Some farm ponds in my region have declined as reliable producers of bountiful and safe-to-eat fish during recent years. As almost everyone who reads Farm and Ranch Life knows, I am a passionate ...

If there’s one word (besides fun) I’ve come to associate with farm pond fishing over the years, it would have to be mysterious. Stripping a fly through an old country farm pond or an abandoned gravel ...

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 ...

A swath of land in the center of Lower Macungie Township could act as a bridge between old and new. At Kratzer Farm Park, a long-abandoned iron mine would become a fishing pond. An old potato patch, ...

DES MOINES - Spring offers some of the best fishing opportunities of all seasons as fish move close to shore preparing to spawn and are aggressively feeding and protecting their nests. Some of the ...

As my son Brad and I looked over the farm pond in the early morning, we saw dimpling rises in the weeds along the shoreline. That was all we needed to see to know there were fish working, so out came ...

After the winter, many people’s thoughts turn to getting outside and pursuing some of our favorite hobbies. For some, that includes getting their farm pond back in order for any number of recreational ...