
A Rough Ballet
Trap fishing with the Wheeler family requires a strong back, finesse and a healthy does of old-fashioned seamanship.

Trap fishing with the Wheeler family requires a strong back, finesse and a healthy does of old-fashioned seamanship.

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.

A collection of twisted hooks and stories from the days when big striped bass prowled Block Island, Rhode Island.

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.

Trap fishing with the Wheeler family requires a strong back, finesse and a healthy does of old-fashioned seamanship.

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.

A collection of twisted hooks and stories from the days when big striped bass prowled Block Island, Rhode Island.

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.