AUSTIN, Texas — You walk into a sporting goods store and see a row of fishing poles hanging from a shelf. All of them look the same, and you become so overwhelmed that you leave in frustration. You’ve always wanted to pick up the sport but don’t really know where to even begin.
The Texas Parks [...]
July 16, 2009 | Posted in
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Interested landowners may apply to participate in an incentive program that compensates participating landowners who provide hunters and anglers access to or through their land.
The application period to participate in Access Yes! in 2009 is open now. The deadline is February 15. Enrollment and bid applications are available on the Idaho Department of Fish and [...]
January 16, 2009 | Posted in
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The Department of Natural Resources today announced the drawing guidelines for the 2009 Black Lake sturgeon spearing season.
Sturgeon spearing on Black Lake, located in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties, will be limited to successful lottery participants selected by random drawing.
The Black Lake sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 7 and runs through Feb. 15, or until [...]
January 9, 2009 | Posted in
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Final rule gives states more time to implement local data gathering
NOAA’s Fisheries Service released its final rule today to create a national saltwater angler registry of all marine recreational fishermen to help the nation better protect our shared marine resources. A requirement to establish a registry was included in a statute approved by Congress in [...]
December 29, 2008 | Posted in
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In a holiday tradition beloved by anglers of all ages, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is planting rainbow trout across California this month. The fish are being planted in urban, suburban and rural areas.
“The holiday season provides an opportunity for Californians to spend quality time outdoors fishing with their families,” said DFG South [...]
December 23, 2008 | Posted in
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The holiday season is a good time for anglers of all ages to take advantage of fishing opportunities in Northern California. There are many lakes and reservoirs that remain open to fishing, and a portion of the Upper Sacramento River is open all year to provide opportunities for stream anglers.
“The Department of Fish and Game [...]
December 23, 2008 | Posted in
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I’m not sure whether I fall into the majority or minority on this issue, but literally speaking, I flat out don’t like ice over water.
The only two places I like ice are at the bottom of my drinking glass or at the hockey rink – you never hear of a hockey player falling through the [...]
December 9, 2008 | Posted in
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An experimental regulation credited with turning the Mississippi River between St. Cloud and Anoka County into a world-class smallmouth bass fishery will become permanent but will not be expanded to a 15-mile stretch of the Mississippi between the Crow River and Coon Rapids dam, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced.
Statewide, anglers may [...]
December 5, 2008 | Posted in
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MADISON – It’s not everybody’s idea of fun, but it fits the bill perfectly for nearly half a million Wisconsin adults every winter.
In a new video available on the Department of Natural Resources Web site “Ice Fishing: My Kind of Fun,” an angler fishing one of the popular Madison area lakes explains his enjoyment of [...]
December 3, 2008 | Posted in
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) would like to remind anglers and small game hunters that the license structure for fishing and small game hunting has changed.
Beginning April 1, 2009, all annual licenses including fishing, senior fishing, small game, furbearer, combination fishing and hunting, Colorado waterfowl stamps, habitat stamps and walk-in access permits are valid [...]
November 24, 2008 | Posted in
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