Game & Fish East

Every month in Game & Fish, you'll discover the best hotspots throughout your region for hunting and fishing. We'll also bring you your state's latest outdoor news, plus plenty of how-to tactics and special strategies designed to make you a more successful hunter and angler

TIME TO FISH

Game & Fish East

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MOON TIMES

COLD CALCULATIONS • HOW MUCH DOES TEMPERATURE AFFECT BULLET TRAJECTORY IN EXTREME COLD-WEATHER CONDITIONS?

GOING LIVE • TODAY’S SONAR IS CHANGING THE WAY WE FISH, BUT IS IT TOO HELPFUL?

PEDAL POWER • USE THE QUADS GOD GAVE YOU TO EXPAND YOUR HUNTING RANGE.

QUIETLY INFLUENTIAL • THE CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMEN’S FOUNDATION MIGHT BE THE NATION’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ADVOCATE FOR HUNTING, FISHING AND SHOOTING SPORTS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF.

MOMENTS OF TRUTH • A HUNT ON THE HISTORIC CUMBERLAND PLATEAU STRENGTHENS FAMILY TRADITIONS AND PRESSES ONE MAN TO FACE HIS DEEPEST FEARS.

AROUND THE EAST • A SAMPLING OF THE REGION’S BEST HUNTING AND FISHING OPPORTUNITIES THIS MONTH

POST-SEASON TUNE-UP • TAKE CARE OF YOUR SHOTGUN NOW SO IT’S READY TO GO NEXT SEASON.

GO AGAINST THE FLOW • UNORTHODOX TACTICS CAN PRODUCE BIGGER WINTER WALLEYES.

EARLY-SEASON OPPORTUNITIES • The region’s top flowages for tangling with big winter walleyes

BEST LAST HUNTS • DEER SEASON IS OVER AND TURKEY SEASON IS A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY. WHAT’S A DIEHARD HUNTER TO DO? GRAB A GUN AND HIT THE WOODS, OF COURSE.

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR OYSTERS • Oyster mushrooms are a delicacy of the winter woods.

HUNT THE HUNTERS • SHARPEN YOUR OWN HUNTING SKILLS BY MATCHING WITS WITH THE MOST CUNNING KILLERS IN THE WOODS.

BALANCING ACT • Removing a few predators from the landscape can have a positive impact on game populations.

WINTERTIME TROUT • GOT AN ITCH TO DO SOME TROUT FISHING? EMPLOY THESE TACTICS AND THERE’S NO REASON TO WAIT UNTIL SPRING.

WINTER TROUT WATERS • Whether iced-over or flowing free, these Eastern trout haunts produce right now.

SNOW DAYS • THE REGION’S TOP LOCATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR SPRINGTIME LIGHT-GOOSE ACTION

FAST & FURIOUS • TAKE A JET BOAT OR RAFT THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA’S WHITEWATER FOR RIP-ROARING SMALLMOUTH ACTION.

NEW RECOGNITION • Gorge section becomes 63rd national park.

PLAN B • Don’t overlook the nearby Gauley River.

WEST VIRGINIA WALLEYE • A unique strain is native to the New River.

SMALL WONDER • A SKEPTIC LEARNS TO APPRECIATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE .410-BORE SHOTGUN DURING A MINNESOTA TURKEY HUNT.

SUB-GAUGE TACTICS • Make a tom come searching.

GROUSE FOR TURKEYS • A trade that boosted Minnesota’s gobbler numbers

SILENCER CENTRAL BANISH BACKCOUNTRY • THIS COMPACT SUPPRESSOR IS PURPOSE-BUILT FOR HUNTERS.

TRIJICON ACCUPOINT • LOADED WITH PRACTICAL FEATURES, THIS SCOPE INCLUDES AN ILLUMINATED RETICLE THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE BATTERIES.

CLASS ACT • THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN ARGUE.

LAND A WINNER! • THE BEST ANGLERS DESERVE THE BEST BOATS. BAG AN AMAZING VALUE THIS YEAR WITH SMOKER CRAFT, STARCRAFT AND STARWELD - DESIGNED BY THE PROS AND BUILT FOR ANGLERS LIKE YOU SINCE 1903.