North Dakota's wildlife and fisheries resources provide some interesting opportunities, such as sage grouse and prairie chicken hunting, and the chance to snag a paddlefish. These species, because of ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced Monday, May 13, that the state's 2024 paddlefish snagging season will close May 15 to any additional harvest to provide long-term ...

Paddlefish season is set to kick off March 15, and there's a few things you should know before attempting to snag this prehistoric fish. Paddlefish, whose ancestors swam when dinosaurs walked the ...

BUFORD, N.D. – It wasn’t the kind of day you’d choose to stand on a sandbar or riverbank and sling 5 ounces of lead and a big treble hook into the river for hours on end – kerplunk, kerplunk, kerplunk ...

That's a huge fish — a world record to be exact.A man from Olathe, Kansas, "snagged" one for the record books over the weekend, and it was his very first time for this type of fishing. “I was lucky ...

Regardless of whether spring comes early or late, North Dakota's paddlefish snagging season starts May 1. A quick review show's this highly managed, unique resource is specifically regulated, ...

A Kansas man out snagging paddlefish for the first time on Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks had all-time beginner’s luck this weekend when he caught a world-record-sized paddlefish. Snagging refers to ...

Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas, might never be able to top his first day fishing for paddlefish. On March 17, Williams went on a guided trip with five other friends and family members on Missouri’s ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas authorities are reminding anglers to be safe, responsible and mindful of federal laws on public lands and waters before heading out this summer. According to a release ...

Rusty Pritchard was the only spoonbill guide on Grand Lake in 1997 when, as a high school sophomore, he started showing anglers how to catch the Oklahoma marlin. "I was probably the only spoonbill ...