C.J. Chivers

To kill time during an unexpected vacation extension, the author seizes an opportunity to teach his sons the first lessons of their fishing lives

This month, an underrated bite heats up in the Northeast. Grab some jigs and watch out for the ink: It's squid season.

The discovery of a long-forgotten collection of ice-fishing jigs—forged from AK-47 scrap metal, no less—leads to a memorable winter of hard-water fights with pike, perch, and bass

Editor’s Note: Lt. Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov, the gunsmith credited with creating the AK-47, died on Monday in the Russian city … Continued

**It should have been a routine family fishing trip–the author and his wife with three of their young children jigging … Continued

Chris Ott knew the enraged grizzly was coming back to finish killing him. Knocked flat, half-scalped, blinded by his own … Continued

Mick Chivers lowered the rod as the gaff struck the bluefish and his brother Jack swung the fish over the … Continued

For the third time in five years, Mike Perra has put aside chasing fish for hunting bombs in Iraq. Like thousands of other soldiers, he’s got a love of the...

The designer ofthe most successful rifle ever made sat at a table in a quiet corner of theKremlin. He was … Continued

The alligator gar has outlasted everything that millions of years could throw at it, but it may not surive its label of "Trash Fish." Now, in Texas, two catch-and-release anglers...