Hank Shaw has a lifelong love for fish. He gets excited about the catch. “The tug is the drug,” as he says. Every kind of fish has a different “feel” at the other end of the line, and every angler has ...

Local halibut is overlooked during the summer -- a time when it is truly sustainably caught, meaning by hook and line. The other times of the year, the fish are caught by trawling, a method that is ...

and reel, fresh line, and a premium, quality hook, but in most fishing scenarios, none of that matters if you can’t tie a good knot. So many things can go wrong during a fish fight, but quite often, ...