Sport Anglers Said to Catch More Fish Than Thought
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Casual fishermen reel in nearly a quarter of the catch of overfished saltwater species, a much higher share than previously thought, researchers report in a new study.
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By Brent Frazee, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 24--N ORFORK, Ark. -- One fishing boat stood out on Norfork Lake the other day.   Others were clustered in the shallows, where fishermen worked rocky banks and points.
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In Michigan, the fishermanâs paradise all but surrounded by water, angling for a prized catch is about to become a lot more complicated.
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By BOB RIEPENHOFF  For the fifth straight year, anglers enjoyed fantastic chinook fishing on Lake Michigan, reeling in the second-highest number of fish in 40 years, according to recently analyzed angler surveys.
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BBC Northern Ireland rural affairs correspondent Martin Cassidy looks at the renewed strength of mussel fishing in Belfast Lough.
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By The Associated Press  TOLEDO, Ohio -- Frank McDonald felt the tug on his fishing line and knew he had something big. "I was hoping it was a gigantic walleye," he said. It was much bigger.
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MONTAUK, New York  - In this Long Island fishing hamlet, hundreds of adults drank beer and children marveled at the bloodied sharks caught in a fishing contest, including a heart from a gutted 180-pound (82-kg) thresher shark that several children poked with awe.
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Fishermen say they are seeing more herring returning to the Gulf of Maine, where a ban on trawlers that drag nets through the water has been in effect through the summer.
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For at-risk species, sport fishing accounts for one-quarter of the catch. Regulation could rise.
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Our wet spring has given one nearby fishery at lift and started a second one moving in the right direction. "Sweet Briar is plum full," Paul Bailey, the south-central fisheries district supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said Tuesday.
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By Lew Freedman, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 17--EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. -- It's a terrible thing when you have a one-track mind, as so many fishermen do. Here I was in northwest Arkansas and all I could think about was hybrid stripers on Beaver Lake.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Dec. 14--The rain and wind have washed out most fishing plans, but those willing to venture out should find an odd place here and there to catch something.
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A few weeks ago, the crew of an Indian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea thought they had the biggest catch of their lives.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 10--Summer fishing pressure and walleye catches on Minnesota's share of Upper Red Lake were well within management goals, but anglers will face a two-fish limit and a 17- to 26-inch protected slot at least until next summer.
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 12--When FLW Outdoors announced earlier this year it was starting a saltwater striped bass tournament circuit, the company seemed to have a good plan.
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People fishing for sport are doing far more damage to US marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.