Dammed, drugged, poisoned: River species struggle to survive | News, Sports, Jobs
YORK — Brian Shumaker caught his first fish when he was maybe 8 years old. He grew up in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, two blocks away from the Susquehanna River — his family pretty much living outdoors. Both of his grandfathers fished and hunted, as did his father and all of his uncles. He remembers the first catch, hooking a feisty bluegill on a farm pond. “I loved it,” Shumaker, now 55, said. “I got a big kick out of it.” He was hooked, so to speak. He pretty much grew up on the river, fishing for smallmouth bass and catfish, learning as almost a reflex how to read the wate...