OLYMPIA — Washington salmon and steelhead anglers will be required to use barbless hooks in the lower and mid-Columbia River beginning in January 2011. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Anglers of different stripes debated the wisdom of new fishing regulations on the Truckee River Thursday, before the California Fish and Game Commission voted to preserve rules that prohibit the use ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. OK, I confess. Once I was the closest thing to a trout hog. In the old days, ...