Stay Wide Eyed: Reed and Smith are after meat frogs: the 1-pounders and better. “You can judge a frog’s size by its eyes,” Smith says. “If they’re big and set wide, that’s a good frog.” You can also ...

Well past midnight, Tim Reed and Rodney Smith paddle down a skinny stretch of water in northern New York, to a spot where the high-cut riverbank transitions to flood plain. As Smith makes one last ...