How long is that fish? The length is important to know, as many species of fish have a minimum length that can be legally kept. Some, like red drum, also have a maximum size that can be kept. Many ...

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission place the fish on top of a ruler, then close the fish’s mouth and push it against a vertical surface and squeeze the sides of its ...

As regulations tighten on the size of sport-caught halibut on charter boats in Alaska, sport fishermen are faced with a challenge of how to tell the size of a halibut without pulling it out of the ...

About seven or eight years ago a column was run on this page telling how to weigh a fish with a tape measure. Since then I’ve had dozens of requests for article reprints from fellow anglers who spend ...