August 31, 2006
Minnows quickly become primary walleye presentation
BIG SIX LAKE MILLE LACS East – Leeches and live bait rigs are turning some walleyes during the day. Work the tops and edges of the mud flats in 24 to 32 feet of water. The evening hours have been more consistent in shallower water. Crankbaits or a slip bobber and leech is the way
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Youth license still controversial
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Harrisburg — Although state Rep. Bruce Smith recently introduced a bill that would create a youth fishing license, he doesn’t expect it to pass this year. The lame duck York Country Republican introduced the legislation in early August that would create a $5 annual fishing fee for 12 to 15
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New hunting seasons arrive this weekend
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Watson, Minn. – For hunters, the best days of the year are just beginning. While hunters no doubt have been scouting for doves and checking their baits for bear activity for weeks, they’ll finally be able to harvest an animal on Friday. Saturday, another contingent of hunters will hit the
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USFWS’s Thorson OK’s Mississippi refuge plan
By Todd Richmond Associated Press Writer Onalaska Wis. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s top Midwestern official gave the final go-ahead last week to a sweeping package of conservation changes for the upper Mississippi River that could trigger a messy jurisdictional struggle between the federal government and Wisconsin. Fish and Wildlife Midwestern regional
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Sparring continues in mourning dove bout
By Bill Parker Editor Lake Orion, Mich. — Legal action and other objections have moved to the forefront in the battle to protect dove hunting in Michigan. Earlier this year, the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban, backed by the Humane Society of the United States – the largest anti-hunting organization in the country
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Shooting/Archery
Sept. 10: West Caln Sportsman’s Club 3D Shoots, Wagontown, Pa. Register 8-1 p.m. For more info www.wcsportsmen.org or Gary Lerch 610-383-6344 or Leon Stewart, 610-857-2340. Sept. 16-17: Weaknecht Archery Shoot, 7-2 p.m., Weaknecht Archery, Kutztown. For more info call Nathan Hertzog, 610-683-7405. Sept. 17: Ephrata Bowmen 3D Archery Shoot. 7-2 p.m., Ephrata Bowmen Club. For
Decade later, still no Forest museum
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Tionesta, Pa. — In 1996, the world lost Gene Kelly, the actor famous for his work in “Singin’ in the Rain,” but gained Dolly the sheep, the world’s first cloned animal. The Whitewater scandal involving Bill Clinton was in full bloom. And the Pittsburgh Steelers lost, rather than won, a
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Easement incentives increased by Congress
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Washington — Things didn’t look good for conservation easements in late 2004 and early 2005. After a series of articles in the Washington Post created a furor surrounding easements, a joint congressional committee made a recommendation that lawmakers should eliminate the tax breaks given to landowners who donate easements. But
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