A few months ago, Bill Babler was on his way to Kansas City with precious cargo in the back of his car. Wrapped in towels and tucked safely inside a sleeping bag was the frozen carcass of the new ...

In this age of "catch & release," more and more anglers are working hard to conserve more and more fish. Biologists say that in many cases catch & release may not help fishing populations as much as ...

Animal taxidermy mounts at Willamette Fish Hatchery. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) is a close second to the Bonneville Fish Hatchery, 40 miles east of Portland, as the most visitor friendly hatchery ...

Believe it or not, that big sailfish hanging on your neighbor’s living room wall probably never was a fish. “People don’t realize it, but almost all saltwater mounts today are made from fiberglass,” ...

So you’ve caught a big fish through the ice, on a Lake Ontario salmon charter – or just casting off the dock at your favorite lake or pond. You decide to have a trophy mount made of the fish. Now what ...