Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced approval of portions of the Upper Mississippi River, including the Midwest’s largest national wildlife refuge, as a Wetland of International Importance.
In making the announcement, Secretary Salazar said, “The ecological, social, and economic values of the Upper Mississippi River make it one of the crown jewels of this [...]
June 2, 2009 | Posted in
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Written by Joe Wilkinson
It wasn’t hard to see why Dave Wilson plunked his ice tent down, just around the corner from Lake Macbride’s main boat ramp. Around him, the ice was pock-marked with refrozen holes, drilled by ice anglers in the days before.
Still, in 15 feet of water, about 40 yards from shore, he had [...]
January 16, 2009 | Posted in
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The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff.
For current information, contact the district fisheries office. Phone numbers are listed with each district report.
Northeast
Mississippi River Pools 9 to 15: Pool 9 anglers are catching northern pike on tip-ups in Fish Lake off [...]
January 15, 2009 | 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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Northeast
Mississippi River Pools 9 to 15: Fishing is slowly picking up on the Mississippi River in Pools 9 to 15 with the drop in water temperature. Water levels at Lynxville are 12.3 feet, Guttenberg 4.0 feet, Dubuque 7.12 feet, Bellevue 4.11 feet, and Camanche 9.02 feet. The river is forecast to remain stable over [...]
October 2, 2008 | Posted in
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GRAFTON, ILL. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has announced changes in this year’s waterfowl hunting program at the Mississippi River State Fish and Wildlife Area caused by significant flooding at the site.
Flooding at the site has occurred several times during the spring and summer, most recently last week following heavy mid-September rainfall. The [...]
September 25, 2008 | Posted in
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LA CROSSE, Wis. – Faced in recent years with an increasing number of complaints about open water duck hunting on the Mississippi River, state and federal wildlife officials are issuing a pre-season rule clarification – and a fair warning.
“Duck hunting on the Mississippi River is becoming more popular, attracting hunters from throughout Wisconsin,” said Steve [...]
September 9, 2008 | Posted in
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MADISON – Regular season Canada goose hunting in the Horicon and Collins zones will again begin on Sept. 16 this year. Modified from previous years, the 2008 regular season in the Exterior zone will not open until Saturday, Sept. 20, which also marks the start of the two- day Youth Waterfowl Hunt.
“Depending on fall weather [...]
September 9, 2008 | Posted in
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The toothy Asian snakehead has turned up in Arkansas and could invade Show-Me State waters.
JEFFERSON CITY-Some ecological threats are subtle, hardly drawing any notice except in scientific circles. Then there is the northern snakehead, an exotic invader so obviously evil it is difficult not to recoil in horror. At least that is what Missouri officials [...]
August 5, 2008 | Posted in
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Service Regulations Committee met with consultants for the Flyway Councils to begin deliberations on the waterfowl hunting regulations for the upcoming fall season. Among a number of key issues addressed by the Regulations Committee this year was a harvest strategy for scaup.
“Hunters are among the nation’s foremost conservationists – [...]
June 30, 2008 | Posted in
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