When should you use octopus, circle, barbless, single siwash, and treble hooks? What's the difference between them, and ...

It’s hot as hell. You’re sweaty and thirsty and hungry and now you have to tie on a new hook. You can’t tie the hook because you can’t see and your readers are over there between the cooler and bait ...

On Thursday morning, four young men between the ages of 12 and 14 from east Bell County stayed focused for a full four hours and landed exactly 340 fish while fishing with me on Belton Lake. One of ...

In the Nov. 14 meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife Board, there was a presentation of proposed new regulations for Catch and Release (C&R) areas throughout the state that would allow only ...

Anglers on a large portion of the Columbia River and many of its tributaries are no longer required to use barbless hooks when fishing for salmon and steelhead. Due to Endangered Species Act ...

Anglers in Washington could soon have the choice to fish with barbed hooks while pursuing salmon, steelhead and other species in much of the Columbia River Basin. The Washington Fish and Wildlife ...

At the Aug. 2 meeting in Salem, Ore, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission refused an agency request to make barbless hooks voluntary on the Columbia River for salmon and steelhead fisheries. The ...

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An angler lifts a prize ocean salmon caught off of the California Coast. (CDFW photo) Question: I fish out of Port San Luis. When fishing for salmon in a private boat, as long as I am trolling with ...

Washington officials have had an itch for years to shift to barbless hooks for salmon and steelhead sport fishing in the Columbia River. It’s been proposed — then postponed because Oregon was not on ...

The signs are there – birds, bait, krill, crab larvae, sea lions, whales and even salmon sharks – all indicate hungry salmon are in the vicinity. We’ll know for sure come Saturday as the sport ocean ...

Washington’s move to allow barbed hooks in much of the Columbia River Basin will not include the Snake River or its tributaries. Ryan Lothrop, Columbia River fishery manager for the Washington ...