Well, the native fish folks are at it again, stirring the pot and doing weird stuff in public. They’re relentless like that—but in a good way. A week ago Friday I joined some of them in fishing for ...

Jimmy Fee with a bowfin that sucked up a fresh shad chunk. September is a funky month. It’s still kind of summer but also a little bit fall. It’s a transitional time, which means summer patterns for ...

The question of bowfin vs snakehead isn’t so much a matter of which is better—but of which is which. These long, snake-like fish are easily confused with one another. And that’s a problem, because ...

One reason why we love living in the Lowcountry is the wide variety of fish species that call this area home. A native species that doesn’t always seem to get the respect it deserves is the bowfin ...

Marshall University undergrad Lauren Noble had just started fishing on March 12 when she got a solid strike on her second cast of the afternoon. The fish put a deep bend in her plug rod and fought ...

Frank Hubert Jr. with the state-record bowfin he caught in December; Hubert caught the fish on a custom lure that his nephew made. Photos courtesy Frank Hubert Jr. Frank Hubert Jr. had been watching ...

If you can’t beat ’em, hook ’em. That’s the theme next week at Highland Park Fish Camp, where they’re staging another Mr. Mud fishing tournament in and around the St. Johns. Rarely does a name better ...

GODWIN — More than 20 years ago, a group of local folks who like to fish decided to get together for a competition. They would target a local "trash fish" that most don't bother to cook, although it ...

A New Jersey state record bowfin was landed last month on the Mantua Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River. The fisherman was Frank Hubert Jr, who resides in Wilmington, Delaware. Hubert told the ...

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Will Pellerin caught two record size fish in 2022, according to the MassWildlife freshwater catch and release records. He caught a 32-inch Bowfin in the Connecticut River in Northampton. This fish ...