On an overgrown bank of the Grand River in western Michigan, Xan Dulyea-Lowing tossed the city's heaviest lure (by Scripps News' unofficial estimation) into shallow water. He fished not for the living ...

Pandemic boredom led people to seek thrills by tossing powerful magnets into lakes and rivers. They found buckets of scrap metal, and the occasional grenade. By Amanda Holpuch Guns, shopping carts and ...

Guns, shopping carts and bottle caps, lots of bottle caps: These are among the discoveries made this summer by people who have taken up magnet fishing, a hobby that works exactly as its name suggests.

Two magnet fishers found a bag full of military equipment and active rockets in Georgia river, but they are now facing fines for how they discovered the items. Jackson and Nachtwey are magnet fishers ...

Ecorse — On a recent Sunday fishing expedition to the Detroit River in Ecorse, Tanner Torrez and Jason Vanderwal pulled in an old Beretta semi-automatic handgun, a revolver, two knives, a pair of ...