Wallingford resident Isabel Chavez browses through a crate of books during the Tag Sale at Hubbard Park in Meriden, April 23, 2011.
HASTINGS -- Good buddies, a few brews and an old boat. Sounds like ideal conditions for a colorful trout fishing tale. Yet for five die-hard West Michigan anglers, it’s only the prologue -- a lengthy one, though, with enough elbow grease and camaraderie to stand on its own merit.
I'm standing on the end of a dock, a couple hundred feet into Mobile Bay. The waves are rolling in gently, the sun is overhead. My eyes skim over the water for telltale signs of life: a glistening fin that comes up, arches forward, and then descends back down. Within minutes, I see one. Several more begin to surface, one after the other, in close proximity, like carousel horses broken free. Awe ...
It's been a year since the Gulf oil disaster captivated the nation and turned countless lives along the Coast upside down. We spoke with some residents of the region -- whose stories are connected only by a brutally defined Before and After April 20, 2010. Here, to honor the anniversary, some forever-changed locals tell us [... ]
I received a report on "Bass Fishing Tips for Union Lake in Millville." It states "with more than 800 acres of water surface, Union Lake holds the status of the largest man-made lake in New Jersey.
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