"What is that?" a young angler asks inquisitively as he reels in a fish from the rain-swollen waters below Wheeler Dam in north Alabama. A light drizzle is falling on this early December day as the ...

Okay, here comes the best sauger-fishing tip you'll get from me for a while. Maybe the best fishing tip period. In the words of dearly departed Lewis Grizzard, "Lissen to me. I'm gonna hep ya now!" Do ...

The weather temperatures may be on the rise for this weekend, but don’t look for water in area lakes and rivers to warm to the occasion. Since colder weather, translated water, is good for sauger ...

TakasakiCol.jpg Saugers can be caught in many rivers and reservoirs across the Midwest. They are identified by the patches of darker scales on their sides and dots on the fins. (Photo: Ted Takasaki) ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — A cold, rainy day in January isn’t my usual idea of a good time to fish. But when I heard saugers were biting below Murray Dam at Little Rock recently, I grabbed an ultralight rod and ...

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LITTLE ROCK — A cold, rainy day in January isn’t my usual idea of a good time to fish. But when I heard saugers were biting below Murray Dam at Little Rock recently, I grabbed an ultralight rod and ...

Normal water surface temperatures at Barkley and Kentucky lakes for this time of year are in the mid- to upper 40s, which usually occurs in late December or early January. This year the water ...

It’s difficult trying to keep up with all the fishing, hunting and birding activities in the Coulee Region. Walleye and sauger fishing is improving below the locks and dams on the Mississippi River, ...