Dieter Melhorn is fishing for fun, not food, so he releases a blue catfish. PHOTOS BY JOHN D. SIMMONS – jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2010/08/10/22/Summer_Night_Catfishing_GC11JHBNO.1+SUMMER_NIGHTS_CATFISHING_09.JPG.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg 208 Dieter Melhorn’s 19 ft.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.SIDNEY, Nebraska – Cabela's Pro Staff member and three-time FLW Angler of the Year Clark Wendlandt has designed a series of technique-specific bass-fi
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.08/10/2010 – Smokey the Bear, an animated, talking bear created as the mascot of the United States Forest Service in 1944 to educate the public on the
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – The water level at Stagecoach Reservoir will drop 10 feet by Labor Day and 15 feet by Sept. 18 during construction work on
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.08/10/2010 – Smokey the Bear, an animated, talking bear created as the mascot of the United States Forest Service in 1944 to educate the public on the dangers of forest fires, preached his first message of “Only YOU can prevent forest fires” in 1947. Commercials with Smokey the Bear generally showed cartoon animals scurrying away from fire with their homes being destroyed, and the land being devastated. This nationwide campaign called for the prevention of forest fires. But Smokey the Bear didn’t tell us what wildlife biologists and foresters knew – that fire was a naturally-occurring phenomenon in woodland management.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.Too much of the time we make fishing more difficult than it needs to be. Sure there are some advanced things we can do to catch more fish, but we don’t need those advanced techniques until we reach an advanced level of fishing expertise. There are lots of folks out there who would like to get started in fishing, or introduce a youngster to fishing, but sometimes it appears to them that there’s just too much technology and expense involved in fishing, so they find something else to do. That’s too bad: Fishing doesn’t need to be difficult, and it sure doesn’t need to be expensive. I re-discovered that recently.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.Eyes – and more than a few friendly bets – will be on Ryan Said when Bassmaster anglers launch into the Detroit River for the Aug. 19-21 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open.
Said is a local favorite to win the $45,000 top prize just because he’s from Wixom, Mich., and very much at home on tournament waters: Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie as well as the Detroit River, which connects the two big lakes.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.MINNEAPOLIS – FLW Outdoors announced that it has agreed to a long-term sponsorship with Walmart to become the title sponsor of FLW Outdoors, beginning in 2011. Per FLW Outdoors’ policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.SIDNEY, Nebraska – Cabela’s Pro Staff member and three-time FLW Angler of the Year Clark Wendlandt has designed a series of technique-specific bass-fishing rods that are made by Falcon Rods and available exclusively from Cabela’s.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.OLYMPIA – Recreational and commercial crabbers shared their views on the management of Dungeness crab fisheries in Puget Sound during the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Aug. 6-7 in Olympia.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.State Rep. Jimmy Patronis said Tuesday’s reopening to fishing of more than 5,000 square miles of federal waters off Florida’s Panhandle could help save the month of August for local fishermen.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – The water level at Stagecoach Reservoir will drop 10 feet by Labor Day and 15 feet by Sept. 18 during construction work on the dam. The project will cause significant changes in recreation activities at Stagecoach State Park. The anticipated average water release of 142 cubic feet per second (cfs) will increase normal flows downstream for the remainder of the summer.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.NEW YORK–Trout Unlimited joined a discussion on the New York Times online forum, Room for Debate, about catch-and-release fishing and the ethics of angling in general. The forum can be viewed at nytimes.com/roomfordebate.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.Children today often spend more time inside than outside, and think life without a video game is not possible.
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Read the full article. Click on the author/publication link.Green Mountain Reservoir is one of Colorado’s most versatile and productive fisheries.
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