Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas, might never be able to top his first day fishing for paddlefish. On March 17, Williams went on a guided trip with five other friends and family members on Missouri’s ...

THE ACT sounds sinister: to cast a line with a treble hook and weight on the end out into the water and rip it back home with force, hoping to snag that hook into a fish along the way. The reality is ...

Craig Holt caught this red drum from the Cape Fear River using a Carolina rig baited with a live mullet. While standing on the bank of Snow's Cut recently, I watched Neal Thompson and his son Ryan, of ...

Chad Williams (second from right) gets some help from family and friends to hold up the world-record paddlefish he caught in Missouri. Photograph courtesy Jason Smith Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas, ...