CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. — Taxidermy and weathered photos line the walls at Higbee’s Bait and Tackle in Fortescue, artifacts from bygone days when the sleepy Delaware Bay town was truly the “weakfish capital of the world.”

The taxidermy is a dusty, 12-pound “tide runner,” the nickname fishermen bestow on the biggest, trophy weakfish,...Read more

DETROIT — The Great Lakes may be home to some fish that were alive around the turn of the century.

The 16th century.

Findings by a team of researchers from Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, and Michigan's and Wisconsin's respective departments of natural resources suggest that female lake sturgeon can live up to ...Read more

SEATTLE — Several shiny black fins emerged from the water near the Ballard Locks just after 5 p.m. last Monday, as onlookers snapped photos and videos. They belonged to transient orcas, or Bigg’s killer whales, one of two types of orcas that frequent the Salish Sea.

Scientists said the killer whales were likely attempting to hunt seals and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The other day at Game Fair, Danny Suggs was spinning tales about river fishing. Expert in the pursuit of smallmouth bass, he knows where these fish hang out as water spills and bends downstream, congealing in riffles and pools, seams and eddies.

That Suggs is a Black man was considered a nonfactor by the dozen or so attendees of...Read more

TACOMA, Wash. — “Eat crow,” a popular saying goes.

Crow, being a similar delicacy to “humble pie,” is the suggestion there. A food one is forced to eat when humiliated or proved wrong. Certain cultures have eaten crow, simply because they’re hungry. Though it’s not usually anyone’s first choice on a menu, no matter the era or ...Read more