A first-time snagging fisherman became a world-record holder on Sunday when he reeled in a whopping, 164-pound, 13-ounce paddlefish at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, according to the Missouri ...

FREMONT – An angler who snagged a walleye in the Sandusky River last year, and tried to cover up the method, was fined in Fremont Municipal Court for his illegal fishing method. A Feb. 18 Ohio ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation police officers (ECOs) busted 11 anglers last month for snagging fish after dark on the Salmon River. ECOs received a tip at around 2:30 a.m. on ...

Law enforcement officials are seeing a higher-than-normal number of anglers illegally taking steelhead in Erie County, but the arrests might only be the tip of the iceberg. “This year, in particular, ...

These salmon, mostly pink salmon, are game fish that are coming into the river to spawn. They may be legally targeted and kept by anglers using normal fishing methods, but not by snagging.

Chad Williams (second from right) gets some help from family and friends to hold up the world-record paddlefish he caught in Missouri. Photograph courtesy Jason Smith Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas, ...