When I was growing up, the freezer in the Frigidaire in our kitchen was my personal taxidermist. If I caught a fish I was proud of, there it would live sometimes for months, or at least until my ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fish in rarely-fished waters are usually game for taking a bite at anything that swims by, but those facing intense fishing pressure have seen it all — every bait, lure presentation, retrieval style ...

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 ...

Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards have pro­duced stringers of game fish for decades, and they’ll continue to produce ...

Just over 70 percent of our planet is covered in water. And around 250,000 known species live beneath the surface of all that water — everything from whales the size of buildings to water fleas barely ...