A state panel has decided to regulate a sport angling practice known as "chumming," which involves releasing parts of dead fish or other material into the water to attract live fish. Officials say the ...

Catfish are not hard to catch most of the time, but catching big ones consistently can be a challenge, even in the catfish-rich waters of the Tennessee River lakes that stretch through North Alabama.

Chumming –the practice of dumping bait of some sort in the water to attract fish so they can be caught, is generally prohibited in Washington. That could change if a proposal to make chumming legal ...