Iowa’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 20, 2025
A look at the Iowa fishing report from across the state on Feb. 20, 2025.
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February 20, 2025
Ice still hanging on for Ohio anglers off Lake Erie’s islands
In what has become a welcomed surprise after years of brief or no opportunities for ice fishing on Lake Erie, hundreds of ice fishermen have been fishing off the islands daily since about mid-January.
As of the time of this writing, mainland ice is very limited, but another Arctic blast is underway. It is not common, but not unheard of, for fishable ice to form in February.
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Spring bobber rods for sunfish and crappies – video
Get a good hook set for finnicky fish and expect that bigger sunfish will pull down more on the rod compared to a quick vibrating motion for smaller fish.
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More CWD detected in Pennsylvania’s northeastern deer herd
Less than two weeks after the first positive case of chronic wasting disease was publicly confirmed in the northeast region, another has turned up.
On Feb. 12, the Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that a second wild deer – this one in Carbon County – has tested positive for CWD. On Jan. 31, the agency issued a release identifying the first CWD-positive in the region – this one in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, which is approximately 10 miles from the recent case in Carbon County.
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Ohio’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 20, 2025
Ice fishing still holding on in many of Ohio’s spots. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing report from across the state on Feb. 20, 2025.
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Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report on Feb. 20, 2025
Another frigid spell has ice fishermen sittin’ pretty. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report on Feb. 20, 2025.
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Brooke Rollins confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture
Lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed earlier this month as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.
Rollins, who served as chief for domestic policy during Trump’s first administration, was confirmed by the Senate in a 72-28 vote.
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Why pursue light geese in springtime? The reasons are many
True story: My fascination with snow geese began in bed. It was the late 1990s. I’d moved from St. Paul, Minn., to Aberdeen, S.D., only a few months earlier. Spring had sprung; warmer weather had finally started melting the snowpack after what felt like a particularly long, cold, gloomy winter.
One morning at sunup, my bedroom window cracked, the refreshingly cool spring air carried the din of something I had never heard before: the evocative, deafening barks and yelps of tens of thousands of migrating snows and blues.
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Christine Thomas: Thrill of victory, agony of defeat
“I think duct tape could solve all your problems,” my husband, Stan, offered helpfully (not).
This sage advice was given as we were on our way to Sheboygan Falls to the Oh Rats Dog Training Center to participate in our first barn hunt trial. Readers will remember that my last column focused on introducing my Airedale, Major, and daughter, Shannon Honl’s Airedale, Vesper, to the game of barn hunt. Dogs can win pretty ribbons for finding rats in PVC tubes that are buried in straw. Collecting three pretty ribbons result in a RATN (rat novice) title for your dog.
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