ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A trotline is a fishing line with baited hooks used to catch multiple fish at once. It also happens to be at the center of a controversy in Unicoi County. On Memorial Day weekend ...

Just finished your editorial on trotline fishing in Tennessee. I have been kayaking the lakes and rivers in this area for 15 years and have several times been hooked by trotlines, and I have cut ...

I am a lifelong fisherman and hunter. I was taught from childhood to respect nature and to ensure that my actions do not endanger other sportsmen. I will never forget my Daddy passing up a chance to ...

Tim Stillings recently caught a walleye fish by using a trotline for the first time, but his catch in Missouri’s Sac River was monumental for other reasons. At 7 pounds, 8 ounces, that walleye broke ...

A Missouri fisherman caught a record-breaking walleye with a trotline, which is a "dying art" in fishing. Tim Stillings caught the fish on May 16 in the Sac River, in the southwest of the state. The ...

Tim Stillings was fishing from the Sac River when he caught a state-record walleye earlier this month. Stillings was running trotlines for catfish May 16. “It’s somewhat of a dying art," Stillings ...

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The American Canoe Association (ACA) in Tennessee is calling on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and state legislators to update trotline regulations for ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — After a kayak student was entangled in a trotline, a top kayak safety instructor cut the line to prevent injuries to other paddlers floating down the Nolichucky River over Memorial ...

Tim Stillings, of Morrisville, caught a Missouri state record 7-pound, 8-ounce walleye. Missouri Department of Conservation Tim Stillings recently caught a walleye fish by using a trotline for the ...

Daniel Rogers is president of the West Tennessee Canoe & Kayak Club and an ACA-certified Level 2 kayaking instructor. I am a lifelong fisherman and hunter. I was taught from childhood to respect ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — After a kayak student was entangled in a trotline, a top kayak safety instructor cut the line to prevent injuries to other paddlers floating down the Nolichucky River over Memorial ...