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 ...

Most anglers love to feel the hungry bite of a fish on rod-and-reel. Hooking and landing a fish with your own hands is rewarding. However, many anglers also enjoy the thrill of the chase in more ...

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 ...

Fishing was excellent this past Friday morning as young and handsome "Raoul" (neither his real name nor an honest physical description) worked lures around the edges of the old slough and regularly ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A trotline is a fishing line with baited hooks used to catch multiple fish at once. It also happens to be at the center of a controversy in Unicoi County. On Memorial Day weekend ...

While the popularity of fishing for smallmouth bass is on the rise in Virginia’s New River, the decades-old practice of fishing for catfish using trotlines is fading. It’s not that New River catfish ...