fishermen

A leisurely day of sport fishing ended with an exhilarating struggle Sunday when a group of fishermen landed a massive thresher shark off the coast of Florida.

By Friday, most of the survivors of a Sea of Cortez fishing trip that turned deadly had straggled home to Northern California, carrying harrowing tales of being lost at sea for hours."It is something I will never forget," said Gary Wong of Berkeley.

Boaters, fishermen and campers are returning to Indiana's largest reservoir after record flooding last month closed roads and camp sites for weeks.

Five people were cited late last week for allegedly poaching juvenile hatchery salmon only hours after the fish had been released into the American River.

Frank Pogue, Willingboro, kneels before his catch of codfish. Pogue landed 17 cod and was high hook on the Big Jamaica this week.

For two terrifying hours, a pair of Wisconsin ice fishermen clung to small ice floes that rolled and crashed in Lake Superior while waves as high as 12 feet raged around them.

Ice-fishing cabins are aligned along three makeshift avenues on the frozen Ste. Anne River, in Ste.

A lot of people head south when the snow falls. Pro walleye angler Mark Martin goes north to the Keweenaw Peninsula, reveling in the icy conditions that he knows will provide access to excellent walleye lakes that see relatively few fishermen even in the summer.

For the first time since new rules were put in place eight years ago to protect against over fishing, California fishermen have reached the catch limit for squid, as cold La Nina waters brought a bounty to the state this year.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission wants fishermen to check the thickness of the ice before venturing out this winter.