I was a few minutes into a fishing conversation with local angler Duane Osgood when I noticed a new fish mount on his office wall. The giant crappie he had caught last winter was eye catching and very ...

In this age of "catch & release," more and more anglers are working hard to conserve more and more fish. Biologists say that in many cases catch & release may not help fishing populations as much as ...

CONOVER, Wis. — The studio of Lax Reproductions is walled with trophy fish, mostly muskies, that are still swimming in the lakes where they were caught. While they appear as natural as any traditional ...

Editor’s note: For 2021, Jordan Rodriguez’s fishing column will appear twice a month in the Idaho Statesman and at IdahoStatesman.com. Fish taxidermy has fascinated me from an early age. Seeing a huge ...

When I was growing up, the freezer in the Frigidaire in our kitchen was my personal taxidermist. If I caught a fish I was proud of, there it would live sometimes for months, or at least until my ...

Mike Ward of St. Paul tightened his grip on a light-tackle fishing rod that looped over the stern of his boat. The rod quivered and darted as he reeled against the resistance, captivating all ...

So you’ve caught a big fish through the ice, on a Lake Ontario salmon charter – or just casting off the dock at your favorite lake or pond. You decide to have a trophy mount made of the fish. Now what ...

Fish taxidermy is still something of a sideline for Andy Johns. But the 27-year-old West Ashley residents feels there's a correlation between trying to replicate a customer's trophy fish and his day ...

has stepped up this week to settle the eternal debate of fly vs. spin, to weigh in walleyes and zanders, and to explain why fishermen from New Jersey are such jerks—er, that is, so very, very ...

CONOVER, Wis. (AP) - The studio of Lax Reproductions is walled with trophy fish, mostly muskies, that are still swimming in the lakes where they were caught. While they appear as natural as any ...