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 Wildlife
Commission Announces July 4 as Free Fishing Day
RALEIGH, N.C.
(June 18) – Reeling in a fish — whether it’s a monster striper on
the Roanoke River or a 5-inch shellcracker from a local pond — is a thrill,
no matter what your age or skill level. On July 4, anglers and
would-be anglers of all ages are encouraged to get out and go
fishing — for free! From
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 STATEWIDE BOATING ADVISORY ISSUED WHILE WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH
(OH)
COLUMBUS, OH - A statewide boating advisory has been issued for
all Ohio inland lakes, rivers and streams due to recent storms
that have pushed water levels higher throughout most of the state,
according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources....
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| Anglers caught with 59
Walleyes over their limit -- Also forfeit
boat,
 motor
and trailer under gross overlimits law (MN)
A phone call from an alert sportsman helped DNR conservation
officers nab two anglers from Illinois on June 11 who were found
to have 59 walleyes over their limit, with 30 of those over the
slot size on Rainy Lake....
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 Children's
Fishing Derby Action, 2004 (NJ)
The Children's Fishing Derby Program began in the 1970s with
Hackettstown Fish Hatchery personnel stocking about 10 ponds each
year with bluegill sunfish. Today approximately 90 derbies will
receive fish, with channel catfish and black crappies being added
to the stocking mix....
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| Another Sturgeon Poached -
STOP POACHERS / GET PAID!!! (ID)
 The
remains of a large white sturgeon were found and reported to Fish
and Game late last week. A $250 reward has been offered by
Citizens Against Poaching (CAP) for information leading to the
arrest of those responsible for the poaching. Call the CAP hotline
toll-free at 800-632-5999.
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| Free Fishing Days Scheduled June 11-13;
Activities Planned (AR)
 LITTLE
ROCK - Free Fishing Days of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
this year will be from noon Friday, June 11, through midnight
Sunday, June 13, said Mike Gibson, chief of fisheries. No sport
fisherman, resident or non-resident, will need a fishing license
or a trout permit to fish anywhere in Arkansas during ...
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| Outdoor Discovery Camps Spaces
Still Available! (MD)
 Spaces remain for the youth residential camp
being offered by the State Forest and Park Service. The Department of
Natural Resources offers tent camping programs for youth girls and boys
ages 8 – 16 years old. The 5-day, 4-night camps are located....
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| AREA KIDS WILL KICKOFF NATIONAL FISHING AND BOATING
WEEK  AT CONSTITUTION GARDENS ON THE NATIONAL MALL
Students from
schools in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia will go
fishing on the National Mall at Constitution gardens today to
kickoff National Fishing and Boating Week, the nationwide
celebration of two popular national pastimes....
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| DFG
Announces 2-day Big Game Hunting Clinic in June (CA)
 The
California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is accepting
registration for 100 participants to its first-ever Big Game
Hunting Clinic, set for June 26 and 27 in Williams, Colusa County.
The clinic is one of several advanced hunting workshops scheduled
through the fall that will focus on...
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Utah's Wildlife and Rivers Festival June 10–13
(UT)
 One
of the best regions in the country to see wildlife and run scenic
river canyons is now home to an exciting new event designed to
help the public have fun learning about, recreating in and
celebrating these resources. The Utah's Wildlife and Rivers
Festival opens June 10–13 for the first time in northeastern
Utah....
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 SURPRISE
DAD WITH A 5 YEAR FISHING LICENSE (FL)
Looking for a Father’s Day gift that will last
him 1,826 days? Look no further; for a limited time, the Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has a great deal
on five-year resident freshwater fishing licenses....
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| SMOKEY BEAR BALLOON
BRINGING FIRE-PREVENTION MESSAGE
 TO
STATE PARK, SKIES OF PENNSYLVANIA (PA)
Smokey Bear will take his nationally recognized forest fire
prevention message into the skies of Pennsylvania as a hot-air
balloon, lifting off Saturday, May 29, from Gifford Pinchot State
Park, near Lewisberry, York County, Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources (DCNR) officials announced today...
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| 10 Gas Saving Tips for Boaters
(AL)
 With the cost of a gallon of gas continuing to reach record highs - and
prices not expected to peak until late summer - Boat Owners Association of
The United States (BoatU.S.) has a few tips that could significantly reduce
your fuel costs. 1. Leave the extra “junk” home...
