By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – State lawmakers aren’t the only ones who can play hardball, it seems. Pennsylvania Game Commis-sioners met in here April 17 and 18 to set seasons and bag limits for the 2007-08 hunting seasons. As they have in each of the past four years, they maintained the October doe …
DOW looking to toughen sanctions on scofflaws By Frank HincheyContributing Writer Bowling Green, Ohio – Rep. Bob Latta, (R-Bowling Green) wants to ensure his two daughters share his lifelong passion for hunting, sportsmanship, and fair play in the fields and woodlands of Ohio. Concerned by an increasing number of poaching crimes in Ohio, Latta, along
By Mike Moore Editor Columbus – Ohio fisheries managers suspected they might have a problem with Lake Erie yellow perch this year. DNR Division of Wildlife fisheries administrator Ray Petering said on April 4 that the decision to reduce the bag limit for perch this year (Ohio Outdoor News, April 13) isn’t wholly unexpected. ‘We
By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh – Angling pressure and catch rates varied in the 45 counties that kicked off trout season April 14 as much as they had March 31, when southcentral and southeastern Pennsylvania celebrated a regional opening day. Although temperatures across the state were much lower than normal, rain held off for
CENTRAL REGION Delaware Lake (Delaware County) – Cold temperatures have slowed the movement and activity of crappie but warmer weather should get them going again in this lake, one of central Ohio’s best crappie fisheries. Fish the primary points of the old creek channel using jigs and minnows around woody cover. White bass should migrate
In-season stockings are under way statewide. For a schedule of stockings on lakes and streams, visit www.fish.state.pa.us. The catch-and- release-only bass season began April 14. Walleye season begins May 5. NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie and tributaries – More steelhead than trout were caught opening day, although large numbers of anglers hit the upper reaches of
By Mike MooreEditor Columbus – Maybe it was a harbinger of things to come when Dave Graham served as master of ceremonies at former DNR Division of Wildlife Chief Steve Gray’s retirement party in March. A few weeks later, Graham, an assistant chief with the DOW, was named to the top spot to replace Gray.
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