Despite the delay of commercial Dungeness crab season, and the temporary prohibition against using ”long soak” rigid crab pots, plenty of Monterey Bay residents enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving ...

JACKSONVILLE — Some commercial fishermen want the state to let them start netting fish again in the tidal rivers and creeks of Northeast Florida. They want a special permit to allow 11 commercial ...

It’s not over ‘til it’s over. That phrase is highly applicable to fishing because anglers understand that until a fish in landed and secured, anything can happen—no matter how sure you are that ...

Farley Eaglespeaker (center) reels in a traditional hoop net while fishing for salmon on the Columbia River in Skamania County, Washington on June 23, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle) This ...

With local lobster costing about $25 per pound, it makes sense to look into the world of hoop netting for lobsters. Ben Hong from Promar Nets said lobster hoop netters have had good success this year.

An experiment earlier this summer using hoop nets instead of trap nets to sample channel catfish along the U.S. portion of the Red River yielded results that exceeded even the most optimistic ...

This Saturday marks the opening of recreational Dungeness crab fishing for the 2025-2026 season in our area. Commercial Dungeness crabbing, scheduled to open Nov. 15, is likely to be delayed. In order ...

BRIDGEPORT — Colville Tribal elder LeRoy Williams has fished all his life using the traditional methods of fishing with hoop nets and dip nets. Now, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation ...

The Coastal Conservation Association Florida is urging recreational anglers and conservation groups to oppose a move by commercial fishermen in Northeast Florida to use hoop nets in the state’s ...