A small village of shanties is spread out before us as we make our way across the ice. Despite a snowfall that is increasing in intensity and the fact that it is a weekday, there are a surprising ...

It's a Saturday night in early April in Milwaukee, with mild temperatures and a light south wind. As Lake Michigan laps gently against the sea wall on Jones Island, jetliners pass overhead on approach ...

Ocean waters have finally dipped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the magic minimum temperature that sustains great fishing. Sea herring have moved into warmer Long Island Sound, where striped bass and ...

MAKE no mistake, smelt fishing is not a frivolous pastime. You should see Art and Gus pull up in their truck near the mouth of the Ipswich River—they have driven some sixty-odd miles over the road — ...

There is an adage among smelt fishermen that the season doesn't start until tax day. Whether that has more to do with the need for therapy after writing the government another check or with the fact ...