Mar 17
PRATT – Warming water temperatures and rising rivers have signaled the opening of the Kansas paddlefish season, which runs March 15-May 15 at a number of areas in eastern Kansas. Once water temperatures near 60 degrees, paddlefish make the annual spawning run. Some snagging areas, such as the Neosho River in Chetopa, require a rise in the river level for paddlefish to be present.
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Mar 17
OLYMPIA – This year’s recreational halibut seasons will be similar to 2010 in Puget Sound, but may allow for more days of fishing off the coast under new catch quotas adopted by the International Pacific Halibut Commission.
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Mar 17
COLUMBIA CITY – Anglers could catch more walleyes than ever before at two northeast Indiana lakes this spring.
According to the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), Sylvan Lake in Rome City and Winona Lake in Warsaw contain two of the highest walleye densities in the region.
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Mar 17
Raleigh, NC – House Bill 353, which seeks game fish status for Red Drum, Speckled Trout, and Striped Bass, was filed in the North Carolina House on behalf of CCA NC. A game fish designation prohibits the taking of any species by means other than hook and line and also the sale of the species.
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Mar 17
Family Learn to Fish Day workshops will be offered on the third Saturday of most months at Fort Harrison State Park in Indianapolis beginning March 19.
The workshops, which run from 9 a.m. to noon, offer families the chance to learn to fish, both in a classroom and while fishing on Delaware Lake, aided by expert instructors. The DNR’s Go FishIN program provides fishing gear and bait. All workshop fishing is catch-and-release.
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Mar 17
HUDDLESTON, Virginia – The Walmart Bass Fishing League is headed to Smith Mountain Lake March 26 for the first of five stops in the Shenandoah 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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Mar 17
BYRDSTOWN, Tennessee – The Walmart Bass Fishing League is headed to Dale Hollow Lake March 26 for the first of five stops in the Mountain 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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Mar 17
TAVARES, Florida- The Walmart Bass Fishing League is headed to the Harris Chain of Lakes March 26 for the third of five stops in the Gator 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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Mar 17
ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas – The Walmart Bass Fishing League is headed to DeGray Lake March 26 for the second of five stops in the Arkie 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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Mar 17
The spawn is on, so Lake Norman bass-fishing experts Shane Lineberger and Wayne Hauser are steeling themselves for a slugfest when the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open comes to town March 24-26.
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Mar 17
By GAZETTE STAFF Thursday, March 17, 2011 – 5:53 a.m. MADISON-Two Beloit people were taken late Wednesday afternoon to St.
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Mar 17
Brennan Merrill, 11, sits over a hole in the ice on East Crooked Lake during a recent fishing trip.
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Mar 17
With rivers in Alabama and Mississippi just beginning to crest, all types of fishing will continue to be impacted by high, muddy water.
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Mar 17
Jeff Niemann reels against the pull of a 4-foot alligator that he accidentally hooked, amusing fellow pitcher James Shields.
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Mar 17
As temperatures rise into the 40s and 50s this week, Vermont officials are reminding anglers to remove ice fishing shanties from the ice by March 27 or possibly sooner.
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