Tom down at Sweeney’s Sports in Napa (255-5544) said that the fall striper season “is going to be a lot better than last year.” He is already getting reports of fish as big as 8 to 10 pounds. Time to give it a try — no license required on Labor Day.

A personalized guide to camping—from roughing it to not so much

When state geologist Douglass Houghton and his assistant, Bela Hubbard, explored the wilds of northern Michigan in the 1840s, they noted that brook trout were absent or rare in most rivers.

In Southern California there is a group of anglers that frequently goes looking for trouble. They find it with the Mako Shark.