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 Governor's Youth Wild Turkey & Bass Challenge Event Big Success
(WV)
Ten youth winners of an essay contest enjoyed two days
afield and learned about the importance of wildlife management
during the forth annual Governor's Youth Wild Turkey & Bass
Challenge event, held May 13 – 15 at Flatwoods in Braxton County
and Stonewall Jackson Lake Resort State Park....
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| This Big Fish Story Is For Real
(TX)
 Call
something a "big fish story" and everyone knows immediately it's a
tall tale. Not
in this case. "Splash," the new world-record blue catfish (who weighed in at 121.5
pounds upon being caught) now resides at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries
Center in Athens.
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| IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON LAKE
D'ARBONNE (LA)
 Six
underwater artificial reef sites and two gravel beds have been
successfully installed on the lake, with the goal of improving the
fishery resource. Maps of the reef locations will be available at various retail outlets
throughout the area and on the LDWF website....
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 Official State Fishing Map Is First for Texas
(TX)
A new official Texas freshwater fishing map available May
24 will promote family fishing and benefit the construction fund for a new
education building at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
The 37-inch by 38-inch four-color map is the first of its kind for
Texas, according to Eric Kincaid. His Dallas-based company
produced the map in partnership with...
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| Alabama Holds First State
Archery Championship (AL)
 Students
participated in
Alabama’s first annual
“National Archery in the Schools Program” Championship on April
29. The event, held at the Alabama Wildlife Federation
headquarters in Millbrook, featured 220 students representing 11
schools....
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 A
First Time For Everything (OK)
Kerry Carter had never been fishing at Robert S. Kerr
Reservoir, he had never caught a walleye and he had never caught a
state record fish. But there is a first time for everything and
Carter couldn’t be happier. Carter and a
fishing buddy decided to head east to Kerr Reservoir near Webbers
Falls for an evening of catfishing...
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2004 Hackettstown Hatchery
Broodstock Collection (NJ)
 The
2004 spring trap-netting season proved very successful as hatchery
and fisheries lab staff collected large numbers of
“trophy-quality” fish to serve as brood stock at the Hackettstown
State Fish Hatchery. These fish lived up to expectations and
produced ...
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 DNR
Fisheries Service To Post Signs Advising Anglers To Kill And
Report Northern Snakehead Fish Caught
Action necessary
after another snakehead caught May 12
Maryland - DNR
Fisheries Service staff will be posting signs to instruct anglers
to kill all northern Snakehead fish that are caught, retain the
fish, and report them to DNR. This action is necessary to...
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Research Continues on Muskie Pox (MI)
 State fisheries officials today reminded anglers on Lake St. Clair to report
observations of sick or dead muskie that appear to suffer Piscirickettsia,
commonly called “muskie pox.” The bacterial disease, which does
not affect humans, was first identified...
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 Record
white bass confirmed by DNR (MN)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today confirmed
as a news species record a 4-pound 2.4-ounce white bass caught May
4 by Tony Adolfino of Joliet, Ill....
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| GLENROCK ANGLER SHATTERS
FLATHEAD CATFISH RECORD (WY)
 Dallas
Stanton of Glenrock not only shattered the Wyoming flathead
catfish record April 18, he tangled with three big fish that day
and one might have even been bigger than the new state record.
Fishing in the North Platte River at the Dave Johnson Power Plant
east of Glenrock that morning, Stanton had what he estimated was
an 18...
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| Howell Wins Rolex/IGFA
Inhore Championship (FL)
 Mitch
Howell of Plantation, Fla., released a tarpon, bonefish and permit
Wednesday, augmenting earlier catches in the week to take grand
champion honors at the three-day Rolex/International Game Fish
Association Inshore Championship Tournament that ended...
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Take-a-Mom Fishing this weekend, but not for walleye (MN)
I n Minnesota, Moms can fish without a fishing license on Take-a-Mom
Fishing weekend (May 8 and 9). But, guys out there still need a fishing
license. Moms can fish for free on May 8 and 9, but only for those fish
species that have a continuous season, like yellow perch and
crappies. Even Moms have to wait until May 15...
