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Seven more Wyoming anglers can say they mastered the state’s waters. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is happy to announce the newest Ultimate Anglers who caught 10 different species of trophy-sized fish in Wyoming. The achievement is recognized as part of the department’s Master Angler program.

"The idea really is to give people who may of thought about going fishing or adding fishing to things they do like canoeing or kayaking but haven't done it a chance to try it out."

In 2019, Colorado sports men and women took to the state’s lakes and streams vying for extra bragging rights.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced that Buffalo resident Jared Bailey is the first angler in the Sheridan Region to reach Ultimate Angler status in the Game and Fish Department’s Master Angler program. The program, initiated in June 2019, recognizes anglers who catch trophy-sized game fish in Wyoming waters. Anglers who catch one fish species of a trophy size earn the title of Master Angler, five different trophy-sized species earn the title of Trophy Angler and those who catc...

Modified Mar 12th, 2021 at 11:18 AM Protect your catch from sharks with the Sharkbanz Zeppelin. Captain Profile: Billy Delph, Delph Fishing Charters, Key West, Florida KEY WEST, FL (March 12, 2021) – If there’s anything akin to street cred for professional charter fishing skippers, you can bet Capt. Billy Delph has a double dose. The full-time captain and owner of Delph Fishing Charters from Key West, Florida, has a serious reputation for catching big fish and plenty of them while keeping e...

Alpine’s Sam Gertsch is a Wyoming Ultimate Angler ◆ Working to legally catch 10 trophy-class fish required 200 days of his time and took him all over the state. Though he had questioned his decision to fish north Pinedale’s Soda Lake that day in October, 2020, Sam Gertsch of Alpine was glad he had determined to brave the biting wind and cold temperatures. With his seventh cast of the day, he landed his tenth trophy-class Wyoming fish, a 24-inch brown trout. With that catch, he also earned...

One of my most painful lost-fish encounters occurred more than a decade ago on the Manitoba side of the Red River near Selkirk while ice fishing for the “greenback” walleyes that swim into the river from Lake Winnipeg. Ah, the memories, eh?

One of the most painful lost-fish encounters in my experience occurred more than a decade ago on the Manitoba side of the Red River near Selkirk while ice fishing for the “greenback” walleyes that swim into the river from Lake Winnipeg. Ah, the memories, eh?