Sea lamprey are native to the Connecticut River, and their spawns are beneficial to the aquatic ecosystem.

American shad bring the speed and power of an ocean-going fish hundreds of miles up-river – through both pristine wilderness and the middle of cities – earning them the most befitting nickname of all our Northeast gamefish.

Land-locked versions of anadramous Atlantic salmon have all the fight and acrobatics of their sea-going kin, but in a smaller package.

A few years ago I met Mike Taylor at the Springfield Sportsman’s Show.