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 ...

Anglers may use barbed hooks for hatchery salmon and trout on the Cowlitz River from Lexington Drive Bridge (Sparks Road Bridge) up to 400 feet or posted markers below the barrier dam from July 1-31.

Anglers on both sides of the the Columbia River can return to using barbed hooks on Saturday, June 1. Oregon announced the rule change Friday. The decision matches a recent ruling by the Washington ...

It was a painful evening on Naked and Afraid, Sunday, when a survivalist named Cheeny found herself on the wrong end of a barbed fish hook. Cheeny was a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE ...

Stephen Hackett of Leitrim Street, Cork, was found guilty of using a barbed fishing hook, refusing to provide personal details when asked and impeding a fisheries officer. At the hearing on September ...

Heartbreaking pictures show the horrific injuries suffered by a swan after it accidentally bit into a triple-barbed fishing hook. The legally-protected bird was spotted covered in blood while swimming ...