With the fall migration in full swing, anglers forego sleep, chores and even work to chase their fleeing dreams
Anglers Journal Editor Bill Sisson reflects on the life and legacy of Capt. Al Anderson; a talented fisherman, writer, conservationist and prolific fish tagger, who tagged more than 60,000 fish, including more Atlantic bluefin tuna and striped bass than anyone.
It’s a little after 6 a.m., and the moon is still up as the Maria Mendonsa steams west with her brood of aluminum workboats and a skiff in tow. The destination is a floating fish trap.
Greg Myerson caught a big fish four years ago that literally changed his life. The fish was an 81.88-pound striped bass, which broke by 3 pounds the International Game Fish Association record that had stood for 29 years.
There are more than 50 bent, mangled treble hooks in the old Skippy peanut butter jar, artifacts from the early to mid-1980s, when surf fishermen on Block Island, Rhode Island, were regularly tying into huge striped bass.
With fall on the run, two longtime firefighters and surf fishermen finish the year chasing late stripers at Montauk Point
The fall migration lures legions of diehards into the suds, where they cast night and day for one last fish
Artist Nick Mayer reflects on a memorable largemouth he caught as a boy and kept alive in a sink for an afternoon.
Dawn Root is part of a small and vanishing tribe of fisherfolk who know how to bone shad...
John Ellis fishes hard, smart and often. During the season this sharpie is on the water four or five days a week, often alone and usually well before dawn, in search of live bait.
Former world-class skier Andy Mill chases tarpon with as much fire as he once did Olympic gold
We approached the charter boat just as the customers were saying their goodbyes to the captain and mate and dragging their coolers to their trucks. It was about 2 p.m. in the afternoon, and the temperature was in the low 90s.