Fly fishing Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, Jim Spencer of St. Petersburg, Fla., landed a bowfin weighing 8 pounds. He used a clouser minnow on...

Waterfowling words

When I read a book, I often turn down the corner of a page where I chance across some magical combination of words, some wonderful passage, that says ...

Gossage forever part of the Yankees family

Goose Gossage played for nine teams in 22 years, but his Hall of Fame experience had a Yankees feel to it.

The extraordinary bowfin

"Cast to those bushes," I said to Larry Stark one hot afternoon on an Arkansas oxbow lake. He did as I suggested and crawled his lure over the muddy b...

On being a turkey hunter

Keith Sutton: On being a turkey hunter

...simple; any cretin can do it. Making them come to the calling is what's hard." - Jim Spencer

...turkey hunting is concerned, there are no lukewarm feelings. Either you is or you ain't." - Jim Spencer

Flat-out mean and ugly: 10 scariest fish on planet

Flat-out mean and ugly: The 10 scariest fish on the planet

Beckett enjoys swinging the lumber

From Josh Beckett going yard to the White Sox showing off the leather, Jayson Stark runs down some of the more interesting happenings.

Out There: The world's duck-hunting capital

Stuttgart, Ark., lies at the heart of America's greatest mallard hunting area.

Out There: It's raining ducks and dogs

In a frozen moment, a shower of mallards descend on nature's TV screen

Out There: Frozen smiles on the Little Red

This icy Arkansas river is much more than home to bountiful trout and the world-record brown. For it's the Southern charm, abundant wildlife, magnificent scenery and friendly people that draw visitors back

Out There: Tucanaré, the exploding fish

Keith Sutton: Tucanaré, the exploding fish of Amazonas; The water beneath the lure erupts and, suddenly, it appears, shaking its head like a dog with mouth full of porcupine quills. Such is the strike of a peacock bass in Brazil's Rio Negro

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Out There: The extraordinary bowfin

These living relics are fish of legends that fin throughout the Southern lowlands