Most days, John Potter, better known by his nickname “Tookie,” can be found sorting through shrimp nets and painting buoys in his backyard. “My grandfather and his brother started shucking oysters ...

Employing frisky live bait indigenous to the water fished is almost always the most effective way to catch fish in fresh and saltwater. Bait shops do a good job of providing live baitfish or shrimp to ...

A large and angry alligator (not the one pictured) was caught in Zachary Willis’ shrimp nets in North Carolina’s Neuse River. FWC photo/Chad Weber It’s an ominous sign when something in the water ...