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Mike Bleech: Try winter fishing on stocked trout lakes
Use these techniques to hook brown, brown and rainbow trout → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report, Dec. 13-15
Some regional lakes have begun to get thin ice skims. This will soon shut them off to fishing until we get safe ice. → Read More
Mike Bleech: Find binoculars to match your sighting goals
Using the right magnifier is key for many outdoor activities → Read More
Mike Bleech: Study provides the lowdown on big bucks
Deer-Forest Study provides information on where older and bigger bucks hide during firearms season. → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report, Nov. 29-Dec. 1
All Erie-area creeks hold steelhead, though they are spread throughout the creeks, at least as far as they go. → Read More
Mike Bleech: A few tips before deer season opens
By Mike Bleech / For the Erie Times-News Use these suggestions for better success afield All anyone really needs to hunt deer is a deer hunting license. Of course, the odds for success are pretty close to zero without a proper rifle and ammunition. This is not a look at which rifle is best or which cartridge is best. Countless nice deer have been harvested with .22 caliber rifles. Countless deer… → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report, Nov. 22-24
Lake trout fishing is hot in shallow water in the North East area. → Read More
Mike Bleech: Time is right for Lake Erie trout fishing
Conditions should be good for steelhead, brown trout and lake trout → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report: Nov. 1-3
Most of the better steelhead fishing has been in lower pools and at creek mouths. → Read More
Mike Bleech: Here's one way to slow down bears
Black bears can be a nuisance, but one thing can repel them → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report: Oct. 18-20
The rainy, cooler weather has helped to start the steelhead run. → Read More
Mike Bleech: It's time for PSA's Fall Run Banquet
By Mike Bleech / Contributing writer Event raises money to support steelhead fishery The Pennsylvania Steelhead Association will hold its annual Fall Run Banquet on Oct. 26 at the Colony Banquet Hall, at 3014 W. 12th St. Tickets can be purchased at Elk Creek Sports Store, Fish USA, Poor Richard's Bait & Tackle Shop, the Fly & Tackle Shop at Folly's End Campground, and from Pennsylvania… → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report: Oct. 11-13
Creeks are low and clear — making for tough steelhead fishing conditions — but panfish action is picking up in Presque Isle Bay. → Read More
Mike Bleech: Americans voice support for hunting, sport shooting
U.S. citizens approve of hunting, other outdoors activities → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report: Sept. 20-22
Walleye fishing is still going strong in Lake Erie, while steelhead have been moving closer to the creeks at night. → Read More
Mike Bleech: We are entering the time for big brown trout
Brown trout are starting to enter the Erie-area tributaries, along with steelhead. → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report: Sept. 6-8
Walleye fishing continues to be good in Lake Erie, while steelhead now are staging off the creek mouths. → Read More
Mike Bleech: Keep Tionesta Reservoir on your fishing radar
By Mike Bleech / Contributing writer Lake has good fishing for several species Tionesta Reservoir is not the best musky lake in the region. Nor the best smallmouth bass lake. Nor the best channel catfish lake. Nor the best yellow perch lake. Nor the best crappie lake. However, it does have pretty good fishing for all but walleye, which adds up to a very good fishing lake. Tionesta Lake, in… → Read More
Erie-area weekend fishing report: Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Largemouth bass fishing should be good now in most of the regional inland lakes. → Read More
Mike Bleech: The never-ending search for tackle storage
Columnist is on constant mission to store his gear more efficiently → Read More