By Matthew Curatolo Contributing Writer Waddington, N.Y. — The English team of Tim Paisley and Steve Briggs dominated the first ever World Carp Championship held in the United States, taking home $50,000 and two new Chevy pickup trucks. Over the course of the five-day tournament held along the St. Lawrence River, Paisley and Briggs caught …
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — DEC’s plan to lease 21,000 acres of state land for gas and oil exploration could generate several million dollars in revenue. That’s the good news. The bad news is that none of it, unlike past sales in 1999 and 2003, would be going into the state’s Conservation Fund. Instead,
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – There’s been some improved midday action on the mud flats with deep-diving crankbaits. Slip bobbers and leeches continue to produce walleyes during the day on the 20-foot rocks as well. After the sun sets, work the edges of the flats or shallow rock piles with bobbers and leeches.
By Tim Spielmant Associate Editor Hugo, Minn. — Duck hunters who set up on Rice Lake in the 360-acre Paul Hugo Farms Wildlife Management Area in the north metro may want to make alternative plans for this season’s hunt. Rice Lake is a virtual mud flat, the water from the 200-acre lake having left via
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — If Gov. Jim Doyle does not veto from the Legislature’s proposed budget a call for increased logging on state lan, the DNR could see as much as $10 million per year in new revenue beginning in 2007 or 2008. Rep. Don Friske (R-Merrill) drafted a budget motion calling for
By Tim Eisele Contributing Writer Madison, Wis. — The jury is still out on what duck production numbers will mean for the 2005 hunting season. At the Outdoor Writers Association of America annual convention held in Madison, June 18-21, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave a briefing on preliminary breeding conditions, but shed little
ALGOMA AREA It was an excellent week to be out fishing Lake Michigan for trout and salmon. There were some nice catches, with many anglers limiting out early in the morning. Rainbow trout are still being caught in good numbers in 120 to 300 feet of water, fished 10 to 30 feet down. Chinook activity
By Don Lehman Contributing Writer Albany — A dispute between the state Department of Environmental Conservation and members of the state Assembly over release of hunting and fishing license holders’ names has led to a lawsuit against the DEC. The lawsuit, filed in late May, asks a judge to force the DEC to turn over
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