Fishing industry - The Durango Herald

That’s some pricey fish: A glimpse into Japan’s New Year’s tuna auction

TOKYO – That’s a REALLY big fish. This one weighed in at 535 pounds. It sold for a record $3.2 million Monday at an enormous annual New Year’s auction in Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market. That wou...

DATE: Jan 6, 2026 | CATEGORY: Food

Beginnings

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”- “Closing Time” by Semisonic

DATE: Jan 4, 2026 | CATEGORY: Columnists

The End

After 20 years and over 200 columns, Don Oliver’s “Flies and Lies” is over

DATE: Dec 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Columnists

A new ‘Blue Food’ cookbook champions fish and other seafood for any meal

NEW YORK – Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver are what you’d call seafood fanatics. Or blue food evangelists. They want us to eat more things from the water, even first thing in the morning. “...

DATE: Nov 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Food

A great road trip

Consider traveling in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming for great fly fishing

DATE: Oct 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Thirty-one years of experience proves to be no help

Even in a drought, fly fishing can be fun with the right steps

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

A fly fisher two-steps to help Texas

Spend some money in the communities affected to help local economy

DATE: Aug 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Catching a gar on a hookless rope fly

Sharing your knowledge on how to catch this tricky fish can be great bonding

DATE: Jul 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Lake Nighthorse has plenty of new improvements

Try some ‘podcasting’ to catch some stocked trout

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

A Change-Up In Your Retrieve Can Make A Difference

My Friday fishing partner, Kim, and I decided that since spring was in the air, and the high mountain streams were still covered in snow, it would be a good day to fish one of our favorite a...

DATE: May 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Nervous Water, Sign Of Fish

Tactics for nervous waters can be used anywhere

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

It’s cold, now what do I do?

Recently, at a New Year’s Day football game watch party, I was asked by someone what I wear to fly fish when the air temperature is 32 degrees. The answer to that question was a golf shirt,...

DATE: Feb 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday