September is dove hunting time. The initial outlook is that the dove numbers are up and there should be lots of shooting in just a couple of weeks. On Labor Day evening 2017, I accompanied good friend Luke Terstreip, Sr., to a freshly-cut silage field. Luke had done some scouting and we put out a…
I made the cast well beyond where I knew the submerged brush pile laid. The summer air was warm so I figured the bass would be suspended around the structure. The water depth was 12-feet and I was finding bass about 8-9 feet down. Because I wanted to cover as much water per cast as…
The text for this article will be shorter than most to make room for the photos I want you to see. The title says it all. Women and girls like to fish, too. Sometimes even more than their male counterparts. There are, however, keys to success to get and keep your gals excited about going…
We have been really hammering turkey hunting for the past few weeks and for good reason. I like my columns to be timely for the current season of the year. Well, there is another very popular season in full-swing right now: mushroom season. For some folks in our area, mushroom hunting/eating is more than…
The predominate color of both smallmouth and largemouth bass are varying shades of green. Depending upon water clarity and the depth at which they are living, these greens can range from pale or very vivid. All bass, however, do not share these color characteristics. Striped bass, white bass and hybrid bass all sport a…
Zeke Cernea and I had been planning this trip for some time. We were on a small city reservoir just outside Monroe City, Mo. This is a fantastic body of water with plenty of structure and plenty of big bass. We had a specific area of the lake we wanted to fish that night. There…
Rain is inevitable during spring turkey hunting. That can be especially frustrating if it rains on the few days you are able to hunt in the Show-Me State. If all you have is a weekend and it rains both days, you might think your season is over. That is not necessarily true. I have had…
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