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 Muskies
Stocked In Reservoirs (NJ)
On April 20, 2004, a crew from the Hackettstown Hatchery and
members of Muskies, Inc. Chapter 22 participated in the first
muskellunge stocking of Monksville Reservoir. A total of 287
muskies averaging 12.1 inches long were float stocked in the
reservoir....
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 Fish
Will Do The Darnedest Things (MT)
Fish will do the darnedest things. Sometimes fancy tracking
equipment catches them at it. Other times a biologist in the field
has a memorable “fish encounter.” Here are some examples. A 32-inch bull trout
astonished biologists by surviving a trip through the turbines at
Libby Dam in northwestern Montana....
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| JEFFERSON PARISH MEN
ARRESTED FOR OUTBOARD THEFT
 On April 19, a
commercial fisherman fishing the Red River called the Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Inland Fisheries Division
after landing a fish that he knew wasn't supposed to be there.
Fisheries biologists quickly determined that the 26-pound fish was
an Asian black carp, the first confirmed catch in Louisiana
waters...
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 BOATERS
ARE "IN COMMAND" TO GET FREE SAFETY INSPECTIONS IN MAY (OH)
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio boaters are encouraged to take advantage
of free vessel safety checks during May in observance of National
Safe Boating Week, May 22-28, according to the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources (ODNR)....
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 State
Announces Changes to 2004 Recreational Fishing Regulations (NY)
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
today announced changes in 2004 recreational fishing regulations
for summer flounder, scup (porgy) and black sea bass. The new
regulations, which are effective immediately, are as follows..:
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 MISGUIDED "RESCUES" PROMPT REMINDER: LEAVE YOUNG WILDLIFE ALONE
(CO)
A resident was hiking for several hours
in a forested area northwest of the Bonner Peaks subdivision,
exploring the edges of fire damage from the recent Picnic Rocks
fire, when her dogs discovered a tiny bear. Assuming it was an
orphan due to the fire, she carried it out...
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 KDWP
OFFERS REWARDS FOR CRAPPIE (KS)
Tagged crappie can bring $100 rewards
EMPORIA - Attention crappie anglers: Do you have tags from
crappie you have caught at Cedar Bluff, Clinton, Hillsdale,
Melvern, or Perry lakes? If so, the Kansas Department of Wildlife
and Parks would like to hear from you, and you might like what the
department is offering in return....
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 Crappie
Fishing Picking Up In Oklahoma
The weekly fishing report,
compiled by Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation personnel
and other individuals, indicates that crappie fishing is picking
up. Crappie fishing is one of the most popular fishing
opportunities available due to their willingness to bite and their
fine flavor at the dinner table....
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 Want to Tangle With a Toothy
Terror? Go Pike Fishing (NH)
For anglers who relish a toothy battle with a large, slick,
thrashing game fish, extreme adventure is on tap right here in the
Granite State when you go fishing for northern pike. The
largest, fiercest predator of New Hampshire's freshwater rivers,
lakes and ponds, the pike is noted for its long, pointed snout and
mouth full of sharp, backward-slanting teeth....
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| Shovelnose Sturgeon
Return to Ohio Waters (OH)
 This
May, beneath surface of the Scioto River, something new may be
going on for the first time in half a century: sturgeon spawning.
Thanks to a private-public partnership, shovelnose sturgeon have
come back to the Buckeye state after nearly a 50-year hiatus. It's
considered an endangered species by the state of Ohio.
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 BOTH FISH AND ANGLERS LOVE NIGHTCRAWLERS, SO STOCK UP NOW
(NE)
There are few absolutes in fishing, but one is that most
game fish absolutely love nightcrawlers. Anglers love them, too, because
they are easy to find and can be absolutely free for the taking....
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 Commission Adopts Fishing License Changes
AUSTIN, Texas — Beginning this fall, Texas anglers will have to pick the
fishing license that matches their fishing preference: freshwater, saltwater
or both. That's because a new $5 freshwater fishing stamp to generate
funding for
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"Outdoor Alabama" Debuts to National Audience
 "Outdoor
Alabama," the Department of Conservation’s newest effort to share
the state’s natural resources with a national audience has made
its debut. "Outdoor Alabama" can be seen every Friday at
6:30 p.m. CST....
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DNR Announces Free Camping Weekend for State Parks
(IA)
 Des Moines - The DNR announced today that Iowans are invited to camp free
at 52 state park campgrounds May 14,15, and 16...
