Last Saturday, the college football world got it’s first look at the expanded 12-team playoff. The College Football Playoff ads were plastered all over television, YouTube channels and social media since the start of the football season. It was marketed as a chance to see more teams with ...

But for some twist in the road back around about the time John F. Kennedy was president, I might be writing today about a topic other than fishing. Indeed, something about fishing lit a fire in my soul when I was a youngster. I often reflect about my earliest fishing experiences, and I’ve ...

So, Ryan Day, you wanted to be the head coach of the Ohio State football team? With that title comes presssure, and for a number of successful coaches, today marked a dark day in their careers. The most notable on the Ohio State end of things was John Cooper. Yeah, he finished his time as the ...

Who doesn’t love getting struck by lightning? It’s happened to me many times while I cast my way around northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Bolts of lightning have lit up my days while fishing for bass, walleyes and crappies. And yet, I’m here today to write about lightning ...

Nothing says Thanksgiving like a bucket of crappies. Well, I exaggerate. Family gatherings, turkey dinners, Macy’s parade and NFL football are long-lived Thanksgiving traditions for most everybody in the Youngstown-Warren area. The anglers among us give thanks every autumn for the ...

People often ask what I like best about fishing. Though it may seem easy to respond that it’s reeling in a big one, the answer really isn’t so cut and dried. The best part of fishing? It depends. It depends on the lake. It depends on the season and the day. It depends on the weather, the ...