The production of this article and accompanying photographs are the result of a collaboration between environment and science news platform, Mongabay, and McClatchy News. “Some mornings, the sun’s ...

When the fish aren’t biting, attention can quickly shift from fishing to rock-skipping. But before you give up on the bite, try another form of skipping — bait-skipping. Fish in rarely-fished waters ...

Summertime tactics are working for striped bass, walleye and catfish, said Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Try for stripers between Point 6 and Beaver Dam. Shad, brood minnows or sunfish are the top baits ...

Ask any walleye nut and they’ll tell you there’s lots to love about these popular game fish—and loads of reasons to learn how to catch walleye. First, walleyes are widely distributed across the ...

With the arrival of spring it’s important not to get too carried away by the slight uptick in temperatures, because carp will emerge from their hibernation relatively slowly, as opposed to racing out ...

Collectively, recreational fisheries can take a significant fraction of the yearly catch—in some cases more than commercial fisheries. It is important that systems used to monitor fishing catch are ...

Many anglers view the arrival of winter as a time to make wholesale changes. You might feel tempted to give your tactics a radical overhaul, particularly when it comes to baits and feeding. But are ...

Ice fishing is a longstanding tradition in Nordic countries, with competitions proving especially popular. Those competitions can also tell scientists something about how social cues influence how we ...

Fishermen on one of several reef net fishing boats anchored off Lummi Island pull their nets to catch salmon on Sept. 14, 2023. Reef net fishing is considered one of the most sustainable fish-catching ...