May 19
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana departments of Health and Hospitals (DHH), and Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced today the closure of recreational and commercial fishing activities, and oyster harvesting near Marsh Island and in harvesting bed Area 28 due to confirmed reports of oil associated with the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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May 19
Annapolis Maryland – Governor Martin O’Malley announces the Chesapeake Bay showed broad water quality improvements in 2009, receiving its highest mark since 2002 from the annual Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card. Joined by citizens, stakeholders and scientists alongside the Gunpowder River in Baltimore County, Governor O’Malley also launched StreamHealth, a new website to help Marylanders learn about the health of their streams and take action to improve them.
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May 19
Wired2Fish, Inc. owns one of the top fishing websites in the industry with Wired2Fish.com as well as a new mini-show TV program called Wired2Fish TV currently airing on ESPN2. Now they’ve added radio boost their media presence to a higher level. Wired2Fish Radio will feature well-known outdoorsman and journalist Wade Bourne. This syndicated radio program will feature fishing as well hunting to a listening audience of more than 300 stations and more than 1 million potential listeners.
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May 19
Action: Close the bank fishery for hatchery spring chinook
Effective date: May 21, 2010 at 9:30 p.m.
Species affected: Chinook salmon
Location: Waters of the Columbia River adjacent to Ringold Springs Rearing Facility (RSRF) in Franklin Co. from the WDFW markers ¼ mile downstream of the Ringold irrigation wasteway outlet to the markers ½ mile upstream of Ringold Springs Creek (hatchery outlet).
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May 19
STATESVILLE, NC – The Ryan Newman Foundation has collaborated with BASS to be the sanctioning body for its annual charity fishing tournament being held on Saturday, December 11th on Lake Norman. The sanctioning body is responsible for the weigh-in, emceeing the event, registration and boat inspection for the tournament.
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May 19
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 18, 2010 — A record-setting field has registered to compete in the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
Three hundred and thirty collegiate anglers from across the nation are set to compete for the national championship title on May 27 and 28 at Lake Lewisville, Texas. These talented anglers have competed over the past year to earn the right to represent their schools at this prestigious event.
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May 19
WELCH, Minnesota – Sgt. Mogan of Fairbault, Minnesota, and Sgt. Bonzer of Winona, Minnesota, won the FLW Walleye National Guard Soldier Appreciation Tournament held on the Mississippi River Tuesday, May 18, 2010. The team, fishing with pro Bill Shimota of Lonsdale, Minn., caught three walleyes for a total of 10 pounds, 12 ounces to take the title and bragging rights amongst their peers.
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May 19
Sarasota, Fla. (May 18, 2010) – Captain Chris Morelli, of Clearwater, Florida, and Kurt Shader, of Brandon, Florida, weighed in a two-redfish limit that totaled 14.07 pounds to win the IFA Redfish Tour event at Sarasota, Florida, on May 15. Morelli and Shader bested the entire field of two-angler teams to take home Rapala Big Fish honors, the Cabela’s Angler Cash award and a decked-out Ranger Banshee Extreme valued at $30,000.
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May 19
Sarasota, Fla. (May 18, 2010) – Cameron Schurlknight, of Venice, Louisiana, caught a redfish and speckled sea trout totaling 53.5 inches in length to secure a win in the IFA Kayak Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing at Sarasota on May 16. The event was the ninth regular-season event overall and second in the Florida West Division for the first-year fishing tour.
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May 19
I recently managed to lose my favorite fly rod. This is the rod that has been my primary fishing tool for over 20 years.
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May 19
Thousands of people have filed claims with BP since the oil rig sank weeks ago. Some have already been paid.
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May 18
When a major fishing tournament did not have enough anglers sign up in the Shoals, they were forced to shut it down.
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May 18
Hodags are synonymous with Rhinelander, but now the northwoods city is also known for as an ice fishing destination.
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May 18
This Sunday 23rd May 2010, a National Youth Angling Expo will take place at the Howth Sea Angling Club on the West pier in Howth, County Dublin from 10am a ‘ 5.30pm. This event will launch a Fisheries Awareness Weeka TM in the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board and also mark the Howth Sea Angling cluba TMs 40th anniversary celebration.
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May 18
You know how much I love heading to the Gulf Stream. Even after thousands of visits to these beautiful waters, to this day I still feel that same sense of excitement on the day before I head out as I did on my first trip when I was 6 years old.
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