Georgia sees first hunting, fishing license fee hike in 25 years
Associated Press
April 25, 2017
Hunting licenses would rise from $10 to $15 and annual fishing licenses would increase from $9 to $15.
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New Mississippi law exempts disabled veterans from hunting, fishing fees
Associated Press
April 24, 2017
It says no license will be required for hunting or fishing at events where participation is limited to veterans with disabilities caused by combat. The veterans must have been honorably discharged, and they can live
Indiana gets all the eggs it needs for state muskie stocking from all-important Lake Webster
Staff and News Reports
April 19, 2017
DNR able to catch enough female muskies to get nearly 500,000 eggs, which were then shipped to the East Fork Hatchery in southwest Indiana, where they will hatch and eventually produce 20,000 muskie fingerlings that
Salmon fishing shut down for southern Oregon coast
Associated Press
April 14, 2017
No chinook and coho salmon fishing for sport and commercial fishers for 2017.
Tribe resumes netting pike in bid to protect cutthroat trout in Idaho
Associated Press
April 12, 2017
The tribe is also offering rewards to anglers who turn in pike caught in the southern third of the lake. Coeur d’Alene Tribe spokeswoman Heather Keen says anglers can get $5 per fish, and some
In Columbia River Basin, more dangers than usual for young migrating salmon
Associated Press
April 7, 2017
Fish could face a potentially lethal problem in spillways at dams where increased nitrogen in the water can cause tissue-damaging gas bubble trauma.
Ice fishing season extended in Maine
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
Instead of ending April 1, season runs to April 16 due to “unusually cold weather conditions.”
In Maine, it could be years before brook trout recover from drought
Associated Press
April 3, 2017
Biologists say some streams and brooks dried up and low water prevented fish from moving to colder habitat. The low water also made the fish more liable to be eaten by predators such as mink
Shimano offering scholarships for high schoolers
Staff and News Reports
March 28, 2017
“We hope our scholarship program helps recruits these students who already enjoy fishing and understand the importance of conservation efforts through their involvement with B.A.S.S. to pursue a college degree in natural resource professions.”
