The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation announced Tuesday that one of the biggest flathead catfish ever recorded in the state had been caught on a trotline. In the accompanying photo, ...

Here’s a question that may stump even the most experienced angler? How did trotlines get their name? How the term “trotline” became the name for this well-known stationary fishing device, which ...

I am a lifelong fisherman and hunter. I was taught from childhood to respect nature and to ensure that my actions do not endanger other sportsmen. I will never forget my Daddy passing up a chance to ...

Tim Stillings, of Morrisville, caught a Missouri state record 7-pound, 8-ounce walleye. Missouri Department of Conservation Tim Stillings recently caught a walleye fish by using a trotline for the ...

A 13-year-old boy is now in Missouri's fish-record book after catching the first state-record yellow perch using a trotline. Isaac Bohm, of Huntsville, pulled in the fish at a private pond in Randolph ...

Just finished your editorial on trotline fishing in Tennessee. I have been kayaking the lakes and rivers in this area for 15 years and have several times been hooked by trotlines, and I have cut ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — After a kayak student was entangled in a trotline, a top kayak safety instructor cut the line to prevent injuries to other paddlers floating down the Nolichucky River over Memorial ...

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Dan Sturdivant told the news station he originally thought it was a tree log floating in the water. Officials later determined the snapping turtle was potentially older than the lake itself. Lake ...