ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A trotline is a fishing line with baited hooks used to catch multiple fish at once. It also happens to be at the center of a controversy in Unicoi County. On Memorial Day weekend ...

I am a lifelong fisherman and hunter. I was taught from childhood to respect nature and to ensure that my actions do not endanger other sportsmen. I will never forget my Daddy passing up a chance to ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation announced Tuesday that one of the biggest flathead catfish ever recorded in the state had been caught on a trotline. In the accompanying photo, ...

Here’s a question that may stump even the most experienced angler? How did trotlines get their name? How the term “trotline” became the name for this well-known stationary fishing device, which ...

The smell was offensive enough — a retch-inducing wave of death’s unmistakable, sticky stench overwhelming what had been a sweet, rich, organic aroma of vibrant life suffusing the East Texas waterway ...

A man reeled in a massive 95-pound flathead catfish in southern Oklahoma, breaking a local record, the state's wildlife officials said Tuesday. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said in ...

Tim Stillings, of Morrisville, caught a Missouri state record 7-pound, 8-ounce walleye. Missouri Department of Conservation Tim Stillings recently caught a walleye fish by using a trotline for the ...