La Crosse Area
Most everyone is deer hunting or duck hunting, but a few guys were catching walleyes below the dams. Schafer’s Boats, (608) 781-3100. Bob’s Bait & Tackle, (608) 782-5552.
November 29, 2007
Solid start in South: Weather, rut factors
Albany – New York’s Southern Zone firearms deer season couldn’t have come at a better time for hunters this year. Indications are that, in addition to good weather conditions on the opening weekend of the season, whitetail rutting activity was at or near its peak, keeping bucks in motion in pursuit of does. Those factors
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Prairie Du Chien Area
Anglers are still catching a few walleyes and sauger below the dams on the Mississippi River. Bluegills have been kind of slow lately, with Cold Springs being about the only spot to have any amount of bluegill action. Deer hunting has been good, but overall the count seems to be down somewhat. Most hunters have
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Fish house changes greet winter anglers
Little Falls, Minn. – Several rule changes have been made for the upcoming ice-fishing season that anglers should understand. With ice starting to form, DNR officials are scrambling to get the word out about the new laws that were adopted at the end of the 2007 legislative session and were not included in the 2007
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Western New York
Lake Erie and tributaries: Cattaraugus Creek is still the king of steelhead for New York’s Lake Erie tributaries, with fish being caught from the dam at Springville to the mouth. The best area has been from Zoar Valley to the lower end of the Reservation. Egg imitations, egg sacs, single eggs, woolly buggers, egg sucking
Season Dates
Nov. 16: Southern Zone archery deer season closes. Nov. 16: Canada goose season closes, East Central Zone, Hudson Valley Zone. Nov. 16: Pheasant season closes, parts of Central & Western New York. Nov. 16: Fall turkey season closes, remainder of Southern Zone. Nov. 16: Archery bear season closes, Allegany Range & Catskill Range. Nov. 17:
Schumer bill a push for additional hunting land
Washington – It’s not often that the federal government seeks to aid New York’s whitetail hunters. But U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a bill last month he hopes will help not only hunters but farmers whose crops are being damaged by deer overpopulation. Schumer has asked the federal government to set aside as much
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