Fishing

By Chris Erwin The Department of Fish and Wildlife celebrates a free fishing weekend each year. On this weekend, anyone can fish Kentucky waters without fishing licenses the idea is to get more people into […]

By Chris Erwin How will our wild America live on? The question is not a hard one. However, in the age of video games and constant quick communication, the willingness to teach and receive the […]

BY (May 17, 2018) – Kentuckians cannot complain about a lack of rain this past spring. It seemed to rain every other day in March and April. It is a mild miracle the horses running […]

BY Lee McClellan FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 19, 2018) – This spring seems like one long continuation of late winter. As soon as we get a warm day, the temperature plunges and we are back in […]

BY Lee McClellan Two employees of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources recently used the department’s website at www.fw.ky.gov to glean information on catching saugeye. They used the 5-foot contour maps on the […]

BY Kevin Kelly If free fishing weekend was a homerun with your kiddos, you might be wondering about how to keep the momentum going throughout the summer. Take a cue from them: keep it fun. […]

BY Lee McClellan It is Kentucky Derby week, a fantastic time of year. Summer is around the corner and families start to go on summer vacations shortly. Taking your kids to catch some hand-sized bluegill […]

By Chris Erwin Last fall my boat sputtered and died right before I was to start my yearly fishing trip. If you follow this column, you know we toughed it out and still caught some […]

BY Lee McClellan The weather forecast calls for a redbud winter to hit this week. This old saying refers to cold snaps that occur in early April when the redbud trees bloom. The up and […]