May 27

Make trout fishing part of your Memorial Day weekend plans

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CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – If your Memorial Day weekend plans include fishing, you’re in luck. Lakes and reservoirs in and near the Rogue Valley are all ice-free, stocked and ready to be fished.
Willow Lake, 43 miles northeast of Medford

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May 27

Fish and Boat Commission to Draw Down Glade Run Lake

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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is alerting anglers, boaters and the general public that it will begin to draw down Butler County’s Glade Run Lake on Tuesday, May 24, in order to alleviate pressure on the lake’s dam.

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May 27

Colorado State Parks Join “Explore Your Park Day”

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DENVER – Colorado State Parks has partnered with The North Face to present the “Explore Your Parks” program, which includes interpretive signs in the parks, an outdoor event at Barr Lake State Park in August, activity guides and a day pass voucher, good at all 42 Colorado State Parks, with […]

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May 27

Take Poll, Share Your Fishing Ideas

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If you like to fish in Utah, you have a golden opportunity right now to do two things:
• share your thoughts about fishing regulation changes aquatic biologists are considering for 2012
• let the biologists know about fishing changes you’d like to see in Utah in 2012.

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May 27

Hot Fishing on the Green River

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Dutch John — You don’t need to cancel your plans to fish one of the country’s best trout waters this summer.
The Green River in Utah is running higher than normal. But those who have learned how to fish during higher flows are enjoying good to excellent fishing.

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May 27

Walmart Bass Fishing League Cowboy Division To Host Event On Red River

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NATCHITOCHES, La.- The Walmart Bass Fishing League is headed to the Red River June 4 for the fourth of five stops in the Cowboy Division. As many as 400 boaters and co-anglers will be competing for top awards up to $9,500 and $3,000, respectively.

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May 27

Remember your life jacket this Memorial Day weekend

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Excuses abound for not wearing a life jacket when boating.
“It’s too hot. It doesn’t look cool. I know how to swim. Nothing is going to happen to me.”
That fact is, approximately 700 people, the vast majority of who probably used one of these excuses, drown each year, nationwide, from recreational […]

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May 27

Boaters Reminded of Safety Requirements and Responsibilities

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RALEIGH, N.C. – Wildlife Officers with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are reminding everyone to comply with the state’s boating safety laws this summer.
Wildlife Officers are charged with enforcing the boating laws and regulations on the waters of North Carolina, and may stop any vessel for safety checks or violations. […]

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May 27

Wonder Boys Lead BoatUS Collegiate Bass Championship

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Lake Lewisville, Texas – – On what was an overall tough day of fishing on Lake Lewisville, Dustin Huggins and Evan Barnes from Arkansas Tech University set the bar high when they dropped 17.31 pounds on the scales to claim the day one lead in the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing […]

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May 27

Managers re-open parts of Columbia River to salmon fishing

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CLACKAMAS, Ore. – In a fishing season plagued by high flows and cold water temperatures, Columbia River fishery managers today announced a fourth continuation of the popular spring chinook fishery.

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May 27

State Record Grass Carp Caught

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The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed that a Grass Carp caught by James Dempsey, Jr of Ewing New Jersey on May 12, 2011 is officially a new state record. The huge fish was taken from Curlis Lake in Mercer County and weighed an astounding 55 lbs. 8 […]

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May 27

Igloo signs on with FLW

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If he could start day 3 over again, the winner of this spring’s Tour event at Hartwell and also the PAA All Star Series event at Lake Ray Hubbard knows exactly what he’d do.

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May 27

The Cabela’s story: Fishing for success

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Most have heard the Cabela’s story. It’s 1961. Small-town Nebraska furniture and hardware store sales manager buys 2,880 fishing flies for the bargain price of $45 in the back aisles of an exposition center during a buying trip to Chicago.

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May 27

Steve Merlo: Forget Mexico bass – head for Lake Erie smallmouth fishing

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Ron Raymond and Steve Merlo, left, show off three smallmouth bass they caught on consecutive casts last week in Lake Erie, near Buffalo, N.Y. The fish weighed between three and four pounds each.

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May 27

Eco-tours offered through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

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Experience Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on one of several guided eco-tours offered this summer.

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