Fishing: What to Know About Muskies
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By Scott Richardson, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 15--Al Nutty spends his days as a fishing guide on Kinkaid Lake in Southern Illinois.   The 2,750-acre reservoir offers walleye and smallmouth fishing that is improving. He's seen crappies that reach 2.5 to 3 pounds.
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By FROM STAFF REPORTS  Cold and snow, cold and snow! It's a perfect time to head to your local lake and participate in one of the many ice fishing derbies on tap over the next couple of weeks.  Here are a few offerings:  .
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By Will Elliott  Outdoor Life magazine editors report this month what Buffalo- area anglers have known for decades -- there's spectacular fishing in Western New York waters.
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By Bill Dyroff  Fish the Net   Re
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 21--hat's up with the northern pike feeding frenzy for the past several days? Northern pike, lots of them and big ones, too, are being caught up and down the Black and Mississippi rivers.
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This week's rundown of fishing reports from around the region: Area A: The northern waters have become more predictable. Stripers are appearing near shore, and tuna is present in Stellwagen Bank, from smaller footballs to 150-pounders. At around high tide, head to the rocks in Gloucester Harbor and you'll find good-size stripers feeding. As fall approaches, bluefish are going to ...
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Unlike hunting, I was not raised fishing. My family owned a set of hand-me-down rods from someone who might have fished at one point. The rods themselves are classics, but in hopeless condition. By todays standards, they are antiques. The body of the rod I prefer to use is laminated wood, and the guides are rusted and have a tendency to grab the line. At one point they may have been proud shining brass. The reel was a mess, and for the longest time the whole rig sat inside my parents shed. Fishing was something we did on weekends, in stocked ponds, for fish that never knew better. One day when helping my father clean things up, I stumbled across the old rod which no-one had used in a decade and got a crazy idea: I was going to take up fishing.
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By Al Jones, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 10--GULF OF MEXICO -- One of the beauties of living in South Mississippi lies deep within the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.   In terms of fishing, there's a little something for everyone regardless of the time of the year.
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By Randolph E. Schmid  SAN FRANCISCO  --  With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  May 31--GARRISON, Minn. -- Big Pine Lake looked unfriendly, unknown, unforgiving last weekend as I left the dock to fish for bass.   Strange.
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So many carp have died in a lake near Toronto that local public works officials have scheduled special pickup days for dead fish.  People living near Lake Scugog, an hour's drive north of Toronto, also would like to know what is killing the fish, the Toronto Star reported.
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By Bob Lamb | Tribune Outdoors Editor, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 1--Despite frigid temperatures, lots of anglers are expected on the ice this weekend. Four ice fishing contests are scheduled with a few others set within the next few weeks.
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The reason why sport fishing lures so many fishermen, I believe, is the wonderful feeling of anticipation that settles in your mind before making  the trip to the lake.  Most fishermen are born optimists and just thinking about the trip is a joy.
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By Scott Richardson  Jonn Graham doesn't wait for warm weather to chase smallmouth bass.  He fishes as long as the ice is off area rivers, including the Mackinaw and Vermilion.
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 11--Lake Onalaska continues to be the hot spot for panfish, although anglers are reporting success up and down the Mississippi and Black rivers.
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  SAN FRANCISCO - With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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By BOB RIEPENHOFF  Phelps  We were drifting our boat just outside a big rock bar on North Twin Lake, bouncing fathead minnows off the bottom, when the first walleye hit.  It was one of those sneaky, light hits that make you wonder whether the jig just bumped a rock.