If it was a bullhead, it was a new state record
Capital Correspondent Harrisburg – Was it or wasn’t it?
July 16, 2009
CWRA scores first big victory in U.S. Senate
Washington – Conservation groups recently celebrated the first major victory for federal legislation they say could protect millions of acres of wetlands in the United States left susceptible by Supreme Court decisions earlier this decade. An amended version of the Clean Water Restoration Act, meant to restore the level of waters protection to that prior
Proposal to cut Delaware River’s shad limit in half
Contributing Writer Easton, Pa. – In response to decreasing American shad populations, Pennsylvania and neighboring New Jersey and New York have proposed regulations changes for 2010 that will reduce the number of shad that Delaware River anglers can keep each day from six to three.
Festival to honor life of Tony Dean
Pierre, S.D. (AP) _ An Aug. 8 festival is planned at Spring Creek Marina north of Pierre to honor the life of South Dakota conservation leader and outdoorsman Tony Dean, who died last fall. Dean co-produced award-winning radio and TV programs about the outdoors and often featured local fishing and hunting areas. Paul Lepisto, an
Lake Erie Region
The daily bag limit for Lake Erie walleyes is six fish per angler. The minimum size limit for walleyes is 15 inches. The daily bag limit for Lake Erie yellow perch is 25 fish per angler in waters west of the Huron pier. The limit will remain at 30 fish per angler in Ohio waters
Ohio River Region
Ohio River (Adams County) – Channel catfish and flathead catfish are being caught by anglers using chicken livers, cut bait, and spinnerbaits as bait. Still-fish, keeping the bait in water that’s more than 10 feet deep.
Deep weedlines seem to be holding a mixed bag of fish
LAKE_MILLE LACS East – Crawlers continue to produce plenty of walleyes during the day on the 22- to 27-foot gravel bars. The evening hours are best spent on the rocks in nine to 14 feet of water with slip bobbers and leeches. Smallmouth bass remain active on the shallow rocks, but muskie reports remain limited.
State animal selection winding down
Columbus – Ohio adopted the Cardinal as its state bird in 1933. The white-tailed deer became the state animal in 1988. The list of state symbols goes on, including a state tree, state flower, and state insect. A couple of state lawmakers, along with some teachers and students from school districts in Dublin and Geauga
Continental duck counts up in ’09
Washington – The number of ducks on the continent’s main breeding grounds increased 13 percent from last year and is 25 percent above the long-term average, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Habitat conditions, too, were improved from last year. That’s especially true in the U.S. portion of the Prairie Pothole Region, where
