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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. OK, I confess. Once I was the closest thing to a trout hog. In the old days, ...

I am a teenager who is a major fisherman. I have heard a lot of arguments about the barbed vs. the barbless hooks. In my opinion, barbed hooks are much better, especially if you are fishing to keep ...

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 ...

Washington officials have had an itch for years to shift to barbless hooks for salmon and steelhead sport fishing in the Columbia River. It’s been proposed — then postponed because Oregon was not on ...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission recently directed state fisheries managers to make barbless hook rules voluntary instead of mandatory. In some areas, such as the Snake River and its ...