Though many good sized fish inhabit small lakes and streams, when that’s the case, the big dudes are usually few and far between. It’s also true fish sized from tiny minnows up to those just panfish sized can be caught in waters of any size. But big waters mean big fish. In the ocean that may mean…
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When I was a youngster, few things brought thoughts of wild lands and far off places into my head than hearing and seeing a Vee-shaped skein of Canada geese winging their way south in the fall or heading back to their summering area in the springtime. If I was lucky, I’d witness this majesty two or three times each year. Nowadays, seeing a Canada goose is almost as common as seeing robins in a yard or gulls along the lakefront…
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In rural parts of the South Shore area, it’s still possible to find a farmer or other owner of rural property who may have a safe area to shoot handguns, rifles or shotguns, but most people don’t have access to these. There are a small number of indoor ranges, suitable for firing handguns or small…
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Every year in late winter and early spring the words "the fish are in" spreads among the fishermen who love catching coho salmon in Lake Michigan. What "in" means is the fish are in the shallows, often a stone's throw from the beaches and breakwaters. The "in" also stands for IN or Indiana because it's along Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline the fish show up first and hang around the longest. Here's why…
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Great Lakes salmon and trout fishing started in Lake Michigan more than 50 years ago and Lake Michigan still offers the best fishing and widest variety of these fish of all the Great Lakes. No where on Lake Michigan offers a longer season for individuals wanting to catch their share of these gamesters than Northwest Indiana's small portion of water, at Lake Michigan's southern tip…
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