As some of you already know, if you’ve been reading my columns from the beginning, my journey has taken me through different waters. While I was raised here, after college, I ventured off — first to ...

I distinctly remember the day I found myself sitting at the kitchen table, talking on the phone with my father about where to go to college. It was March of my senior year in high school and I had ...

A small water feature on the balcony or in the garden acts like a magnet—not just for the eyes, but also for insects, birds, and even fish. However, what seems simple requires more planning than one ...

This story was originally published in the June 1966 issue of Outdoor Life. During the 1950s and 60s, the author, Anthony A. Ciuffa absolutely hammered giant largemouth bass in small farm ponds across ...

I’ve got to admit it – I like fishing a lot, and it doesn’t really matter what kind. I like fishing in rivers and streams, in lakes of any size, in saltwater anywhere, but I do have a particular ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In a pond off the beaten path in Grand Rapids, hundreds of dead fish — carp, bluegill and bass — are piled up against a beaver dam. Bloated and belly side up, they rot in the ...

LUVERNE, MINN. – Nick Utrup sat with a team of biologists in the tall grass, straining to see through the ripples of a small, unnamed pond. An approaching rainstorm from the west, already over the red ...

The fire-hydrant fish pond in Bedford-Stuyvesant is still going strong despite threats from the city — and a plague of sticky-fingered passers-by who kept swiping the goldfish from their curbside home ...