Richard Jones, left, and Tim Cox stopped by the Register Wednesday to show off four huge blue catfish the pair caught earlier that morning near Wolf Creek in Coffey County.

TOPEKA — The administrative rebellion waged in the Capitol against the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission is being led by men and women with expertise in firearms, arrows, hooks and other tools of hunting, fishing…

CHENEY — A local fisherman helped resolve a 33-year-old mystery recently. The Wichita Eagle reported John Mounce of Wichita was fishing in Cheney Reservoir May 29 when a sonar device tipped him off that a…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An invasive fish species last seen in Missouri in 2019 is now back, and there are concerns it could continue to spread throughout the state. A northern snakehead fish was captured…

The regular monthly meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club was Sunday, March 5. President Sophia Heim presided. The Cloverbuds led the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge.  Roll call was “Who is your…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition representing the Maine lobster industry is suing an aquarium on the other side of the country for recommending that seafood customers avoid buying a variety of lobster mostly harvested…

The annual Hooked on Fishing, Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing derby is set for Saturday at Craig and Georgia Abbott’s pond along north Cottonwood Street in Iola. The derby, originally scheduled for June 4, was…

Craig Abbott is at his wit’s end. Trespassers have repeatedly snuck onto his property containing a small pond he keeps well stocked in order to ensure plenty of action for the annual Hooked On Fishing,…

MCKINLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Three anglers are safe after a homemade ice-fishing shanty was blown about a mile across a bay in Michigan by winds that neared 50 mph, authorities said. A person onshore…

PRATT, Kan. (AP) — Kansas fisheries officials are working to determine how a 39.5 lb. alligator gar ended up in a state river. The Kansas Wildlife & Parks said an angler pulled the gar last…