NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie and tributaries – Steelhead tributaries were still rain-starved Nov. 20 but shoreline fishing was productive when wind was cooperative. William Myers Jr., of Elizabethtown, landed a 13-pound, 51/2-ounce, 313/4-inch steelhead on sucker spawn. Bobby Newman caught a 10-pound, 2-ounce, 293/4-inch steelhead on a minnow in Walnut Creek. Ron Palvo, of Greenville, […]
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No Asian carp were spotted Dec. 3 in a Chicago canal during a massive fish kill aimed at trying to keep the giant fish from reaching the Great Lakes, officials said. Environmental officials said the lack of Asian carp may suggest the voracious fish hasn’t reached Lake Michigan yet. But they warned that that it’s
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Bemidji, Minn. – If there is something positive to be said for the state’s duck season, which ended Tuesday, it’s that hunters had open water for most of the season’s 60 days. The downside: Most reports indicate a so-so season at best. It likely will wind up as “below expectations” for a lot of hunters,
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There’s a little thing that is becoming a big problem in Lake Erie. It also has a bad history. Back in the 1960s, some people proclaimed that Erie was a dead lake. Sewage treatment plants and factories were dumping tons of waste into its waters. In places, the waters were thick, oily and putrid. Fish
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Jackson, Ohio – A Jackson County woman’s three-year pursuit of a particular trophy buck ended with success on the first day of archery season this year. Melissa Sexton, 33, arrowed the mammoth deer that green-scored 1841/2 Boone and Crockett. She estimated the animal to be more than 5 years old – a true senior citizen
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ALEXANDRIA AREA There isn’t much to report on the fishing front and most anglers are anxiously waiting for ice to form. If a person wanted to fish, you could probably pop a few walleyes on Lake Ida and Lake Miltona in 40 to 60 feet as long as they remain ice-free. Hunting reports have been
Lansing – Limiting to one the number of bucks a hunter can kill, in areas where the DNR believes the antlerless deer harvest is not achieving its goal, is one of some 44 recommendations presented in a report to the DNR by the Michigan Deer Advisory Team. Limiting the buck harvest, the DAT said, could
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