“Extinct” Fish Species Reemerges in Ohio After 80+ Years For anglers fishing in Ohio, the state’s Division of Wildlife announced some cool news last week. A fish species that had been considered “extinct” for over eighty years reemerged in the Ohio River. The longhead darter – an incredibly rare species in the area – was …
Early 2022’s fishing news has seen its fair of illegal activity being buster. This week, reports of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks busting a pair of anglers with over 150 crappie beyond their creel limit garnered attention. Florida saw its own bust, but with much higher consequences. On January 6, the Florida …
It isn’t too surprising when anglers are caught breaking their state’s creel limit. When you’re talking about popular game fish like crappie, it’s easy to catch several dozen in a single day. One pair of anglers took things to a whole new level in December, however. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks released …
Updated Thursday, August 26 While it’s always fun to report state records being broken, there’s a special place among the staff here at Premier Angler when that record is a crappie… For Roy Isaac, a 62-year-old angler out of Albany, New York, his catch on August 21st will ultimately stand as one of the most …
When news began circulating that the North Carolina blue catfish state record had been broken, I immediately had a case of deja vu. It seemed that the record had just been broken a few months ago. During a summer racked by a global pandemic, seeing both the North Carolina blue cat and flathead state records …
You Could Win $100,000 if You Catch This Smallmouth Bass! Here are Premier Angler, we often joke that fishing is expensive. Those three words have probably been written more than any other combination since the site’s inception. And for good reason. Of the roughly 46 million Americans who purchase a fishing license each year, the …