Spring calls winter-weary anglers out of hibernation in search of the patterns and clues that point to the early runs of striped bass.

A son surprises his fisherman father with a flight to Alaska, where the elder finds youthful reverie on the wild rivers and scenic bays of the last frontier.

The poet reflects on the life of a brook trout.

A healthy bluefin tuna on spinning gear can make even a buff young guy cry uncle

A poet recalls the images and sounds of a New England waterfront, where the cold, dark water signals deeper mysteries

The job of deckhands who happen to be women goes far beyond standing watches, unloading fish and mending nets.

Sometimes someone's old rod brings good luck; sometimes it unleashes a new set of problems

A monster catfish, the remittance for a $67 debt, is on the menu at a bizarre party in Texas. Fiction by Rick Bass

Contradictory worldviews collide along a river in Montana, where a guide wrestles with heady questions of conservation, ethics and hypocrisy.