An old and persistent frustration surfaced this past weekend, rising unwanted from the murky-green water of a slough connected to a southeast Texas river. I eased the boat close to a clump of flooded ...

The smell was offensive enough — a retch-inducing wave of death’s unmistakable, sticky stench overwhelming what had been a sweet, rich, organic aroma of vibrant life suffusing the East Texas waterway ...

TPWD does not know how many catfish are caught each year by trotlines on Lake Sam Rayburn. Given the amount of gear observed, we assume that the harvest is likely much greater than what we see taken ...

Tim Stillings was fishing from the Sac River when he caught a state-record walleye earlier this month. Stillings was running trotlines for catfish May 16. “It’s somewhat of a dying art," Stillings ...

Here’s a question that may stump even the most experienced angler? How did trotlines get their name? How the term “trotline” became the name for this well-known stationary fishing device, which ...

Like most fishermen I like to use skill in my fishing, trying new techniques to outwit finned prey. But sometimes I don't feel like working for my catch, just loafing along shore watching redwing ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — After a kayak student was entangled in a trotline, a top kayak safety instructor cut the line to prevent injuries to other paddlers floating down the Nolichucky River over Memorial ...

TOLEDO BEND — Water level is about full pool and stained. Water temp in the low-to-mid-50s. Rhonda Shivley at Bill’s Landing says catfish are good up to 30 pounds on trotlines and noodles. Fishing ...

Some of us of a certain age remember when running a fishing boat during the day through large stretches of the Laguna Madre was the nautical equivalent of an obstacle course. It was almost suicide at ...

Earlier this year, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted Notices of Intent (NOIs) regarding the marking of traps in freshwater and rules for saltwater and freshwater recreational and ...