Catch ratios for billfish have soared as crews and anglers fine-tune their circle hook skills and techniques. It is now common for anglers to catch 80 to 90 percent of their bites, and how the hook is ...

Between intense recreational-fishing pressure, big-money tournaments and commercial-longline bycatch, the East Coast white marlin fishery was near collapse in 2000. There was talk of adding white ...

If everyone used circle hooks on Lake Mille Lacs, tens of thousands fewer walleyes would be killed this year. But not for the reasons you might think. Contrary to common belief, spread via marketing ...

Warm weather and calm seas have finally arrived in our piece of paradise. Anglers can at last get out and do some bottom fishing for grouper, snapper, and a myriad other fish that inhabit the ocean ...

Anglers are required to use circle hooks in some fishing tournaments because they are less likely to cause lethal injuries in billfish, such as marlin. However, new research shows that broadening ...

In last week’s column I mentioned that in 2018, recreational anglers will be required to use non-offset circle hooks anytime they are using bait to catch sharks. For anglers who have already ...

Hudson River and Marine District anglers should be aware that the Department of Environmental Conservation will be imposing the use of circle hooks in time for the 2021 recreational striped bass ...