Summer always makes me think of panfish, or more specifically taking little kids fishing with bait and bobber. Small children need more or less instant results to hold their interest. The little ...

Turn Bait Rig and fishing for those big channel catfish! It's a non-stop catfish-packed day! In today's catfish catching video, we share with you tips and techniques on using circle hooks: why to use ...

When should you use octopus, circle, barbless, single siwash, and treble hooks? What's the difference between them, and what's the purpose of the different fishing hooks? Anglers have difference ...

Sending rings across the pond's quiet surface, the tiny cork float twitched, quivered and disappeared. The fisherman holding the rod did what she'd being doing all afternoon when a fish bit. Nothing. ...

This year’s recreational striped bass fishing season on the Hudson River kicked off April 1, with a new mandatory “in-line” circle hook regulation for those anglers fishing with bait scheduled to ...

With sheepshead season still in ramp-up mode, an obvious question: How has the widespread use of circle hooks changed the dynamics of catching the toothy and tasty shell-cruncher? Turns out, there is ...

TRENTON - To help increase striped bass numbers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will require anglers to use circle hooks when catch-and-release fishing for striped bass with ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a new fishing regulation for public comment that would require the use of circle hooks when recreational fishing for striped bass. The ...

They first gained popularity 25 years ago. Now, they are poised to cross over into the freshwater market. Using circle hooks? Then don't set that hook. It is said that life is a circle. What comes ...

Circle hooks will be required in all bait rigs in billfish tournaments, effective Jan. 1, according to new regulations from the National Marine Fisheries Service. The regulation has been expected by ...

That was the assumption when fishery managers created a rule in 2020 requiring anglers to use circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped bass. Some preliminary studies from the late 1990s ...