Fishing
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Fishing licenses, endorsements and what they do not cover
A general licence is frequently only the base layer. Species stamps, water-specific permits and saltwater registration…
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Why regulations specify hook types
Barbless, single, and circle hook requirements are conservation rules, and each targets a different cause of…
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Catch and release: what actually kills the fish
Released fish die at measurable rates, and most of the causes are within the angler’s control.
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NOAA corrects salmon rule that omitted central California measures
Text was accidentally left out of the May rule covering recreational ocean salmon from Pigeon Point…
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New Jersey opens lakes early as Pennsylvania tightens trout limits
New Jersey lifted its preseason closure on lakes and ponds, adding 19 days a year. Pennsylvania…
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Pennsylvania raises trout size limit to nine inches
The Fish and Boat Commission voted unanimously to lift the minimum size from seven inches, the…
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Who owns the river: access and navigability
Whether you may legally stand in a stream depends on a doctrine most anglers have never…
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Ice thickness is a guideline, not a guarantee
Published thickness tables assume clear, solid, new ice. Most of what people walk on is not…
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What stocking programs actually do
Hatchery fish are not one thing. Put-and-take, supplemental and restoration stocking have different goals and different…
