Twilight had descended when the boat set out from Phillipsburg's boat launch, pulling a net 300 feet long by 12 feet deep across the Delaware River. Biologists were gathered to catch what are known as ...

When it comes to American shad in the Delaware River, there are only two things that are guaranteed: The fish are going to make their annual migratory spawning run up river each spring, and the ...

I had to be tall enough to wear hip boots. That was the rule, and from the time I was 4 until my 8-year-old legs met the criteria, that rule really pissed me off. I’d sit on the basement steps while ...