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 Accelerated
Walleye Stocking Continues(MN)
Minnesota's stocked walleye lakes received a bumper crop
thanks to 165,000 pounds of walleye fingerlings and yearlings
stocked in the state’s lakes this past fall. The fish will start
to reach catchable size in three years...
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 New
York State Trout Fishing Season Opens April 1
Commissioner Erin M. Crotty today encouraged anglers to begin gearing up for
trout season opening day on April 1, 2004. Anglers can again look forward to
a great year of fishing, thanks to the natural diversity of angling
opportunities within New York and the ongoing management of the State's
fisheries by DEC...
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 FREE FRESHWATER FISHING WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTED BY KIDS
FISHING DERBIES (FL)
Both residents and nonresidents alike are exempt from Florida's
freshwater fishing license requirements during the two-day weekend
period. To highlight the event, the FWC has an additional
bonus for parents who want to introduce their kids to fishing. In
Polk County, a free kids fishing derby will be held for
youngsters...
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 Easter Egg Hunt At Tuckahoe
State Park (MD)
The Maryland
Department of Natural Resources will be hosting their annual Easter Egg
Hunt at Tuckahoe State Park’s Cherry Lane Playground on Saturday April 10.
This fun-filled day will start at 11:30 a.m. with a variety of
children’s games followed by the Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. This annual
event is one of the largest in the are....
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 Red
Rim Elk Mystery Solved (WY) -
Follow-Up
RAWLINS—A little plant that is part fungus and part alga is
responsible for the deaths of nearly 300 elk near here. The plant
is a lichen known as Parmelia that is abundant in desert soils
around the state.
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| Record Catfish Still Drawing
Crowds to Fisheries Center (TX)
 The
Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center has a big fish story. 'Splash,'
the new record blue catfish now swimming in the dive tank at the
center, has sent visitation through the roof. Attendance the first
weekend in March was
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 Lower
Mississippi a fishing bonanza waiting to be discovered (MO)
"Now this is what I have
been looking for!" Wade Mansfield exulted as he hauled a pair of
wiggling fish into in the bow of his boat. The 3-pound white bass,
hooked simultaneously on separate jigs on same line, were his
second double of the day, but not his last....
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 VERMONT
TROUT FISHING BEGINS APRIL 10 (VT)
WATERBURY, VT – It’s a time-honored Vermont tradition almost
as big as opening day of deer season. Vermont’s trout fishing
season opens on April 10 this year. Enthusiastic anglers
will be on Vermont’s lakes and streams throughout the state trying
their luck on opening day....
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| ANGLERS GET REWARDS FOR
RETURNING CRAPPIE TAGS IN LAKE
 GREENWOOD
STUDY
(SC)
Fishermen are being asked to help with a S.C. Department
of Natural Resources study of the Lake Greenwood crappie
population. Cash rewards of up to $100 are being offered for
returning crappie tags.
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Lake Dardanelle State Park to Host Bassmaster Elite 50
Series in April
 (AR)
- Lake Dardanelle will host the first of a four-event,
no-entry-fee circuit featuring a $1.6-million purse for the
world’s best anglers -- the Bassmaster Elite 50 Series, being introduced by the Bass
Anglers Sportsman Society this year. The Bassmaster Tour Elite 50 ....
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 Buckeye
State anglers catching fishing fever (OH)
As spring training is to baseball fans, so is spring fishing to
Ohio anglers. All across the state tackle boxes are being
inspected, old fishing line replaced and new lures purchased in
anticipation of another great season of Buckeye State fishing...
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 The Ice
is Gone and the Fishing Heats Up! (NJ)
Just after ice out is a good time to target pre-spawned and post-spawned
northern pike. At this time of the year pike move into the shallows near
shore and the mouths of creeks entering lakes to search for spawning areas...
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 Getting
to Know Native Fish
There are at least 40 native species of fish in Idaho, many of
them relatively or completely unknown to the average angler or
fish enthusiast. From the diminutive sculpins and dace to the
charismatic and beloved trout, salmon, and steelhead...
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 Commission Stocks
the Roanoke and Chowan Rivers with
12,000 Microtagged Largemouth Bass (NC)
Only 4,552 more to go,” joked Brian McRae, watching as the just-tagged,
8-inch largemouth bass slipped from his hand into the holding tank....
