New York State Department of Environmental Conservation police officers (ECOs) busted 11 anglers last month for snagging fish after dark on the Salmon River. ECOs received a tip at around 2:30 a.m. on ...

Emily Fitzgerald, The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash. Sep. 30—Six males between the ages of 15 and 23 accused of breaking into the Cowlitz River Salmon Hatchery in Salkum on Sunday and snagging salmon out ...

These salmon, mostly pink salmon, are game fish that are coming into the river to spawn. They may be legally targeted and kept by anglers using normal fishing methods, but not by snagging.

A Long Beach, Wash., man has been sentenced to 50 days in jail for snagging salmon, an illegal technique effective when rivers are low and fish congregate in pools, the Washington Department of Fish ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Fish and Wildlife Department says low streamflows this time of year make fish vulnerable to snagging and other illegal fishing.The department says an enforcement office ...