Esox Fishing Rods

The TimesDaily newspaper reports that Officer Max Dotson received an unexpected confession when he pulled over 30-year-old Alan Lee Riley Jr., a man he recognized as someone authorities were searching for in connection with felony warrants.

Byron Velvick was one of the early pioneers in the development of swimbaits in bass fishing.

On the opposite shore are granite boulders, perhaps fifty of them, onion-skinned and out of place.

There seems to be a magazine for everyone and everything, no matter how obscure, these days.

My dad and I fishing. Off the Oregon Coast outside Tillamook. The tuna are a fighting fish that just take line like no tomorrow.

When many fathers and their sons go on vacation, fishing is a nice relaxing way to pass the time.

By Arnold Lim - Victoria News Published: August 30, 2010 3:00 PM Updated: August 30, 2010 3:18 PM The fish have hit their stride.

Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 19 years for The Seattle Times.

Just west of Bellingham, a small fleet of reefnetters continues to make a living the way the Lummi tribe invented centuries ago.

NEILLSVILLE -- Ernest Kissling, 83, of Neillsville, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in the Palliative Care Unit of Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Salmon fishing on the North Thompson and Clearwater Rivers from Aug. 1 to 22 was quite slow this year, according to fishermen.

Captain Ed Beneducci of the open boat Marlin VI Princess 668-4700 reports the boat got out on Wednesday for a 10 man charter and the group wanted to diamond jig for bass and blues, which resulted in lock and load style fishing with a boat limit of both bass and blues.

On a recent weekday afternoon, Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert put aside his books, pulled on the pads and headed to the football practice field to throw passes for a little more than two hours.

Anybody who drops a hook in one of the area lakes knows, within reason, more or less what they may pull out if they get a bite.

Jill Vardis spends seven to eight hours a day on her feet working as a waitress.

Red snapper might be back in the fishing mix in the Gulf of Mexico this fall. JA ust two months ago, it seemed like a laughable, implausible scenario - fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico this fall.

A Steuben County fishing icon sold his bass boat and hung up his favorite poles.

In this region of Colorado that is home to such fly-fishing icons as Scott fly rods and Ross fly reels, Whiting Farms stands out as the largest and dominant fly-tying feather producer in the world.

One of the most common questions local tackle shop owners receive is, "Where can I take a kid fishing for bluegill or crappie?" A few years ago that answer was easy.

Rusty Chappell targets trout under docks during a recent excursion. &nbsp Photo: 2 of 3&nbsp&nbsp JIM SUTTON/TheTimes-Union A small speckled sea trout comes to the boat after being fooled by a plastic shrimp.