Signature Adventure: You have to bike at least a section of the Towpath, a 100-mile crushed-gravel trail that follows the Ohio and Erie ... Lake and spend your time on a boat, fishing for sockeye ...