Bass-fishing tourneys holding up despite sluggish economy
Pittsburgh — Although bass season may have opened June 12 with just a nod from most anglers, for Pennsylvanians who tournament fish, it’s a season unlike any other.
July 1, 2010
DNA evidence helps convict York County trophy-buck poacher
York, Pa. — Michael Sponseller Jr., 19, of East Berlin, Adams County, was found guilty and sentenced to pay $1,100 in fines and $5,000 in replacement costs for the unlawful poaching of a trophy-class white-tailed deer in York County, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. The sentence was handed down, on June 29, by
Leeches and crawlers producing more walleyes than minnows
Big Six LAKE_MILLE LACS East – Live-bait rigs or spinner rigs tipped with crawlers and leeches continue to produce walleyes during the morning and afternoon hours on the deep gravel and mud. At night, slip bobbers and leeches are working best in 25 to 32 feet or on the mid-depth rocks. There doesn’t seem to
Little change to state’s breeding waterfowl population
Bemidji, Minn. — The number of breeding ducks in Minnesota this spring was down slightly from last year, according to a report the DNR released earlier this week. The estimated duck population this year was 531,000, compared with last year’s estimate of 541,000. The long-term average is 624,000, and this year’s estimate is the fourth-lowest
Banquets/Fundraisers
July 10:_Butler County PF Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Izaak Walton League. For more info call Randy Windell, 513-870-9200. Aug. 7:_Hardin County Longbeards Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Kenton Eagles Lodge. For more info call Tim Lotz, 419-673-0080. Aug. 12:_Medina County Strutters NWTF Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Buffalo Creek Resort. For more info call Bill Suliks, 330-635-0878. Aug. 20:_Putnam County
Michigan DNRE hosts open house July 27 in Pigeon River Country Forest Management Unit
DNRE Report Gaylord, Mich. — The Department of Natural Resources and Environment will host an open house on Tuesday, July 27, to provide information and receive public comment on proposed forest management treatments for 2012 in the Pigeon River Country Management Unit. The open house will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at the
Asian carp pass barrier in Chicago
Chicago – At least one adult Asian carp has breached the electric barrier built specifically to keep the invasive fish from advancing up the Chicago canal system and into Lake Michigan. Federal and state officials in Illinois announced June 23 that a commercial fisherman caught a 34.6-inch, 19.6-pound Asian bighead carp in Lake Calumet, which
Stream levels fall, making fishing more challenging
NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie – When conditions allowed, anglers were catching walleyes in 25 to 30 feet and in 50 to 55 feet, from off the point straight out of Walnut Creek to Virginia’s Beach in mid-June. Perch were hitting in 50 to 55 feet. Limits and sizes varied on both species, although the bigger
Gladwin man guilty of illegally killing wolf in U.P.
DNRE Report Gladwin, Mich. — A Gladwin man was sentenced recently before Judge W. Clayton Graham in 92nd District Court in St. Ignace on one count of illegally killing a gray wolf. Michael Greaves, 47, was found guilty and ordered to pay $500 in fines and costs, along with $1,500 in restitution. His hunting privileges
