Welcome to another edition of Outdoors Today. It never fails to amaze this author how a bit of interesting observations can ...

Spring is making its presence known, and the warm sunny days are bringing out anglers. Maryland’s special youth trout fishing ...

Uematsu supports the part-time chefs by taking charge of procurement and preparation of ingredients behind the scenes. The ...

Division of Wildlife awarded 10,284 Fish Ohio pins to anglers who reeled in trophy fish in 2024. The Fish Ohio program celebrates anglers and their amazing catches of 26 species of fish. A qualifying ...

In contrast, the largest Great Lake ... emerald shiners and gizzard shad. The lake’s fisheries are vast and spectacular and are an enormous resource for fish-eating fowl. By far the most ...

The reality is, that couldn’t be further from the truth. If the lake or river system has large baitfish like gizzard shad, make no mistake that the big smallies are eating them just as much as they’re ...

For Puryear, that’s gizzard shad. The fresher and bloodier the chunk ... Shepherd says water clarity is a big factor, noting that in clear to lightly stained water, he’ll find more fish ...

These fish are produced and stored in Florida state hatcheries primarily for two reasons: as a gamefish and to control Gizzard Shad. Being hybrids ... to four and six pounds within three years. The ...

“For our first Tackle Tip Tuesday of 2025, we want to highlight an excellent opportunity to catch big catfish ... on dead and dying (winter kill) Gizzard Shad. Anglers should target flats ...

“There’s two species,” Rundle said. “There’s gizzard shad and threadhead. Threads in shad don’t get quite as big, but they’re the ones that are susceptible to a cold kill.” With the possibility of ...