Chad Williams of Olathe, Kansas, might never be able to top his first day fishing for paddlefish. On March 17, Williams went on a guided trip with five other friends and family members on Missouri’s ...

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 ...

May 11—BUFORD, N.D. — It wasn't the kind of day you'd choose to stand on a sandbar or riverbank and sling 5 ounces of lead and a big treble hook into the river for hours on end — kerplunk, kerplunk, ...

We have dinosaurs swimming in the Midwest. Paddlefish fossils date from 65 million years ago. They’re native to North America and once flourished in the Mississippi and Missouri watersheds. Today, ...

Paddlefish have been swimming in North American water since the time of the dinosaurs. The odd-looking, prehistoric fish are a threatened species in several states, including Minnesota. But they seem ...

The paddlefish is one of North Dakota's oldest surviving wildlife species. Bighorn sheep that roam western North Dakota's badlands are descendants of transplants from other states, brought in less ...

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Deep in a remote river, massive paddlefish started surfacing one after another. These ancient, endangered fish moved with unbelievable power, turning a normal outing into a chaotic encounter with a ...