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February 5, 2009

Wausau Area

Bluegills and crappies have picked up markedly in the past week or so. Shallower bays or backwaters containing wood or green weeds have been a good choice in depths of 5 to 8 feet. Small jigs in orange, gold, or glow patterns tipped with waxies have been producing fish. Lake Wausau and Lake DuBay are […]

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IDNR Announces Drawing for Rock/Pecatonica River Commercial Fishing Contracts

Springfield – A drawing for six Rock/Pecatonica River commercial fishing contracts will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, 2009, at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Regional Office at 2317 E. Lincolnway in Sterling, Illinois. Any licensed commercial fisherman with a minimum of 15 hoop nets or three 100-yard trammel nets with

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Chetek Area

Walleye fishing has been good for fishermen willing to move around throughout the chain to find schools of fish. Gravel bottoms on the inside turns of weed edges, and some points of weedbeds, are still producing walleyes for those fishermen. Depths to find fish vary between 3 feet and 10 feet of water. Northern fishing

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Wyoming outfitter who killed eagle won’t guide on Bridger-Teton

Jackson, Wyo. (AP) — Bridger-Teton National Forest officials say an outfitter who admitted killing a bald eagle and possessing raptor parts has agreed to no longer guide hunters in the forest. State game officials say Sammy L. Coutts, of Bondurant, killed the eagle with a rifle when he saw the bird eating trout in his

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South Dakota couple sentenced for hunting violations

Pierre, S.D. (AP) — The owners of a Mina outfitter have been sentenced for their role in a federal investigation that also charged four other people for crimes stemming from illegal hunting trips. Brent and Dawn Barton own the Mobridge and Mina-area hunting outfitter South Dakota Adventures. He was sentenced to just over three years

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