October 10, 2016
Teen’s elk could be Nebraska record {Photo}
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Oct. 3, 2016 edition of the Omaha World-Herald. It is reprinted here with permission. By Marjie Ducey World-Herald Staff Writer Hannah Helmer was shaking as she attempted to zero in on the monster elk about 200 yards away. “I tried not to think of how big he
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River bass found dead after sizzling bass tournament
Harrisburg — Following the second hottest Pennsylvania summer in 122 years, some anglers are questioning whether fishing tournaments should have been permitted on the Susquehanna River. Neighboring Maryland this year implemented new conservation rules for bass tournaments on the Potomac River – including those related to the release of fish – spurring thoughts about
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Bass Pro Shops’ acquistion: Cabela’s, in $5.5 billion deal
Sidney, Neb. — In the competitive fishing and hunting retail industry, one big fish just swallowed another. On Monday, it was announced that Bass Pro Shops had “entered into a definitive agreement,” to acquire Cabela’s for $65.50 per share in cash, according to a Bass Pro Shops press release. The companies valued the deal at
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Biologists striving to understand walleye movement
By John Hageman Contributing Writer Chautauqua, N.Y. — Jason Robinson, of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, made a presentation to the Association of Great Lakes Writers at its annual conference about Eastern Basin walleye movements in Lake Erie. Ohio and other Great Lakes state fisheries research biologists have been outfitting walleyes, lake trout,
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