June 20, 2003

July 12: 2nd Annual Archery/Bow Hunting Clinic, Rib Mountain. Club House, 10-5 p.m. This event is free. For more info call Karl Hanke, 715-848-8277. July 19: The Muskego Lakes and Stateline Strutters chapters of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host a Women in the Outdoors event at the Richard Bong Recreation Area in Kansasville. […]

Correspondent Green Bay, Wis. — Former DNR secretary George Meyer spoke in favor of increased hunting and fishing license fees at a press conference in Green Bay on June 11. Meyer, the agency’s secretary for eight years under former Gov. Tommy Thompson, is now executive director of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation. The federation, in cooperation

When Tom Kemos pulled out a jigging spoon on a fall bass outing last year, I smirked, thinking this walleye pro had “leech on the brain.” “Where do you think you are, Lake of the Ozarks, or some other southern reservoir?” I asked. “You’ll be lucky to get an idiot pike to smack that thing.”

Most of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes are wetlands, and, via a grant to Dakota County, the state is one of the first in the nation to monitor the biological health of wetlands. In 1997, the volunteer monitoring program known as WHEP (Wetland Health Evaluation Program) was established in Dakota County, the first and one of only

Bogenschutz said Iowa’s pheasant population made a major recovery in 2002, increasing from an all-time low of 14 birds per survey route in 2001 to last fall’s statewide estimate of 32 birds per route. Bogenschutz said this year’s index could reach 40-birds-plus per survey route this fall, barring any major changes in weather patterns. Bogenschutz

Tim Brastrup, chair of the the newly formed Brainerd Lakes chapter of Fishing Has No Boundaries, said several in the community had long wanted to support a locally based fishing program for disabled adults and children. The organization is based in Hayward, Wis., and now has 14 chapters that host fishing events for those with

July 19: Buffalo Lake Days Celebration Rod & Gun Drawing, City Park, 3 p.m. For more info call Roger McLagan 320-833-2384.

July 27: Future Hunters WTU Banquet, 4 p.m., Van Dyne Lions Park. For more info call Paul Klein, 920-688-3297. July 31: Marshview Conservation Club 4th Annual Sports Banquet 2003 with more than 200 autographed sports memorabilia, 5:15 p.m., Marshview Conservation Club, Sheboygan Falls. For more info call Phil Mersberger, 920-458-4488.

NORTHWEST METRO Granite Lake and Waverly Lake are kicking out walleyes in 15 feet of water during the evening hours. Leeches and crawlers on live bait rigs seem to be producing the majority of fish right now. Panfish continue to be caught in shallow water on most area lakes with Maple Lake, Rock Lake, Howard