A mild spring evening, the glow of a Coleman lantern on the water, forked sticks on the bank holding up the rods and anglers waiting for bobbers to dip under the surface to indicate a bite. These are ...

A friend recently emailed me this note: “I caught something weird in a pond yesterday. It had whiskers, so I figured you’d know what it was. It was funky-looking and ultra slimy with big lips. The ...

You rarely miss a bullhead bite. They swim up and gulp down the worm. You use a long-shanked hook so you can remove it from those gut-hooked horned pout. You never release a gut hooked bullhead, but ...

It’s the annual spawning of bullheads. Anglers flock to the shores of local waterways during the late evening and nighttime, gathering at certain hot spots. These humble fish, an afterthought most of ...

You know it’s spring when the bullhead anglers start lining shorelines of Upstate New York lakes, rivers and streams with their lanterns and folding chairs during the late evening and nighttime. Some ...

The blustery days of March are still here – and snow is still everywhere – but these are ideal times for an angling activity that is great fun: bullhead fishing. Ugly late March days are perfect for ...

It was a mighty nice afternoon for early April. That 60-degree temperature built a Saturday morning itch that only a trip to Lake Erie would satisfy. So, I loaded up a couple of rods, some lunch, a ...