Jan 23

Fish & Boat Commission Names Acting Executive Director

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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) today named Brian Barner as the agency's acting executive director, effective upon t

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Jan 23

Experimental February goose season to be continued

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The final year of a three-year experimental hunting season aimed at controlling breeding populations of resident Canada geese around urban areas of Indiana has been authorized for selected counties.

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Jan 23

Frozen Gooseberry Falls is most beautiful it’s been in more than 25 years, park manager reports

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Park Manager Paul Sundberg, who has lived and worked at Gooseberry Falls State Park since 1983, said he can’t remember a winter when the ice formations along the frozen Lower Falls have ever been as beautiful as they are right now.

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Jan 23

Candlelight event at Old Mill State Park postponed until Jan. 29 due to severe weather

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With the National Weather Service advising against travel this weekend in the area surrounding Old Mill State Park in northwestern Minnesota, the park’s candlelight snowshoe event scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23, has been canceled. The forecast calls for a combination of rain, sleet, and snow likely to cause unsafe driving conditions.

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Jan 23

Dolese Youth Park Pond teeming with trout; fishing to be great for anglers

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Oklahoma City resident Gaston Gallant goes fishing nearly every day of the two-month trout season at Dolese Youth Park Pond, a northwest Oklahoma City fishing destination currently teeming with nearly 2,600 rainbow trout.

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Jan 23

An End to Fishing as We Know it – Is it In Sight?

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I was reading my National Fisherman, a commercial fishing oriented magazine today and the article on Red Snapper hit me right between the eyes. All my efforts have been looking at the red snapper debate from a recreational point of view. This article looked from a commercial fishing perspective.
If the rules being put in place are held up, it could mean that red snapper fishing on the U.S. Southeastern Atlantic coast could be stopped for as many as 35 years – yes that is 35 years.
Right now, the season is closed for red snapper and for all shallow water grouper in the Southeastern Atlantic Federal waters. But, this is just an interim rule while the Southeastern Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (SAFMC) decides on a permanent ruling for these species. Some of the options they are discussing include a deep water closure – from 240 feet […]

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Jan 23

DNR Says Weather, Conditions Good For Fishing

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State wildlife officials said this might be a good weekend for ice fishing. The Department of Natural Resources said the recent spell of warmer temperatures might have caused snowmobile trails to deteriorate, but ice depths on most lakes are still about 12 to 16 inches.

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Jan 23

You Can Catch Big Bass Shallow In January

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Captain Mike Gerry says January can be a good month for catching big bass in shallow water at Lake Guntersville. He tells where he looks for them and why they are there. Do you fish for bass in January? Had any luck? What tactics do you use?

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You Can Catch Big Bass Shallow In January originally appeared on About.com Freshwater Fishing on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 13:22:36.
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Jan 23

Phunque’s Desk -Ice Fishing

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Drylanders are never very comfortable around the water. We seldom see more than eight to ten ounces in one place, so when we approach the shores of a lake or a stream’s edge, we tend to go a little cross-eyed and dizzy.

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Jan 22

LIVE@4: Talk ice fishing with Eric Wolfe of Harrisburg

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Outdoors reporter Thom Gabrukiewicz will talk online with semi-professional ice fisherman Eric Wolfe of Harrisburg, here at 4 p.m. today.

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Jan 21

TIPs License Donations Top $14,000

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South Dakota sportsmen donated over $14,000 to the Turn In Poachers program during the 2009 big game license season.
The 1,700 sportsmen not only contributed cash and checks, but also took advantage of the opportunity to donate funds as part of the process for purchasing general hunting, fishing and trapping licenses and applying for big game licenses.

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Jan 21

DNR reminds people to help wildlife during tax season

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Nongame Wildlife Program urges Minnesotans to remember to help wildlife by donating to the Nongame Wildlife Fund on their Minnesota tax forms.
The survival and future of Minnesota’s nongame wildlife depend on donations.

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Jan 21

Round Lake project starting, property closing temporarily

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A much-awaited construction project will start this week at Round Lake Wetland Conservation Area in Starke County, temporarily closing the facility to

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Jan 21

The American Cancer Society 7th Annual "Relay for Life" Bass Tournament sets date and venue.

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Arkansas Tournament Fishing and the American Cancer Society would like to invite everyone to join us in the effort to fight cancer by casting a line o

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Jan 21

Anglers await first spring chinook, a sign of fishing seasons to come

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Frogs are croaking, ducks are pairing up, and – any day now – someone is going to reel in the first spring chinook salmon of the new year from the low

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