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 ...

I am a teenager who is a major fisherman. I have heard a lot of arguments about the barbed vs. the barbless hooks. In my opinion, barbed hooks are much better, especially if you are fishing to keep ...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission recently directed state fisheries managers to make barbless hook rules voluntary instead of mandatory. In some areas, such as the Snake River and its ...

Earth to Oregon anglers: The world will not end with a barbless-hook rule for salmon and steelhead fishing on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Oregon State Police won't use cotton swabs, their ...

Washington officials have had an itch for years to shift to barbless hooks for salmon and steelhead sport fishing in the Columbia River. It’s been proposed — then postponed because Oregon was not on ...

With spring chinook season heating up, will step up enforcement of new barbless hook rules for recreational salmon fishing on the Columbia River and other major fishing spots. Anglers using barbed ...

Washington’s move to allow barbed hooks in much of the Columbia River Basin will not include the Snake River or its tributaries. Ryan Lothrop, Columbia River fishery manager for the Washington ...