The hooks will be flying May 1 below Big Bend Dam at Fort Thompson as a revived state paddlefish season gives anglers a change to hook into Missouri River trophies that could weigh 100 pounds or more.

Like sharks, paddlefish have no bones — only cartilage and connective tissue to create their skeletons. Fossils of paddlefish have been found dating back 60 million years. Those fossils look very ...

While fly fishing may call for the grace of a dancer, paddlefish snagging can be more like mud wrestling, say some Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks employees who enjoy the sport. A native of the ...

With high flows roaring down the Yellowstone River, paddlefish snagging has been so successful at Intake Diversion Dam in the past week that the harvest season will close at 10 p.m. Saturday. The ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is planning to reintroduce paddlefish into the Iowa Great Lakes. DNR Fisheries Biologist Mike Hawkins says paddlefish are native to the area. “We have good ...

Two fishermen reeled in a prehistoric American paddlefish on a river in Tennessee, officials say. Screen grab/Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Two friends were out to catch striped bass in ...