Salmon Fishing USA

USFWS agrees to make this very rare and declining fish a candidate species for the list- Court action by 4 conservation organizations are responsible for this late turn of events for this beautiful (former) sports fish now down to just one or two streams. This is another species earlier denied protection by the bullying tactics of disgraced former Bush Deputy Assistant Secretary of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Julie MacDonald. This is a victory for those who want action over the collaborationi

Intersex in smallmouth and largemouth basses is widespread in numerous river basins throughout the United States is the major finding of the most comprehensive and large-scale evaluation of the condition, according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research published online in Aquatic Toxicology . Of the 16 fish species researchers examined from 1995 to 2004, the condition was most common by far in smallmouth and largemouth bass: a third of all male smallmouth bass and a fifth of all male larg

The bad news: The Environment Agency today said it’s spotted a piranha in the River Torridge in Devon . The good news: The deadly, razor-toothed Amazonian fish was harmless … because it was dead. The discovery, however, highlights the dangers of releasing non-native species into the wild in the UK. Agency staff specialists discovered the dead piranha in the river’s East Okement tributary while conducting a survey of fish species using electric fishing equipment. According to the agency, pir

This article is reposted from the old Wordpress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. Getting excited when fish produce sperm would usually get you strange looks. But for Tomoyuki Okutsu and colleagues at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology , it's all part of a day's work. They are trying to use one species of fish as surrogate parents for another, a technique that could help to preserve species that are headed for extinction. Okutsu works on salmonids , a gr

By Chris Slattery A small article on places to fly fish and species you can catch on the fly I heard you were going to try fly fishing and wanted to talk with you about that for a minute. You know, fly fishing is more than just tossing your line into moving water and hoping for a strike. You can also catch more than just trout or salmon when you fly fish. I just wanted to make you aware that there are some stereotypes associated with this type of fishing that are misleading. When