CENTRAL REGION Delaware Lake (Delaware County) – Excellent fishing opportunities exist here for crappie anglers in one of Ohio’s top crappie lakes. The best fishing is around woody shoreline cover now through early June. Use small marabou jigs, plastic grubs and minnows suspended beneath a bobber in these areas. Keeper-crappies must measure at least nine […]
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By Bill Parker Editor Mount Clemens, Mich. — Fisheries biologists are keeping a close eye on Great Lakes connecting waters in southeastern Michigan. Since early last month, the DNR has been receiving reports of significant numbers of dead muskies floating on the surface of Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River. Bob Doss, of Del
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By Frank Hinchey Contributing Writer Port Clinton, Ohio — Lured by bountiful walleye in Lake Erie this spring, 29 summonses were issued to overzealous anglers in April in Ottawa County for over-bagging the popular sport fish. The majority of the infractions were the result of “double tripping” by fishermen, including some from West Virginia and
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CENTRAL REGION Delaware Lake (Delaware County) – Excellent fishing opportunities exist here for crappie anglers in one of Ohio’s top crappie lakes. The best fishing is around woody shoreline cover now through early June. Use small marabou jigs, plastic grubs and minnows suspended beneath a bobber in these areas. Keeper-crappies must measure at least nine
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By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Supporters of dedicated funding still were crossing their fingers Tuesday that a compromise deal would be reached to send a constitutional question to the voters. A 10-member conference committee met last week to begin discussions about how to iron out the differences between dedicated funding bills passed
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By Jeff Mulhollem Editor It’s official, in case you had any doubt. Deer management and an increase in hunting license fees are linked, and they are a partisan political issue in Pennsylvania. In a letter sent in late April to Ted Onufrak, president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Rep. Mike Hanna, D-Centre and
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By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission, already in a financial bind, could be facing a new expense very soon, one officials there say the agency can’t handle. Some lawmakers disagree, however. Right now, the commission pays $1.20 to local school districts, municipalities and counties for every acre of game lands
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Early spring bodes well for May 13 bite By Glen Schmitt Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. – Optimism always run high in the days leading up to the Minnesota fishing opener. But with a warm spring, early ice-out, and spawn that’s been complete for more than two weeks, Minnesota walleye anglers should be downright giddy
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