In September 2026, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced that officials have removed a northern snakehead from a Missouri tributary to the Eleven Point River in Oregon County. The recent discovery suggests the species is becoming more established in … Continued
In June 2026, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) implemented a permanent rule allowing smallmouth bass anglers to use bait, spears, and spear guns to take smallmouth bass in the Coquille River system. There are no harvest size or … Continued
In late May 2026, Georgia angler Caroline Langdale caught a new Idaho state record (catch and release) brown trout during a multiday fishing trip along the South Fork Snake River. Langdale was drifting her rubber legs fly down a massive … Continued
The Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) recently released an invasive species alert for northern snakeheads. DFW made the alert after a northern snakehead was recently caught in Asa Pond, South Kingstown. At the time of the alert, … Continued
Idaho Falls angler Dylan Smith landed in a new state catch-and-release record lake trout while fishing on Payette Lake on May 2. Smith was able to boat the laker, get it stretched out on the tape measure, and measure the … Continued