A poem by George R. Baldwin.

Big blackfish are caught off the North Fork and the west end, stripers continue to feed on bunker and sand eels out front, and freshwater fishing picks up in the creeks and ponds.

Chain pickerel provide year-round freshwater fun in Long Island's ponds and creeks.

Massachusetts diver, Charlie Nutting, captured this video of a Northeast native, the blue crab, making a meal of an invasive green crab.

Small crappie tubes and shad-style baits work extremely well on trout, have a number of benefits, and come in every color under the sun.

The bunker belt that spanned Long Island's western south shore attracted a fleet armed with flutter spoons and XL topwaters.

This 90 proof, lightly-smokey bourbon is crafted for the coastal, conservation-minded angler with a sense of adventure.

A Jersey-based drone photographer and videographer captured an unbelievable (and slightly comical) moment while watching a whale feed just off the beach.

For freshwater anglers from Maine to Virginia, these are the best lures for chain pickerel when other less-reliable targets won't cooperate.

To catch bass twelve months a year, get familiar with these seven must-have winter bass fishing lures and tactics.