BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced Thursday that the state’s 2025 paddlefish-snagging season will close at 7 p.m. (Central Time) May 9 to any additional harvest to provide ...

North Dakota's wildlife and fisheries resources provide some interesting opportunities, such as sage grouse and prairie chicken hunting, and the chance to snag a paddlefish. These species, because of ...

It’s a rite of spring to go paddlefish snagging in Missouri and Oklahoma, at reservoirs such as Lake of the Ozarks, Truman, Table Rock and the Grand Lake O' the Cherokees. In the not-so-distant past, ...

LAKE OZARK, Mo. — Anglers at the Lake of the Ozarks were treated to a world-record catch on Sunday, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas was with ...

A first-time snagging fisherman became a world-record holder on Sunday when he reeled in a whopping, 164-pound, 13-ounce paddlefish at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, according to the Missouri ...

Apr. 14—BISMARCK — North Dakota's paddlefish season opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through May 21, the Game and Fish Department said in a news release. However, depending on the overall ...

LITTLE ROCK — Four Arkansans pleaded guilty in March after being charged with multiple federal violations stemming from a three-year, multi-agency investigation led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

May 11—BUFORD, N.D. — It wasn't the kind of day you'd choose to stand on a sandbar or riverbank and sling 5 ounces of lead and a big treble hook into the river for hours on end — kerplunk, kerplunk, ...

Effective Sunday, May 9, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has closed the state’s 2021 paddlefish snagging season to any additional harvest to provide long-term protection of the paddlefish ...

Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas, might never be able to top his first day fishing for paddlefish. On March 17, Williams went on a guided trip with five other friends and family members on Missouri’s ...

That's a huge fish — a world record to be exact.A man from Olathe, Kansas, "snagged" one for the record books over the weekend, and it was his very first time for this type of fishing. “I was lucky ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced Monday, May 13, that the state's 2024 paddlefish snagging season will close May 15 to any additional harvest to provide long-term ...