New Striped Bass Regulations For Delaware River Take Effect in Pennsylvania on April 1

Harrisburg, PA – Licensed Pennsylvania anglers fishing the Delaware River and Estuary can now harvest striped bass and hybrid striped bass from April 1 through May 31, a season which has been closed by the Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) since 1992.
Under the new regulations, adopted by the PFBC at its January quarterly meeting, anglers [...]

Proposal Would Change Date to Remove UP Boundary Waters Ice Shanties in Michigan

The Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input on a proposal to change the date that ice shanties would need to be removed from Upper Peninsula boundary waters.
Currently, ice shanties are required to be removed from all UP waters by midnight on March 31 of each year. The proposal would change that date to [...]

January Texas Coastal Scoping Meetings to Cover Flounder, Shark, Reef Fish, Kayak Guide Proposals

DICKINSON, Texas — The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host a series of five public scoping meetings Jan. 6-15 in various communities to discuss potential changes to Texas fishery regulations.
At the meetings TPWD will be scoping several items for the upcoming 2009 statewide hunting and fishing proclamation process. The department [...]

New Fishing Regulations in Michigan Expand Opportunities, Limit Smelt Harvest

Michigan anglers will have several new opportunities, but also will face a new restriction, because of fishing regulation changes approved at the Nov. 6 Natural Resources Commission meeting in Lansing.
Department of Natural Resources Director Rebecca Humphries signed fisheries orders that extend the spearing season through the ice for pike and muskellunge in certain waters, extend [...]

ASMFC Approves Maryland’s Request to Extend the 2008 and 2009 Recreational Striped Bass Seasons

Non-quota Management Approved for the First Time
Annapolis, Md. — Today, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Striped Bass Management Board (ASMFC) approved Maryland’s request to extend the 2008 and 2009 recreational striped bass seasons. The decision also approved an alternative non-quota based management strategy for the fishery’s spring season. The ASMFC approved this strategy [...]

Amendment to the 2008 Copper River Personal Use Dip Net Salmon Fishery Schedule in Alaska

The Chitina Subdistrict will be open from 12:01 a.m. Monday August 18 until 11:59 p.m. Sunday August 24. There will be no supplemental harvest during this fishing period. This announcement does not change the eleventh opening of the Chitina Subdistrict, which will remain at 12:00 noon Tuesday August 12 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday August 17.
As [...]

Youth-only Fishing Day at the Homer Spit in Alaska, Saturday August 16

A portion of the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on the Homer Spit will be open to fishing only by youths 15 years of age and younger on Saturday, August 16, from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. The youth-only fishing area will be posted. The remainder of the Fishing Lagoon will be open to fishing to [...]

Amendment to the 2008 Copper River Personal Use Dip Net Salmon Fishery Schedule

The Chitina Subdistrict will be open from 12:00 noon Tuesday August 12 until 11:59 p.m. Sunday August 17. There will be no supplemental harvest during this fishing period. This announcement does not change the tenth opening of the Chitina Subdistrict, which will remain at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday August 5 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday August 10.
As [...]

Minnesota DNR To Hold Public Meeting On Proposed Fishing Regulations For Two Cass County Lakes

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public meeting to solicit comments on a proposal to implement special fishing regulations on Inguadona and Rice lakes in northern Cass County. The DNR proposes to implement the following regulations on both lakes:

a possession limit of five sunfish
a possession limit of five crappie

The open house [...]

Amendment to the 2008 Copper River Personal Use Dip Net Salmon Fishery Schedule

The Chitina Subdistrict will be open from 12:01 a.m. Wednesday July 30 until 11:59 p.m. Sunday August 3. There will be no supplemental harvest during this fishing period. This announcement does not change the eighth opening of the Chitina Subdistrict, which will remain at 12:01 a.m. July 21 through 11:59 p.m. July 27 during which [...]