DAYTON, Tenn. — Rus Snyders has spent 10 years in the state of Tennessee, and in that time he has become one of the most dominant anglers in the state. On Friday, Snyders continued his success in the Volunteer state by winning the Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship at Chickamauga Lake powered by TourneyX...
Fisheries managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and Skagit co-managing tribes can now begin fisheries directed at steelhead on the Skagit and Sauk rivers under an updated plan approved by federal agencies this month. Biologists have forecasted that 5,211 wild steelhead will return to the Skagit River in 2023, enough to...
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopted multiple changes to the freshwater fishing regulations for the upcoming 2023–24 season at the March 23 meeting. The freshwater fishing regulation changes focus on simplifying and clarifying fishing-related rules on waters within public parks, particularly Community Fishing Lakes (CFLs). Additional changes removed unnecessary exceptions and clarified...
The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Groundfish Endangered Species Workgroup will hold a public meeting Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time and Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., or until business for the day has been completed. The meeting will be a hybrid...
By Bill Graham Kansas City, Mo. – Spring is here, and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is again offering free Discover Nature — Fishing lessons to connect people with nature. All four lessons in the series will be offered in April at Prairie Hollow Lake at MDC’s James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area in...
A commercial fishing business contracted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) captured 30 invasive carp Monday in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River, near Winona. While invasive carp have been previously captured in Pool 6 and upstream as far as the Twin Cities metro, this is the largest number captured at one time...
NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s 2023-24 fishing regulations are now in effect and anglers are encouraged to obtain the new Tennessee Fishing Guide now available at locations throughout the state, on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency website (www.tnwildlife.org) and on the TWRA “On the Go App.” Subscribers to Tennessee Wildlife magazine will receive a guide in a...
Lead by renowned tier and sculptor Val Kropiwnicki, this small, intimate hands-on tying event is geared toward people with tying experience and a desire to learn about the artistic side of tying. Participants will be challenged to drop their notions of following patterns and instead, learn an approach to fly design that incorporates pure aesthetics...
Lee County Public Fishing Lake will reopen on March 28, 2023, under the operation of a new lake manager. The lake had been temporarily closed during the transition of operations to the new manager. Lee County Public Fishing Lake is located at 321 Lee Road 808, in Opelika, Alabama. The facility features a 130-acre lake,...
San Antonio, TX (March 24, 2023) – The Association of Collegiate Anglers is excited to announce Evolution Fishing as the presenting sponsor of its first event in 2023. The Pickwick Slam presented by Evolution Fishing is set to take place at Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL on April 22-23. This ACA major event will pay...