We fishermen chat endlessly about the latest lures, flashiest reels and prettiest boats on the market. These subjects are just plain cool and, as humans, we’re naturally drawn to the excitement of ...

Two percent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, our new research published in Science Advances finds. To put that into perspective, the amount of longline fishing gear ...

Longlining, also known as longline fishing, is a large-scale industrial fishing method that involves the use of a fishing line with thousands of baited hooks. These fishing lines can stretch over 100 ...

All fly anglers inevitably contend with fly-line management issues. Chances are, even the best of fly rodders will miss a shot at a fish, if the line lays tangled on the deck or is looped around an ...

Late one evening a few years back, I was walking along the marina docks at Honokohau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, when I noticed a mate aboard one of the larger offshore fishing boats stripping the ...

They have the largest stand-alone fishing line factory on the planet, making enough line to go around the world nearly 34 times each year, and the fishing line experts at Sunline say you shouldn’t buy ...

At Pelican Point in Namibia, seal rescuers discover a juvenile entangled in snoek fishing line during the colony's breeding season. Because the area is crowded with seals, the team must approach ...

A seal becomes entangled in strong fishing line, leaving rescuers with a difficult removal procedure. After catching the ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series about fishing line. You can read Part I here: Monofilament and fluorocarbon Today’s braided fishing lines offer anglers more choice in line ...

Loon tangled in fishing line. Photo credit: Marge Gibson. Monofilament fishing line is the line anglers most commonly use: single-strand, high-density nylon. Recyclers that specialize in fishing line ...

Six highly detailed fishing rod icons with reels and two baits Fishing and active hobby. Fishing fly rod with fishing line. Fish biting a lure. Fly fishing on bait on the lake or river. Fishing and ...