The opening of another trout season is upon us, and needless to say, a lot of us are talking about heading out trout “fishing.” So why don’t we say we are going trout “catching”? Well, for good reason, because there are times when we hit the water and end up with no fish caught; we
The month of March begins to usher in spring, and with that comes the high-flying flocks of geese that are a fairly common sight in Pennsylvania — and that’s especially true of the Canada Goose. Like a lot of other folks, I have seen a pretty good number of Canada geese going over, but on
With spring turkey season not far off, every time I head down the road, I’m checking nearby fields for feeding turkeys. I must say that I have been spotting a fair number of birds, and of the ones I’m seeing, a pretty good number of them have been sporting some good, long beards. According to
“The End Marks the Beginning,” and the title of this piece pretty well sums up what happens in March when it comes to our fishing seasons. Our ice fishing is coming to a close, and our trout fishing season is soon to get underway. Yes, some fishermen are still getting out on the ice as
I was talking to a buddy about ice fishing the other day, and he said he kept moving around on the lake, drilling over 30 holes trying to find some active fish. The fishing was generally poor until very late in the day when he finally began catching a decent number of fish. When he
How often have you been driving down the road and looked out the window and caught a glimpse of a big bird flying by, or you caught sight of a large bird perched in a tree? My first thought is whether that sighting was of a bald eagle; if not, what was it? A couple
