Two of the most maligned fish in American freshwater are quietly building a following. The alligator gar and the bowfin have spent generations on the wrong end of a reputation, blamed for wrecking bass and crappie fisheries, shocked with electricity, hacked with machetes, and left to rot on river...
For much of the last century, the alligator gar carried a reputation that got it killed on sight. Anglers across its range treated the armor-plated, toothy giant as a nuisance that ate bass, crappie, and every other fish worth catching. That view has flipped. The species now has a cult following ...
A Biddeford tuna fisherman went looking for bluefin and ended up with what could become Maine’s first state-record rod-and-reel swordfish. Max Mourmouras, a 27-year-old merchant marine, landed a 529-pound broadbill solo on August 21 while fishing 10 miles offshore in Saco Bay, according to ...