While paddlefish populations are declining in parts of the country, Oklahoma’s numbers remain strong thanks to decades of conservation work by state wildlife experts. The prehistoric American ...

While paddlefish populations are declining in parts of the country, Oklahoma’s numbers remain strong thanks to decades of conservation work by state wildlife experts. The prehistoric American ...

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 ...

OVER THREE decades Keith Green watched paddlefish rise from a novelty fish used by a few locals and exploited by black marketers to Oklahoma's well-known prehistoric prize and a fish that benefits ...

Going after the paddlefish on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers was once banned, but the populations came back enough to restart the paddlefish season. The DNR is hoping for similar success in ...

Lake Eufaula isn’t just busy with crappie fishing — many anglers have discovered that paddlefish also call the lake home. Grayson caught an 85-pound paddlefish, also known as a spoonbill, on the lake ...

EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — An Oklahoma man set not only a state record but possibly a world record after he snagged an American paddlefish weighing nearly 147 pounds. According to the Oklahoma Department ...

DERBY, Kan. (KSNW) — The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks warns fishermen that you cannot fish for paddlefish in the Arkansas River. Courtesy: KDWP Game Wardens The fish was reintroduced to Kaw ...

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 ...