With Montana's paddlefish harvest quota expected to be reached, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission agreed on Thursday to close the 2011 paddlefish harvest season on the Yellowstone River ...

Paddlefish season is set to kick off March 15, and there's a few things you should know before attempting to snag this prehistoric fish. Paddlefish, whose ancestors swam when dinosaurs walked the ...

West Fargo - One of my first work details after I became a game warden in 1996 was as part of a detail during the paddlefish snagging season. And since then I’ve watched them, weighed them, even tried ...

North Dakota's wildlife and fisheries resources provide some interesting opportunities, such as sage grouse and prairie chicken hunting, and the chance to snag a paddlefish. These species, because of ...

Apr. 14—BISMARCK — North Dakota's paddlefish season opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through May 21, the Game and Fish Department said in a news release. However, depending on the overall ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced Thursday that the state’s 2025 paddlefish-snagging season will close at 7 p.m. (Central Time) May 9 to any additional harvest to provide ...

WILLISTON, N.D.-Anglers looking to tangle with the biggest fish in the Missouri River are lining the shorelines in northwest North Dakota this week for paddlefish season."It's a rush," said Randy ...

A highlight of my early years with the Game and Fish Department as a district game warden was the variety of field training opportunities. New wardens learn different required skills from seasoned ...

Rusty Pritchard was the only spoonbill guide on Grand Lake in 1997 when, as a high school sophomore, he started showing anglers how to catch the Oklahoma marlin. "I was probably the only spoonbill ...

Those waiting for the paddlefish season to open May 15 at the Intake Access on the Yellowstone River are probably wondering how fishermen in North Dakota are doing. Well, according to Chad Anderson at ...

The paddlefish snagging season on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers opens today. The DNR’s western Iowa fisheries supervisor, Chris Larson, says river conditions should be good. “As soon as the ice ...

WILLISTON (AP) - North Dakota's paddlefish season is open between the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in northwestern North Dakota. Catch-and-keep days run from Wednesday through Sundays through the ...