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| BUCK STUDY
CONTINUES TO SHED LIGHT ON DEER HERD (PA)
 In the third and final year of a study measuring the
effectiveness of Pennsylvania's relatively new antler restrictions
for deer hunters, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting
that field data collected by researchers indicates that the
state's buck population is getting older, and bucks tend to
disperse shorter distances in habitat that isn't fragmented...
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 Youth turkey hunt returns for third season
(AR)
HEBER SPRINGS -
Providing turkey hunting opportunities for Arkansas’ youths is the
idea behind what has become an annual event in the state. Fifteen
lucky Arkansas youths will get a chance to hunt turkey in the
Heber Springs area Mar. 27-28...
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| Killer
of Radio-collared Bear Convicted, Reward Paid (FL)
An
anonymous citizen who called the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission’s (FWC)
Wildlife Alert Hotline, provided information leading to the
conviction of a poacher who killed a black bear in Pasco County in
January of 2003. For their effort, that citizen was awarded
$1,000 through the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Program.
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| KEEPING WILDLIFE AS
PETS DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD IDEA (S.C.)
 "The
best advice for someone considering keeping a wild animal as a pet
is to not do it! The risks of disease, injury, or inadequate
care are simply too great. The place for wild animals is in the
wild, and to remove a wild animal from its natural habitat into
captivity to satisfy some need to possess some sort of 'different'
kind of pet
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| Technology on the Front Line of
Invasive Species (KS & OK)
 A
MUST READ FOR ALL BOATERS
As part of the 100th Meridian Initiative, a
proverbial line in the sand, boaters in Oklahoma and Kansas might
expect starting this spring to be interviewed by biologists
gathering data on boater habits. The voluntary information
will be used to keep zebra mussel, and other invasive species east
of the meridian and out of western waters...
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| Hunters, Anglers at High Risk
For Boating Deaths (MO)
 One
out of three people who die on the water in the United States each
year are hunters or anglers.
A weary sadness is audible in Water Patrol Sgt. Paul Kennedy's
voice when he tells the story of Missouri's most recent
hunting-related boating fatality. Sadness because the victim was
only 14 years old...
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 ICE FISHING GETS HOT IN VERMONT
(VT)
Vermont’s ice fishing is heating up. Where is the action? Lake
Champlain along the state’s western border at over 100 miles long
is ranked highly because of the quality and variety of fish you
can catch including landlocked salmon, lake trout, brown trout,
northern pike, yellow perch, white perch, walleye, crappie, and
smelt.....
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 WHITE LAKE PRESERVE FISHING LOTTERY APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
(LA)
White Lake Preservation, Inc. is accepting applications for an
experimental lottery drawing which would award fishing permits for
$30 to fish in the Florence Canal and Oil Field Location Canals
off of the ..
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| From The
"This Is Making Me
Sick; We Need To Help"
Department
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Reward Offered After Eight Elk Slaughtered in Emery County
* Reward Offered in Deer Poaching
Anyone with
information is urged to call him at (435) 636-0277
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These two articles are
released from the state of Utah, but this is a problem I am
noticing in epidemic proportion. Somebody always knows
something, and even if there isn't a reward offered (but usually
there is), authorities in your state would love to hear from you.
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 Fur Trappers Today Carry On A Colorful Tradition
The
fur trade that Lewis and Clark observed on their 1804-1806 expedition was
on the verge of exploding. Soon after, it quickly became the first
broad-based, multi-national “economy” in the Upper Missouri River
territory.
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| Belmont Angler Lands Record
Spotted Bass
 (N.C.) –
Professional bass angler and guide, Eric M. Weir, now has one more
fishing trophy to hang on his wall after landing the new spotted
bass state record on Dec. 26, 2003. The Belmont angler reeled in
his 6.5-pound, 22 ¼-inch long, record spot from...
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 PRESIDENT
SEEKS MORE THAN $1.3 BILLION FOR U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IN
2005 BUDGET
President George W. Bush is
requesting more than $1.3 billion -- $22.6 million more than last
year for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2005 budget. The
request represents the administrations continuing commitment to
protect Americas natural resources and support conservation
partnerships in communities across the country...
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| President’s FY 2005 Budget
Request Strengthens Commitment to
Preserving and Protecting America’s Parks and Special Places
The Bush Administration’s
FY 2005 proposed budget for the National Park Service is $2.4
billion. This budget proposal, which is a net increase of over
$100 million above FY 2004, demonstrates a strong commitment to
sustaining the...
