Harrisburg, PA – Spring stocking on the lower section (Section 2) of Chappel Fork in McKean County has been cancelled due to lingering problems associated with an oil spill that occurred during the 2008 season, according to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC). A February survey of the stream showed that oil still remains [...]
March 31, 2009 | Posted in
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This week the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Office of Fisheries stocked a total of 252 adult Florida largemouth bass into the New Orleans City Park lagoon system.
These fish had previously been used as brood stock at the LDWF Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery in Forest Hill to produce fingerlings for distribution in public water [...]
March 26, 2009 | Posted in
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It’s early January and the chill of winter is settling in on our lakes and ponds, setting the stage for that wonderful wintertime activity called ice fishing! In anticipation of this winter’s freeze, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just completed its annual winter stocking of surplus broodstock brown trout.
The DEP stocked 725 surplus [...]
January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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Devils Fork State Park will again temporarily close the two remote day-use boat ramps this winter in conjunction with trout stocking efforts on Lake Jocassee.
In cooperation with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), these remote boat ramps will be closed to public access once fish stocking efforts begin in November or early December. From [...]
December 17, 2008 | Posted in
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Hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for 2009 will be available for purchase online and at license vendors across the state by mid-December. The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s efforts in habitat protection and management, wildlife data collection and monitoring, fish and pheasant stocking, endangered species conservation and education programs are primarily supported by fishing and [...]
November 27, 2008 | Posted in
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SACRAMENTO – Following a Sacramento Superior Court Judge’s decision Friday regarding the Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) fish stocking program, Director Donald Koch made the following statement:
“We look forward to meeting with the petitioners from Stanford Law School within the next two weeks to seek agreement on the continuance of our fish stocking programs. [...]
November 11, 2008 | Posted in
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Did you know that the feisty rainbow trout dancing on the end of your fishing line was most likely hatchery raised?
Each year, the Arizona Game and Fish Department stocks more than 3 million fish for anglers to catch in approximately 160 of Arizona’s lakes, rivers and streams – mostly rainbow, Apache, brook, and cutthroat trout, [...]
November 6, 2008 | Posted in
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Study seeks angler input on Ohio’s world-class steelhead fishing
COLUMBUS – Steelhead anglers along Lake Erie’s shoreline and tributaries are being surveyed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and The Ohio State University, seeking angler feedback on Ohio’s world-class steelhead fishery.
”This comprehensive creel survey is the first of its kind in almost [...]
October 11, 2008 | Posted in
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DWR seeks input on fishing ideas for 2009
The number of Utah chubs in Scofield Reservoir is growing. And so is the number of burbot and walleye that were placed illegally in two other Utah waters.
To address those and other concerns, Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are recommending several fishing changes for Utah’s 2009 season.
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August 28, 2008 | Posted in
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LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crews stocked over 1.1 million fish in Arkansas lakes and rivers during May, according to Mike Armstrong, chief of fisheries. The total stocking of fish weighed in excess of 101,000 pounds.
May stockings:
Amon’s Lake, Baxter County, 400 catchable channel catfish
Andrew Hulsey Hatchery, Garland County, 2,205 catchable channel catfish
Beech [...]
June 12, 2008 | Posted in
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