Dead Fish Tell No Lies

To think that this box might hold Harry’s legendary Atlantic salmon was too much for the club members to bear. Postmortem jurisprudence. I believe that’s what they call it. This “executor of a will” responsibility is indeed an objectionable bit of...
North Dakota Walleye Tagging Studies

North Dakota Walleye Tagging Studies

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department continues to conduct walleye tagging studies across the state. At Lake Sakakawea, the state’s largest fishery, Department fisheries biologists are in the second year of a four-year walleye tagging study. The goal on Sakakawea...
Salmon Or Striper?

Salmon Or Striper?

Fishermen on Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula can not only roll the dice on landing an Atlantic salmon, but go after a high-odds striper as well. If you’ve ever cast a sinking line into a deep crystalline stream hoping to entice a 20-pound Atlantic salmon to snap...
Fish Pitas and Swamp Chili

Fish Pitas and Swamp Chili

Fish Pitas Leftovers are commonplace after a big family fish fry or a hunt camp gathering, but many folks make the mistake of thinking that fried fish has no appeal unless it’s piping from the stove. If you have leftover catfish fillets, whole bream or crappie, or...
Bacon Squirrel & Blackened Fish

Bacon Squirrel & Blackened Fish

Bacon Squirrel (or Rabbit) In today’s world, thanks to the abundance of whitetails and the ample supply of meat they provide for the sportsman’s larder, small game seems almost forgotten. Yet for folks of my years, the story was once quite different. Small game...
The Leather Fish

The Leather Fish

Lance Boen’s dramatic leather sculptures of fish and wildlife appeal not only visually, but also to our senses of touch and smell.