Between intense recreational-fishing pressure, big-money tournaments and commercial-longline bycatch, the East Coast white marlin fishery was near collapse in 2000. There was talk of adding white ...

We're using the circle hook model of the T-Turn Bait Rig and fishing for those big channel catfish! It's a non-stop catfish-packed day! In today's catfish catching video, we share with you tips and ...

Summer always makes me think of panfish, or more specifically taking little kids fishing with bait and bobber. Small children need more or less instant results to hold their interest. The little ...

We’re about a month into the first season in which circle hooks are required when chumming or live-lining in Maryland’s part of the Chesapeake. That’s as good a time as any to take at glance at the ...

When should you use octopus, circle, barbless, single siwash, and treble hooks? What's the difference between them, and what's the purpose of the different fishing hooks? Anglers have different ...

TRENTON - To help increase striped bass numbers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will require anglers to use circle hooks when catch-and-release fishing for striped bass with ...

After breezing through the massive federal budget bill — and breathing a sigh of relief to see funding for Chesapeake restoration has been restored —and then binge watching the insanely additive ...

This year’s recreational striped bass fishing season on the Hudson River kicked off April 1, with a new mandatory “in-line” circle hook regulation for those anglers fishing with bait scheduled to ...

Sending rings across the pond's quiet surface, the tiny cork float twitched, quivered and disappeared. The fisherman holding the rod did what she'd being doing all afternoon when a fish bit. Nothing. ...

With sheepshead season still in ramp-up mode, an obvious question: How has the widespread use of circle hooks changed the dynamics of catching the toothy and tasty shell-cruncher? Turns out, there is ...

That was the assumption when fishery managers created a rule in 2020 requiring anglers to use circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped bass. Some preliminary studies from the late 1990s ...