Going after the paddlefish on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers was once banned, but the populations came back enough to restart the paddlefish season. The DNR is hoping for similar success in ...

WILLISTON, N.D. -- Paddlefish fishermen in northwest North Dakota can once again this year help projects that benefit the state by giving away caviar from the fish they catch. With season opening May ...

Anthony Sindt and Hannah Anema wait silently in a motorboat on the Minnesota River, listening as the hydrophone they’ve dropped into the water picks up ultrasonic signals. Each ping is almost like a ...

Paddlefish. They’re odd looking fish that are being raised at the Shreveport Aquarium but destined for a new home in Caddo Lake. “When people think of prehistoric creatures they think of T-Rex or ...

Michael Clancy, regional fisheries manager for the state Department of Environmental Conservation in Region 9, holds up a stocked paddlefish that was netted. The paddlefish, a large, primitive ...

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) -- Every winter, just below the lock and dam here, John Pitlo goes fishing. The voyages he takes with two others on the Mississippi River are one part of a tale involving the caviar ...

Researchers aren't sure if they went over the Table Rock Dam spillway or through the big power-generating turbines. But at least two paddlefish took that wild ride and ended up being caught by ...

They say records are made to be broken. But an Oklahoma paddlefish snagger, who would have easily set a new world record with a 157-pound fish he caught on Valentine's Day, won't land in the world ...

When compared to some of the geological wonders of North America, the unremarkable terrain of the East Texas piney woods doesn't stand out. But what it lacks in spectacular scenery it makes up for in ...

Reality TV, itself an oxymoron, founded a whole series on angling for large fish around the globe in some of the world’s most famous waters. Animal Planet’s “River Monsters” exposed viewers to some of ...

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Paddlefish Research Center in the northeast part of the state has already processed at least 300 fish for anglers this spring. When it comes to ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese paddlefish's sharp, protruding snout made it one of the largest freshwater species in the world. Since scientists declared it extinct in a research paper published last week ...