This report highlights a few of the best places to fish, what anglers are using and what they are catching. The information is compiled from regional Fish and Game fishery managers, local tackle shops and anglers.
BEAR LAKE: (April 03) Biologist Scott Tolentino reports good fishing for cutthroat trout in 43 feet of water. Try trolling jointed Rapalas (size 11) and flatfish in U20 and T4 sizes. BIRCH CREEK RESERVOIR: (April 12) Conservation Officer Robert Johnson reports that the ice is gone. BLACKSMITH FORK RIVER: (April 12) Conservation Officer Matt Burgess reports that fishing continues to…
ABAJO MOUNTAINS: (April 12) Conservation Officer Dennis Shumway says that Blanding #4 is fishing very well and producing some nice-sized trout. Albino rainbow trout are plentiful and most anglers have been catching at least one each. PowerBait seems to work best best, but some anglers have had good luck with spinners. Bass fishing has also been picking up at Blanding…
BAKER RESERVOIR: (April 05) Catchable-size rainbow trout have been stocked. Fishing is slow to fair. A recent survey found good numbers of quality-sized brown trout from 4 to five pounds. Early spring is a good time to target browns with minnow-imitating lures and flies or frozen minnows. BARKER RESERVOIRS (NORTH CREEK LAKES): (April 05) Most lakes on Boulder Mountain are…
Fishing Highlight of the Week: This happened to a friend of mine. We were canoeing in a narrow stream and went under some overhanging limbs.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking public input on the proposed addition of three potentially harmful aquatic invasive species to the Director’s Orders list.
The term “bream” is familiar to any Arkansan who has fished and also to others who have partaken of the small, tasty fish at the dinner table.
At the Lake Erie Committee meetings, which ended March 23, the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for walleyes and yellow perch were calculated and population projections announced.
At the 31st Ohio Sea Grant charter boat conference announced that plans are under way to begin reintroducing sauger into Lake Erie.
DNR sturgeon fishery crew members netted the largest sturgeon ever encountered in the Winnebago system – an 871⁄2-inch female sturgeon that weighed approximately 240 pounds
Michigan fish managers are facing a frightening scenario on Lake Michigan: too few prey fish to sustain the salmon population at current stocking levels.
CENTRAL Arcadia: April 8. Elevation normal. Bass good on topwater lures in early morning. Catfish fair to good on stinkbait and chicken liver along the flats and points. Crappie fair to good on minnows and jigs. Report submitted by Chance Whiteley, game warden stationed in Oklahoma County. Hefner: April 9. Elevation normal, water 70-73 and murky. Largemouth bass good on…
Robert Macejka of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey reeled in the new state record Hickory Shad on November 20, 2011.
LAKE MEAD – Striper action remains slow but has shown signs of picking up in the Overton Arm. Fish in the Echo Bay area are averaging about three pounds. Cut anchovies and sardines fished near the bottom are catching the fish. Smallmouth and largemouth bass have moved up in the shallows to spawn and are bending rods. The winning bag…
A recent change in Nevada’s fishing regulations has relaxed hook restrictions, allowing for the use of barbed hooks on any legal bait for the Andorno Creek, Colman Creek and North Fork of Battle Creek, all in Humboldt County.
This report highlights a few of the best places to fish, what anglers are using and what they are catching. The information is compiled from regional Fish and Game fishery managers, local tackle shops and anglers.
The date and location have changed for the upcoming Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section meeting to discuss the allowable “days out” measures for 2012 commercial Atlantic herring harvesters.
The State Fair Pond in Minot is closed due to construction projects prompted by last year’s Souris River flood. Located on the north end of the fairgrounds in the State Game and Fish Department’s Conservation and Outdoors Skills Park, the pond will reopen July 20 on opening day of the North Dakota State Fair.
A change in regulations concerning anglers fishing the Red and Bois de Sioux rivers involves those who fish from shore.
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will hold a public meeting on a proposal to reintroduce alewives and blueback herring, commonly referred to as river herring, into Lake Winnisquam.
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REMINDER: The new fishing license year began April 1. Make sure you buy a new license before heading out! CATCHES OF THE WEEK: Bluewater Lake: April 5, Annette Gonzales of Grants caught a 41.5-inch, 18.5-pound tiger musky. She was using Zeke’s dough bait.Navajo Lake: April 6, Travis Elledge of Farmington caught a 33 inch, 9 pound brown trout. He…
Angler success for walleye at night along Kingsley Dam was very good this past weekend with some larger fish in the 7-12 pound range.
Rainbow trout fishing will once again return to Paul’s Creek, near St. Peter, as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) begins stocking operations for the April 14 stream trout opener.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) reminds the public that the
season for taking ula and ula papapa (spiny and slipper lobsters) and Kona crabs in state waters will be
closed starting on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
A new required decal is now available for Minnesota boaters to help remind them of the state’s aquatic invasive species laws, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today.
