February 28, 2011

Rainbow trout will be stocked at Fort Harrison State Park’s Delaware Lake in Indianapolis in late March. The goal is to offer more urban residents an opportunity to fish, part of an effort by the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife. The 700 rainbow trout measuring 8 to 10 inches will be added to the […]

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) directed staff to advertise a rule amendment to extend alligator hunting hours. Commissioners will vote on it at their June meeting. The FWC gave preliminary approval for an additional four hours of daylight-hunting to the state’s recreational alligator hunting season, which runs Aug. 15 – Nov. 1

The recreational harvest season for spotted seatrout in northern Florida reopens on March 1. This means all Florida waters will be open to the sport harvest of spotted seatrout beginning in March. Spotted seatrout harvest is prohibited in February in Atlantic Ocean waters north of the Flagler-Volusia county line to the Florida-Georgia border and in

SMYRNA – In honor of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife is looking for volunteers to help with an invasive plant removal project at the Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area in Smyrna from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 5. Non-native vines have invaded a section of the Blackbird Reserve and

SMYRNA – DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents arrested a Seaford man February 18 for fishing violations in connection with an incident at Records Pond near Laurel. Kenneth E. Hudson, age 32, of Seaford was arrested and charged with one count of illegal use of a fishing net within 100 yards of a

The permit drawing application deadline is approaching for two spring turkey hunts planned for the Lake Sonoma Turkey Hunt Program. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is providing this special hunting opportunity in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG). The hunts will be held on USACE property surrounding Lake Sonoma

The Midwest Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation will auction a North Dakota bighorn sheep license at its annual fundraiser and banquet March 5 in Bloomington, Minn. North Dakota has auctioned a bighorn sheep license each year since 1986 to fund sheep projects in the state, raising more than $800,000. Last year’s license sold for

State law requires permanent fish houses to be removed from North Dakota waters by midnight March 15. Anglers are reminded to not wait until the last minute to remove a fish house because access on some lakes could be restricted due to snow. Fish houses may be used after March 15 if they are removed

Anglers are reminded that North Dakota’s darkhouse spearfishing season closes March 15. Interested individuals who would still like to get out for the first time this year must register with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Registration is available through the department’s website, gf.nd.gov, or through any Game and Fish Department office. March 15