Aug 27
LITTLE ROCK – If you want to be better prepared for the upcoming hunting seasons, a few minutes in your favorite chair with a book can be a major boost.
The book is the 2009-2010 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook of the Arkansas Game and Fish commission. It is 140 pages, including the cover, and it’s free at any AGFC office or license dealer.
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Aug 27
LITTLE ROCK – Several proposals to limit the use of boat motors on various wildlife management areas are under consideration by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Motors currently are limited by regulation to 25 horsepower or less on four management areas – Bayou Meto, Dr. Lester Sizes III Bois d’Arc, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake and Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek. At the Aug. 24 meeting, Commissioners considered a proposal from the AGFC wildlife staff to extend the 25-horsepower limit to include Bell Slough, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Choctaw Island, Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Galla Creek, Harris Brake, Holland Bottoms, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Petit Jean River, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Sulphur River and Trusten Holder wildlife management areas.
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Aug 27
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’s turkey population has declined in recent years because of a series of poor spring hatches. As a result, Emon Mahony of El Dorado, commissioner with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, has proposed closing the fall turkey hunting seasons this year.
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Aug 27
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is looking at two options for an expanded catch-and-release area on the North Fork River below Norfork Dam.
Disagreements have developed between fishermen and businesses in the area over the proposal, which grew out of citizen advisory committee workshops used to develop a fisheries management plan for the tailwater.
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Aug 27
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas sandhill crane hunters are being advised to visit one of 30 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement (game warden) offices spread across the state to obtain a free permit, or obtain a permit online or by phone, since private hunting license retailers no longer provide the permit this year.
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Aug 27
FORT WORTH, Texas —For the 14th consecutive year, duck hunters in Texas will get the liberal waterfowl season with a 74-day season and six bird daily bag limit framework during the 2009-2010 general waterfowl seasons, but mottled ducks will be off the table during the first five days. The framework was finalized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its Aug. 27 public meeting.
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Aug 27
The agenda for next week’s meeting of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has been revised to include the discussion of a potential emergency closure of the 2009 recreational black sea bass and scup fisheries.
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Aug 27
WHO: Marylanders Grow Oysters Program Volunteers
Stephan Abel, Executive Director of Oyster Recovery Partnership
Chris Judy, Fisheries Service
Bob Whitcomb, Severn River Association
Marylanders Grow Oyster Participants
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Aug 27
The recreational harvest season for snook opens in all Florida waters Sept. 1.
Anglers may keep one snook between 28 and 33 inches total length daily in Gulf of Mexico, Everglades National Park and Monroe County coastal and inland waters until the season closes in these areas on Dec. 1.
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Aug 27
Warren Wolk caught a huge northern strain largemouth bass in February. Here is his story of the catch and a picture of it. How much do you think it weighs?…
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Aug 26
I never was much of a fly fisherman – never really took the time to learn, early on. It’s like a lot of other things in life where you just…
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Aug 26
Battle Lake area: The morning and evening are the best times to reel in that big walleye on West Battle, East Battle, and Ottertail, using leeches, nightcrawlers or crank baits in 21 to 25 feet.
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Aug 26
[img]http://cyberangler.com/hrule2.jpg[/img] We're now in the depths of summer and the tropical storms are cranking up. We've had cold water along
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Aug 26
After my Orlando vacation, I got a chance to use the new prototype Lindgren Pitman fishing rod with the LP1200 electric reel on the 29' Intrepid with
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Aug 25
Skeet Reese shares tips on fishing deep water. After discussion the idea that deep varies from lake to lake, he gives ideas on where and how to fish, and offers…
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