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Bass Fishing
Colorado Asks Anglers to Catch and Keep as Many Fish as Possible Before Two Reservoirs Dry Up
By: Keegan Sentner
Fishing
After the Covid Bump, Fishing Participation Is Still on the Rise in America
By: Keegan Sentner
Conservation
Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout Went Extinct in Colorado 120 Years Ago. But Now Researchers are Hoping to Rediscover Them
By: Bob McNally
Fishing
Watch: Airplanes Drop Thousands of Trout into Utah’s High Mountain Lakes Every Summer
By: Dac Collins
Catfish Fishing
Iowa Fisheries Biologists Catch and Release a Massive Flathead Catfish Weighing More than 70 Pounds
By: Bob McNally
Fishing
After Bacterial Outbreak in Two Hatcheries, California Officials to Euthanize 350,000 Rainbow Trout
By: Keegan Sentner
Bass Fishing
The Fonz Isn’t Letting Internet Haters Stop Him From Catching Monster Trout
By: Dac Collins
Fishing
The Monster of Lake Conway: Large Alligator Captured on Video in Central Arkansas
By: Bob McNally
Climate & Environment
Wisconsin Waters Are Warming. Its Walleye Fishing and Stocking Programs Are in Trouble
By: Keegan Sentner
Carp Fishing
Maryland Bass Fisherman Sets New State Record With a 49-Pound Common Carp
By: Bob McNally
Fishing
South Carolina Fishing Buddies Caught the Biggest Walleye in State History, but Still Have to Share the Record
By: Dac Collins
Conservation
Three-State Fish Poaching Probe on the Menominee River Results in 29 Citations
By: Wade Thiel
Fishing
Alaska Man Hooks a Pike, Flips His Rowboat, Loses the Rod, Steals a Pedal Boat, Finds the Rod—and Lands the Pike
By: Dac Collins
Fishing
Nebraska Wardens Apprehend Two Groups of Panfish Poachers, Seize 265 Crappies and Bluegills as Evidence
By: Bob McNally
Bass Fishing
Idaho Fishing Guide Catches and Releases New State-Record Smallmouth Bass
By: Dac Collins
Bass Fishing
5 Million Pure-Strain ‘Lone Star’ Bass Will Be Stocked in Texas Lakes to Grow the State’s Trophy Largemouth Potential
By: Bob McNally
Bass Fishing
Ray Scott, the Father of Tournament Bass Fishing and Food Plots Passes at Age 88
By: Gerry Bethge
Catfish Fishing
Tennessee Angler Catches and Releases Massive 107-Pound Blue Catfish
By: Bob McNally
Fishing
New York State Is Rearing 26,000 Atlantic Salmon Smolts in Net Pens to Help Them Spawn as Adults
By: Bob McNally
Catfish Fishing
West Virginia Angler Catches and Releases the New State-Record Blue Catfish
By: Bob McNally
Catfish Fishing
Giant 131-Pound Blue Catfish Shatters Mississippi State Record by 30 Pounds
By: Bob McNally
Fishing
Georgia Angler Catches Giant Yellow Perch That Could Have Challenged the State Record
By: Bob McNally
Catfish Fishing
Tennessee Angler Won’t Let Cancer Stop Her from Catching Giant Catfish
By: Bob McNally
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Conservation
Vermont Tones Down an Animal Rights Overhaul of Its Wildlife Board After Hunter Pushback
By: Katie Hill
Fishing
Utah Fisherman Follows Grandpa’s Advice, Catches State-Record Tiger Trout Through the Ice
By: Bob McNally
Animal Attacks
Shed Hunter Killed in California Mountain Lion Attack Died Protecting His Brother
By: Dac Collins