RBFF Toolkit looks to increase fishing participation
Staff and News Reports
March 28, 2017
The Toolkit aims to help increase participation from the current 46 million anglers to 60 million by 2021.
National Fishing
25-year-old former college angler graduates to Bassmaster Classic champion
Staff and News Reports
March 28, 2017
Jordan Lee earned $300,000 and the most coveted trophy in the sport.
Electrical problem kills 600,000 salmon in Idaho hatchery
Associated Press
March 24, 2017
The salmon were a few weeks old and scheduled to be released next spring and return as adults in 2020.
Now is the time to target Nebraska pike
Nebraska Game and Parks Reports
March 17, 2017
Most of the state’s best pike waters are located in north central and northwestern Nebraska; however, eastern Nebraska anglers have an excellent location at Lake Wanahoo in Saunders County to catch and release pike into
Closure of Seattle tackle shop sign of changing times
Associated Press
March 14, 2017
Linc’s Tackle Shop, one of a handful of nostalgic tackle shops remaining in greater Puget Sound region, is a victim of age and modern times.
At long last, coho salmon making return to northeastern Oregon river
Associated Press
March 13, 2017
The fish, raised by state wildlife officials in a hatchery outside Portland, were trucked 300 miles inland in nine water tanker trucks equipped with highly sensitive oxygen and temperature sensors and a bubbling system that
Alabama’s catfish industry continues to grow
Associated Press
March 8, 2017
According to data, 2016 was state farmers’ best year since 2011 and marked third consecutive year of growth.
Report: Restoration efforts in Columbia River Basin helping salmon
Associated Press
March 6, 2017
The restoration work includes adding 3,000 miles of spawning and rearing habitat as well as 14 square miles of estuary habitat where young fish prepare to enter the ocean.
Alaska students schooled on salmon life cycle
Associated Press
March 6, 2017
Students who participate in Salmon in the Classroom curriculum start out raising coho salmon eggs in the fall, learn more about fish with dissection lessons, and practice catching fish during the ice fishing field trips
