National Fishing

PIERRE, S.D. -The South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks is reminding hunters and anglers that their 2011 licenses will expire on Jan. 31. The 2012 licenses are available at local authorized GFP licensing

Several species of grouper, including black, red, yellowfin, scamp, yellowmouth, rock hind and red hind will close to recreational harvest from Feb. 1 through March 31 in Gulf of Mexico state waters excluding Monroe County.

The recreational harvest season for snook reopens on Feb. 1 in Florida’s Atlantic coastal and inland waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River. Anglers may keep one snook between 28 and 32 inches total

No one welcomed the recent storms more than California’s 70,000 waterfowl hunters. Rain and wind in California’s central valley has salvaged what was an extremely slow hunting season for waterfowl. All of the central valley

Now you can take the Florida Bowhunter Education Course by completing an online, distance-learning component and then attending a two-day field class. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) hunter safety personnel, the

500 permits available to adult residents; youth permits valid statewide PRATT – While Kansas spring turkey permits are available to all hunters in most of the state, only 500 permits (residents only) will be issued

ST. LOUIS — How does this rack stack up? It’s a question many hunters ask when admiring the antlers from a proudly harvested buck. The Deer Antler Scoring event at the Jay Henges Shooting Range

Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February. High Plains Mallard Management Unit: Strong numbers of geese remain on Lake Etter and other watering sources near Spearman, but roosting sources

Not spreading mussels and detecting them early are keys to success Quagga and zebra mussels have devastated fishing waters, plugged water delivery systems and ruined boats all across the nation. But those things haven’t happened