Although salmon are remarkably adaptive, they still are not able to overcome the strains mankind has put upon them. Non-sustainable fishing practices and loss of spawning habitat have both contributed to steep declines within the salmon population – so much so that the commercial salmon fishing industry in California and Oregon were forced to cancel [...]
Salmon Need Our Help
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments
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Rare Albino Catfish Caught
September 19th, 2008 · No Comments
We recently told you about the rare albino dolphin spotted off the coast of Southern California, now we found a story about a rare albino catfish caught by a guy up in New York! According to The Times Herald Record, Dale Gillis of Middletown reeled in the rarely seen fish which was completely white with [...]
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Toy Rod Lands Record Catch
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
File this under the ‘you gotta be kidding me’ column… A 3 yr old girl in North Carolina asked her grandfather to hold her Barbie fishing pole so she could go to the bathroom… in the few minutes she was gone he landed a state record breaking, 21 lb channel catfish on the toy rod! [...]
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$1 Million for Fishing – What a Way to Make a Living!
August 20th, 2008 · No Comments
What a way to make a living – a 24 year old Californian just won $1 million bucks in a bass fishing tournament! Michael Bennett just went fishing on Lake Murray and caught enough bass to become fishing’s newest millionaire — and the youngest champion in Forrest Wood Cup history. You can read more here…
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Woman Lands Monster Pacific Halibut
June 4th, 2008 · No Comments
On her first cast of the day a women in Eureka, CA, landed a whopping 120lb halibut off the Northern California coast on Memorial Day. At first she thought she was hooked on a rock but as her reel nearly spooled and her husband drove their boat in pursuit they knew she had hooked a [...]
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