An odd encounter with nature exploded before river paddlers in northwest Iowa in late July. They were attacked by fish. These fish encounters weren't anglers stuck by bony fins or river waders, but by ...

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 ...

An Oklahoma angler hoping to snag a giant paddlefish on Saturday instead landed a bighead carp that weighed 20 pounds more than the existing world record. The 110-pound carp was caught by Gabe ...

There’s a back door for Asian carp to sneak into Minnesota, and fisheries officials are worried the invaders already might have found it. Commercial fishermen recently caught dozens of Asian carp in ...

Several species of invasive carp, formally known as Asian carp, have infamously infiltrated American waterways since their introduction in Arkansas in the 1970s. Floods helped them feather into the ...

Iowa anglers who dream of landing a state record fish may never have a better opportunity than they do right now. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources on Jan. 1, 2013, added eight species of fish ...