Albany – Record warm temperatures didn’t necessarily make for red-hot turkey-hunting action for New York’s youth hunters. DEC officials say that despite the unseasonably warm weather, early indications are that harvest totals for the April 25-26 spring gobbler offering for kids ages 12-15 are down about 20 percent from the 2008 youth hunt. “Some of […]
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LAKE_MILLE LACS East – The eight- to 12-foot rock reefs and shoreline breaks are holding walleyes on the east end. Slip bobbers and leeches are working best with numerous big walleyes and good numbers of 16- to 17-inchers in the mix. The north-end sand also is worth noting in eight feet with Lindy Rigs and
Walker, Minn. – The walleye fishing on Leech Lake may have improved dramatically in recent years, but the operation to cull double-crested cormorants from the lake continues. Shooters from USDA Wildlife Services began removing birds from Little and Big Pelican islands late last week. It’s the fifth consecutive year they’ve done so. Counts conducted earlier
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Grayslake, Ill. – When the bell rang at the end of the school day, 17-year-old Karl Wenckebach Jr. was out the door as fast he could go – eager to be part of the school’s new bass fishing team. “It was pretty awesome to have a fishing team for school,” Wenckebach said. Bass fishing was
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Lake Michigan: According to fishing reporter Cory Yarmuth (www.chitown-angler.com), things aren’t changing all that rapidly on the “Big Lake.” Browns and cohos are active on the lakefront from the boats as well as from shore. Shore fishermen are catching cohos and browns casting little cleo spoons or floating live bait under slip floats. Boaters are
Ron Nadler at Fish307 (1-800-FISH-37) reports lake trout and landlocked fishing continues to get very good on Lake George, with fish anywhere from the surface to 20 feet down and, he says, dropping slowly as waters warm. Stocked trout waters have been popular, and the Mettawee River has yielded some nice holdover browns pushing 20
ALEXANDRIA AREA The walleye action has been limited throughout the area. Look for shallower lakes like Reno and Mary to be the first spots to produce fish in six to 12 feet. Panfish have moved in and out of the shallows according to the weather. With a few nice days look to the shallow bays
May 15:_NWTF Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Fish Lake Resort. For more info call Kevin Lindberg, 612-390-0159. June 2:_Anoka Ramsey DU Banquet, 5 p.m., Wells Catering. For more info call Bob Lingman, 612-963-4085. June 23: Maidens of the Prairie DU at the Peak Supper Club, Clitherall, MN, 5 pm. For more info call Janet Widness 218-769-4243. Season
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A huge channel catfish was hauled from the waters of Green Valley Park shortly after the Payson Wildlife Fair started Saturday, May 9. Using shrimp on the bottom and fishing the inlet end of the main lake, Tuy Sayasavanh, of Peoria, hooked into and landed the 26.9 pound leviathan. With over 500 people gathered at
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