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 ...

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 ...

Ben Erb is a lifelong fisherman and Minnesotan who likes catching bass and walleyes just as much as the next guy. But his secret passion is targeting what others might call “rough fish,” hardy but ...

The New York State department of Environmental Conservation has featured the bowfin as its species spotlight. Its scientific name is amia calva and its nicknames are dogfish or mudfish. The current ...