The adipose fin on trout and salmon appears to be a body part fish don’t need. However, selective removal of this fleshy protuberance on the fish’s back is paying big dividends for Washington anglers.

The salmon came easily at first, swirled a few enticing feet beyond the net, then tore off on a trademark spring chinook "boat run," as it's known in the fleet speckling Portland-area waters these ...

Many of us have been there before: In a boat, with a more experienced angler. A fish is landed. The veteran fisherman glances at the wiggling fish, tosses it back in the lake, and shows just how smart ...

GRAND LAKE STREAM — There is a knack to this fin-clipping, or “fish-marking” game. That was readily apparent on Thursday as experienced fisheries personnel joined forces with volunteer anglers, ...

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Here is Tony Floor’s Tackle Box report for February: A couple of columns ago, I received a reply from a reader who asked several questions about the program (federal, state and tribal) requiring all ...

(CBS Detroit) --If you've caught a trout or salmon in Michigan with its adipose fin clipped, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says it may have a tag with important information. Lake ...

Seven temporary workers and three volunteers at the Samish Hatchery began the process Monday morning of clipping by hand the adipose fins of about 5.2 million coho salmon smolt. The fin clipping, ...