It’s hot as hell. You’re sweaty and thirsty and hungry and now you have to tie on a new hook. You can’t tie the hook because you can’t see and your readers are over there between the cooler and bait ...

Learn how to safely remove a fishhook from your skin using two proven techniques: the jerk method and the push-through method. Fishing safety tips ...

After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

The first step in carp fishing is using the correct hook. This may seem like a simple task that requires no thought, but in fact there are many variables in fishing hooks. Choosing the right hook for ...

Oregon anglers and hunters will ring out a lot of old Monday evening and plenty of new Tuesday morning when they awaken to an array of new regulations. Major changes for 2013 are weighted to fishing, ...

Bill Tweit, a special assistant for the Washington Fish and Wildlife program at Olympia, said in making the change commissioners cited studies that show little or no survival benefit associated with ...

Sportsmen in the Columbia River are required to use barbless hooks despite a stay ordered by the Oregon Court of Appeals regarding enforcement of new rules affecting commercial fishermen. On Monday, ...