The Fishing Way

Twice-weekly Hemingway-style fishing stories.

Every Monday and Thursday at 10 a.m. UTC.

Archive

Every outing, logged and ready for another cup of coffee. Find the story that fits your next tide, hatch, or stretch of river.

  1. November 6, 2025

    Amber Light, Marsh Grass, and the Chase for Brook Trout

    Gulf coast flats turn to gold at sundown as ghostly brook trout haunt weed edges and the tide lingers.

  2. November 3, 2025

    Salt-Stained Piers at Dawn: Chasing Ambush Snook Under Mangroves

    A dawn hunt along salt-stung piers, where ambush snook lurk under mangroves as a nor’easter breathes in from the sea.

  3. October 30, 2025

    Tail on the Flats, Cedar Smoke, and the Quiet Beckoning of Dawn

    A salt-bronze morning on the gulf coast marsh. Tailing redfish, screaming corks, and the soft heat of cedar smoke rising from camp.

  4. October 28, 2025

    Dawn on the Gulf: King Salmon, Marsh Grass Flats, and a Quiet North Wind

    Chasing king salmon near river mouths as a nor’easter hints. Slow-trolls, weed edges, and the first sign of weather in the marsh.

  5. October 27, 2025

    Dawn on the Salt-Stained Pier: Chasing Night-Walleye

    A dawn patrol along salt-streaked piers as fog lifts, chasing walleye off drop-offs with double-8 bucktails.

  6. October 23, 2025

    First Push of the Nor’easter on Northwoods Bog Lakes

    A slow-told tale of king salmon staging, tamaracks, and planers skimming weed edges as a nor’easter begins to whisper over northern bogs.

  7. October 20, 2025

    Dawn on Salt-Stained Piers, Coho in Tow

    A dawn patrol along salt-stung piers as silver coho rush upriver, ahead of a brewing storm front. Corks pop along spartina, the water listening for every ripple.

  8. October 16, 2025

    Tannin and Moonlight: Coho Currents on Spartina Nights

    A river sleeps dark and tea-colored. Moonlight finds the silver, and corks pop along the marsh grasses.