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| New
Rod-and-Reel Record Blue Catfish at TFFC (TX)
 The 121-pound ‘cat’ is now out of the bag. Cody Mullennix
of Howe caught a new rod and reel record blue catfish from Lake Texoma on
Jan. 16. The leviathan weighed 121 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 58
inches in length, shattering the previous Texas rod and reel
record of...
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| 2004 LAKE ERIE FISHING OUTLOOK
IS PROMISING (OH)
 Year
after year, Lake Erie anglers have experienced some of the finest
and most diverse fishing on the Great Lakes and this year will be
no different, say fisheries experts with the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. "Great
opportunities abound for veteran anglers and those new to the Lake
Erie fishing scene,"....
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TAKE A CRACK AT ICE FISHING during COMMISSION clinics
(PA)
 Why
would seemingly normal people be willing leave the comfort of
their homes to congregate on the slippery surface of a frozen
lake, braving arctic temperatures and biting winds to peer
anxiously into a watery hole? Maybe it’s because they’ve
already figured out what some anglers haven’t yet – ice fishing is
fun and effective. For those interested in learning more...
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 Group
plans Missouri River "Rumble" (MO)
What better way to observe the Lewis and Clark bicentennial than
by retracing their steps on a 185-mile Missouri River canoe trip?
That's exactly what Midwest River Expeditions plans to do during
the 2004 Great River Rumble. Everyone who is interested...
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 DNR
STOCKS NEARLY TWO MILLION RED DRUM IN COASTAL WATERS (SC)
For the second year in a row, S.C. Department of Natural
Resources marine biologists released about 1.8 million red drum in
South Carolina's estuaries. Red drum are also known as spottail
bass and redfish...
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11-year-old Phenom from Tulsa wins gold medal
 at the World
Skeet Championship (OK)
Four months after picking up a shotgun for the first time, 11-year-old
Jon Michael McGrath from Tulsa broke 122 clays out of 125 to capture a gold
medal in the World Skeet Championship....
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 Fishing
for Striped Bass on the Roanoke River (NC)
Restoration of the Albemarle Sound/Roanoke River striped bass
population has resulted in a world-class fishery enjoyed by
thousands of anglers each year. Each spring, beginning in March,
striped bass in Albemarle Sound begin their spawning migration up
the Roanoke River. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission opens a
limited striped bass harvest season...
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 Garden
State Deer Classic (NJ)
The 2004 Garden State Deer Classic was held January 8 - 11 at
the Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen's Show in Edison. Sponsored by
the Division of Fish and Wildlife, the Classic featured the
outstanding white-tailed deer harvested during the 2002-03 hunting
seasons and recognizes the hunters who took them...
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 MISSING
BACKYARD ITEMS? CHECK LOCAL ANTLERS FOR DANGLING DECORATIONS (CO)
Homeowners have discovered
items missing from their yards. Tomato cages, hammocks, electric
cable, child swings, soccer nets and balls of twine have
disappeared without a trace. As several homeowners discovered...
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 Lore
and Tracking Weekend at Twin Falls State Park January 16-18, 2004
(WV)
The weekend of January 16-18, 2004 will take Twin Falls State Park
back to the 18th century. The focus of the weekend will be on
learning how our ancestors tracked the animals that provided food
and clothing. Participants will be taken on track walks and then
have a chance to put these new skills into use...
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NOW IS THE TIME FOR NORTHEAST NEVADA’S ‘HARD
 WATER’
FISHING (NV)
The cold weather that has settled on Nevada
means that now is the time to enjoy the state’s second fishing
season. It’s that time of year when ice blankets the state’s lakes
to create what veteran anglers call “hard water” fishing....
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 Resolve
To Get Involved! (MD)
While losing weight, quitting smoking and
vowing to exercise more are all noble New Year’s Resolutions, the
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would like to
recommend getting more involved in environmental stewardship as
your 2004 resolution. Here’s 10 easy...
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The mysterious deaths of elk southwest of Rawlins continue to
rise as officials from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department search a rugged
20 square mile area southwest of here. As of Wednesday, Feb. 25, the death
toll stood at 250 elk, of which only a few are bulls. Most are cows and
calves in good condition...