Apr 15
Annapolis, Md. – The eagerly-anticipated spring season for striped bass, known locally as rockfish, opens at 5:00 a.m. this Saturday, April 16 in the main stem of Maryland’s portion of Chesapeake Bay south of the mouth of the Patapsco River.
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Apr 15
Vermont’s walleye fishing season begins May 7, in most of the state.
WATERBURY, VT – The best walleye fishing in New England is about to begin in several Vermont rivers and lakes, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. The department is reminding anglers that walleye fishing season starts in much of the state on the first Saturday in May, the 7th this year, and that regulations vary, depending on the water you are fishing.
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Apr 15
Salt Lake City — The first tiger muskies ever raised in Utah will soon be swimming in six waters in the state.
The tigers will be only two to three inches long when they’re released. But they won’t stay that size for long.
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Apr 15
Indiana conservation officers are encouraging boaters to stay off the Ohio River for Saturday’s Thunder Over Louisville event due to predicted high water and potentially dangerous conditions.
The National Weather Service forecasts the water level at McAlpine Dam’s upper pool will be over 24 feet by Friday, putting the area at flood stage and creating strong, unpredictable currents and flooding in low-lying areas.
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Apr 15
While most fish are easily identified, even an experienced angler may need help at times determining the exact species of fish they have caught. At two upcoming fish identification workshops in southeast Oklahoma, personnel with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will focus on instructing adult anglers to distinguish between a number of commonly misidentified fish.
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Apr 15
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 14, 2011) – Cheez-It pro Shinichi Fukae of Palestine, Texas, crossed the stage Thursday with a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 11 ounces to lead day one of the Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Chickamauga presented by National Guard. Fukae holds a 6-ounce lead over Clifford Pirch of Payson, Ariz., who caught five bass weighing 23-5 in a tournament featuring 154 anglers from all across the country and Canada.
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Apr 15
MANY, La. – Dean Rojas caught 16 pounds of Toledo Bend bass by 10 a.m. Thursday.
Then he got serious. He went looking for the big spawning bass, and found them. A 7-pound, 1-ounce largemouth, followed by one over 5, went into the box. He ended up with 23 pounds, 1 ounce, and the lead in the TroKar Battle on the Bayou.
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Apr 15
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. – Your chance at fun and prizes awaits you if you choose to participate in the 2nd Georgia Bobberthon fishing tournament! Bobberthon is a tournament at which registered anglers have approximately two months to catch tagged bream in any of four public fishing area lakes. The angler then must register their tag(s). These first few steps guarantee a reward – but then even more prizes are available at the Grand Bobberthon Tournament!
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Apr 15
MANY, La. – So far this season, Bassmaster Elite Series wins have been the realm of the seasoned pro: Shaw Grigsby, Edwin Evers and Davy Hite.
Against that caliber of competition, what hopes has an Elite Series rookie? On the eve of the fourth event of the 2011 Elite season, the April 14-17 TroKar Battle on the Bayou on Toledo Bend Reservoir, two rookies and a former rookie talked about how landing an Elite title is just plain difficult, and doubly difficult if you’re still finding your footing at the top-tier of bass fishing.
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Apr 15
I am not what you, or anyone else, would call the “outdoorsy” type. Don’t get me wrong – I think the outdoors is a wonderful place.
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Apr 15
Fukae remained tight-lipped about the methods he used during the first day of competition, although he did say he was fishing near the bank and caught fish both shallow as well as a ‘little deeper.’ Fukae said his bigger fish came in shallow water and looks for the more of the same with the lower water levels on Friday.
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Apr 15
I just threw away the old wing nut clamp on a Penn reel and replaced it with a new style Graphite clamp with the long screw nut. The clamp had a tab
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Apr 15
The Orillia Perch Festival hasn’t transformed itself into an ice-fishing tournament and the ice on the two adjacent lakes will not hinder the start of the 2011 event.
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Apr 14
Photo by Brett Carlson As he heads out on the lake Thursday, Jason Christie shows how big the bass he caught in practice were.
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Apr 14
Niagara County Legislature Chairman William L. Ross and Legislator Russ Rizzo laugh after being splashed by a boisterous brown trout the pair were about to transfer from a DEC fish hatchery truck to MacDougall Lake in Wheatfield’s Oppenheim Park April 7. Oppenheim Park is located at 2713 Niagara Falls Blvd.
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