Thomas Over Jr. of Darlington, Maryland has been recognized by Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as a new Maryland state record holder for rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) in the Chesapeake Division. Over caught a 1.0-pound rock bass January 6 … Continued
The Indiana state record for burbot has been broken for the third time in the last 13 months, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Anthony Burke of Cedar Lake was fishing for perch in Lake Michigan on … Continued
The Maine Department of Marine Resource’s Sea-run Fisheries and Habitat Bureau has received $5.9 million to improve habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon in Maine rivers that hold the last remaining populations of the iconic species. The funds, from the U.S. … Continued
The state record for the largest blue catfish by weight has been broken for the fourth consecutive year, according to the West Virginia Division of National Resources (WVDNR). On Dec. 8, Michael John Drake of St. Albans, WV, caught and … Continued
Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) fisheries biologists, with support from contracted commercial fishers and biologists from the Illinois River Biological Station, recently conducted a 10-day intensive harvest operation in the Starved Rock pool of the Illinois River. The effort … Continued