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Seven temporary workers and three volunteers at the Samish Hatchery began the process Monday morning of clipping by hand the adipose fins of about 5.2 million coho salmon smolt. The fin clipping, ...

Many of us have been there before: In a boat, with a more experienced angler. A fish is landed. The veteran fisherman glances at the wiggling fish, tosses it back in the lake, and shows just how smart ...

Like tonsils and foreskin in humans, the adipose fin on trout and salmon appears to be a body part fish don't need. However, selective removal of this fleshy protuberance on the fish's back is paying ...

Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for February: A couple of columns ago, I received a reply from a reader who asked several questions about the program (federal, state and tribal) requiring all ...