Where to catch them: Salmon River, Clearwater River, Snake River. Recommended gear: 8 1/2-foot, fast-medium action rod and a bait-casting reel spooled with minimum 20-pound monofilament. What to use: ...

Washington officials have had an itch for years to shift to barbless hooks for salmon and steelhead sport fishing in the Columbia River. It’s been proposed — then postponed because Oregon was not on ...

After you've landed your fish, you need to get the hook out. Most of the time it's a simply matter. Just grasp the hook or lure, push back against the direction the hook penetrated and you're done.

With spring chinook season heating up, will step up enforcement of new barbless hook rules for recreational salmon fishing on the Columbia River and other major fishing spots. Anglers using barbed ...

Sport anglers have hit the crossroads when it comes to using barbed or barbless hooks in the Columbia River for salmon and steelhead. As in past years, sport anglers will not be required to switch to ...

Anglers in Washington could soon have the choice to fish with barbed hooks while pursuing salmon, steelhead and other species in much of the Columbia River Basin. The Washington Fish and Wildlife ...

Whether barbless hooks reduce hook scarring is still an open question, and the literature is mixed, he added. Rather than recommending the original wide-ranging barbless regulation, FWP proposed ...

Starting May 1, anglers fishing for salmon or steelhead on the Columbia River and most of its Washington tributaries downstream from Chief Joseph Dam will be required to use barbless hooks. The new ...

Washington’s move to allow barbed hooks in much of the Columbia River Basin will not include the Snake River or its tributaries. Ryan Lothrop, Columbia River fishery manager for the Washington ...

It’s hot as hell. You’re sweaty and thirsty and hungry and now you have to tie on a new hook. You can’t tie the hook because you can’t see and your readers are over there between the cooler and bait ...

The first step in carp fishing is using the correct hook. This may seem like a simple task that requires no thought, but in fact there are many variables in fishing hooks. Choosing the right hook for ...