Feb 01

Bass Pro Shops Experts Coming To Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show

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HARRISBURG, PA- The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show, presented by Outdoor Channel and Comcast, has announced that a lineup of top Bass Pro Shops hun

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Feb 01

Murray State University to Host High School Fishing Open

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MINNEAPOLIS – The Bass Federation (TBF), in partnership with FLW Outdoors, announced Murray State University will host the Murray State High School Fi

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Feb 01

Eleven Mile State Park Hosts Second Event in the Colorado Classic Ice Fishing Tournament

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LAKE GEORGE, Colo. – Eleven Mile State Park will host the second tournament of the three-event Colorado Classic Ice Fishing Tournament, the South Park

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Feb 01

Bassmaster College Classic pits defending champ Alabama against LSU

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Longtime SEC football rivals Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama will meet Feb. 20 not on the field, but on the water. The LSU a

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Feb 01

Lake Deltons "2nd Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree" Date Set

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Lake Delton's "2nd Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree" Date Set LAKE DELTON, Wis. -Lake Delton's Second Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree take place June 4 2

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Feb 01

My first ice fishing trip on Lake Simcoe for 2011

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I finally made it out on Ol’ lady Simcoe yesterday, and as usual she was not very kind to me.

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Feb 01

Jewel Signs Bassmaster Elite Angler Casey Ashley

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BAKERSFIELD, Missouri – Jewel Bait Co. announces the signing of Bassmaster Elite Series angler Casey Ashley to its pro staff.
Ashley enters 2011 as his sixth season of fishing the BASS tournament trail. Over the course of the 54 events he’s fished to date, the Donalds, S.C. angler has had nine Top 10 finishes, including a win on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake. The earnings during his young professional bass fishing career have already neared the half million dollars mark.

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Feb 01

Lake Delton’s “2nd Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree” Date Set

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Lake Delton’s “2nd Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree” Date Set
LAKE DELTON, Wis. -Lake Delton’s Second Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree take place June 4 2011 on Lake Delton to again highlight and celebrate the restoration of the Lake Delton, the Dell’s area and its now-restored fisheries”, project founders Ben Hobbins and Dan Small announced today. “The annual youth fishing jamboree is an ongoing event designed to celebrate the Dell’s crown jewel -Lake Delton, its tourism base and successful teamwork in rebuilding, enhancing, restocking and restoring of the lost watershed after the June 9 2008 natural disaster.”

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Feb 01

Tarpon fishing has huge impact

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When New York City sportsman W.H. Wood caught the first tarpon on rod and reel March 25, 1885, in Tarpon Bay, no one could have imagined how the fish known as the silver king would affect Southwest Florida’s economy.

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Feb 01

Wis. DNR plans ice fishing classes for kids

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Kids around southeastern Wisconsin will get a chance to learn about ice fishing this weekend.

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Feb 01

Roseau man among winners at Devils Lake fishing tourney

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Nearly 3,700 anglers turned out on Devils Lake’s Six Mile Bay over the weekend for the volunteer fire department’s 27th annual ice fishing tournament.

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Feb 01

SAFMC, MAFMC and PFMAC Fishing Closures

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I was just going over the latest information from the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council.  The SAFMC, headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of eight regional fishery management councils in the United States. They are responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the federal 200-mile limit off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and east Florida to Key West.
Literally all grouper species and red snapper are closed to any type of fishing.  Grouper season is scheduled to reopen in April.  Red snapper is closed indefinitely.
Now I see that they are holding more “public input” meetings to look at regulating dolphin (mahi mahi), wahoo and cobia.
If they close the season on theses fish it will pretty well stop most anglers from even attempting to fish.  They continue to pursue a total bottom fishing closure in an area from Cape Canaveral, Florida […]

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Jan 31

Walking on thin ice

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Two people walk out onto Dutch Lake in Clearwater after going by signs warning of thin ice.

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Jan 31

New Opportunities with the Union Sportsmens Alliance

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The Union Sportsmen's Alliance (USA) is a conservation-based, non-profit 501(c)(4), hunting and fishing organization for Union members, retirees and t

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Jan 31

Sportsman Channel Wants Viewers to "Show Us Your Shanty"

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New Berlin, Wisc. – (January 31, 2011) – Sportsman Channel, the leader in outdoor TV for the American Sportsman, wants you to Show Us Your Shanty! Vie

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