Oct 27
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (AIWA) will examine the importance of the waterway to the entire southeastern U.S. at its annual meeting on November 20 – 21 in Jacksonville, Forida. The meeting, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, will focus on new regional strategies to maintain and promote this vital transportation link.
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Oct 27
The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative has announced the availability of a draft Strategic Plan for Lake Champlain Fisheries.
The Strategic Plan, which was prepared by the Cooperative’s Fisheries Technical Committee, provides a framework for implementing the Cooperative’s coordinated fisheries management programs. It outlines fish community goals and objectives and describes the role of each of the agencies.
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Oct 27
Annapolis, Maryland – Recognizing the challenges facing Maryland’s commercial fishing industry and the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population, earlier this year Governor Martin O’Malley worked with members of the General Assembly to secure $3 million in capital funding for projects to help mitigate watermen’s economic losses while also helping to restore the bay.
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Oct 27
New Paris, Indiana and Colchester, Vermont – Starcraft Marine’s pro fisherman Greg Yarbrough and Jeff Manz brought home the top honor at the Cabela’s MWC World Walleye Championship held October 2-4, 2008 at Dundee, Michigan-Detroit River/Lake Erie. The pair edged out the competition with a fourth-day winning weight of 20.9 pounds.
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Oct 27
Montgomery, Alabama – Blackfin Pro Staffer Barnie White along with fishing partner Jason Miller took top honors in the 2-day Team Trails RedFish Championship tournament in Reggio, Louisiana, leading the event wire-to-wire.
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Oct 27
With a Bassmaster Classic qualifying spot in the balance, Kim Bain brushed off her nerves Thursday and did at the Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship presented by Academy Sports & Outdoors what she had done throughout the regular season. The 28-year-old from Alabaster, Albama, boated a limit weighing 5 pounds, 2 ounces, on Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton, which put her in seventh place at the tournament and helped her maintain the lead in the Toyota Tundra Women’s Bassmaster Tour Angler of the Year standings — at least through Day One.
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Oct 27
window.document.getElementById(‘post-9636’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Montgomery, Alabama – Blackfinâ„¢ Pro Staffer Barnie White along with fishing partner Jason Miller took top honors in the 2-day Team Trails RedFish Championship tournament in Reggio, Louisiana.
Twelve qualifying teams competed in this tournament. The Blackfin team led both days. On day one the total of 15.7 pounds kept them in the lead and on day two 14.89 pounds solidified the win. Team Blackfin was not satisfied with just winning the tournament; they also took home the honor of the biggest fish of the tournament – a whopping 8.57 pounds.
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Oct 27
AFP
EU ministers agree that tuna fishing must be cut: FranceAFP – 15 minutes agoThe EU nations are set to reduce fishing quotas for the threatened species as well as more effective controls on the whole industry, including fish farms …
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Oct 27
Fishing Report 10-24The Southern, IL – 24 minutes agoFishing action remains fair. Bass anglers are still picking up good numbers of fish over shallow cover. Spinner baits, soft plastics and topwater baits are …Fishing report – Northwest Heraldall 2 news articles
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Oct 27
Here's a couple more videos for you guys. The first one is really cool if you look at it in slow motion. The second video I put on a Popper fly on my
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Oct 27
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How Was Fly Fishing Able to Provide Help During the Credit Crunch?PR Web (press release), WA – 1 hour agoRead how a fishing website which includes fly fishing helped people save money, showed how it was possible to make money in the process while forgetting …
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Oct 27
Man wanted for arson picked wrong day to go fishingThe News Herald, FL – 1 hour agoBy Tony Simmons / Online Editor PANAMA CITY BEACH – A routine check for fishing licenses recently netted a man wanted for arson in Alabama. …FWC Division of Law Enforcement Field Operations Weekly Report WMBB-TVall 2 news articles
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Oct 27
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Antarctic group tackles illegal fishingABC Science Online, Australia – 45 minutes agoRepresentatives of 25 member countries from as far afield as Sweden, China and India will discuss issues such as illegal fishing and the sustainability of …Antarctic group tackles illegal fishing ABC OnlineSouthern Ocean protection proposal floated ABC Onlineall 5 news articles
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Oct 27
Bernie gong fishingGrandPrix, NY – 1 hour agoFormula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says that he believes that the World Championship should not be settled on points, but rather on medals with race winners …
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Oct 27
Nile Perch Stocks in East African Lake Drop 42% on Over-FishingBloomberg – 36 minutes ago… which is shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, plunged 42 percent this year due to over-fishing, the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization said. …
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