After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

It can be proper action stations when a big carp is hooked on rod and line gear, and I’m sure we’ve all got tales to tell down the years of an unseen monster snapping us up. Yet there’s no reason, ...

Ohio's free fishing weekend is June 14-15, allowing all Ohioans to fish public waters without a license. All fishing regulations, except licensing, remain in effect during the free fishing weekend.