Skirted Bass Jigs 101 — video
Discussion on the main types of skirted bass jigs and application of each.
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April 22, 2024
Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the April 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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Taste of the Wild: Sous vide venison loin with truffle butter and wild cress
This is a simple recipe that uses two ingredients fortunate hunters and foragers have in abundance: venison and wild cress. The “cress” can be any number of edible cruciferous weeds including upland cress or creasy greens. I used hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) that has quietly taken over my garden bed.
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Wisconsin Fishing Report – April 22, 2024
The best success here was found making long casts to areas of off-color water. Hair jigs and lipless crankbaits were the most productive.
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Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Allegheny County man shoots pheasants seconds after they are released from stocking truck
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the April 26, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Doe season extended in three Pennsylvania CWD areas
The Pennsylvania Game Commission approved an extension of the antlerless rifle season in three wildlife management units in attempt to control the spread of chronic wasting disease, and there might be more to come.
During the board’s April 13 meeting, commissioners unanimously approved a motion to extend the antlerless rifle season from Jan. 2, 2025, through Jan. 20 in units 4A, 4D and 5A.
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Pennsylvania Game Commissioners add 300-plus acres to game lands system
Pennsylvania game commissioners at their April 13 meeting approved acquisitions that would add nearly 310 acres to state game lands.
That involves the purchase of four properties.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines lake sturgeon do not require listing under Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a release on Monday, April 22, that after conducting a thorough species status assessment using the best available science, the agency determined that lake sturgeon do not require listing under the Endangered Species Act.
The Service’s 12-month finding shows ongoing management efforts, such as fish stocking, have contributed to the conservation and resiliency of the species.
Maryland blue catfish record has stood 12 years, DNR hopes anglers try to break it to help ecosystems
Ed Jones, an Oregon resident, said he’ll never forget the day he caught the Maryland state record blue catfish. It was also the day he lost his phone.
“I can remember it vividly,” Jones said in March while recounting the fateful August 2012 catch. “I hooked him, was reeling him in, and as soon as we got him near the boat, I had my cellphone in my shirt pocket, leaned over the boat, and plunk. It fell right into the river. I had all these pictures (on the phone) and I lost them in the river.”
