National Fishing

Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP) – The economic downturn led to a drop last year in charter fishing trips originating in Michigan, and even fewer are expected in 2009, officials said. “The number of charter excursions

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s fisheries chief says Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe have gone from “rags to riches.” Greg Power says heavy spring runoff has led to a 28-foot rise in Lake Oahe

Pocatello, Idaho (AP) – The state is giving too many nonresident bowhunters a crack at bagging an elk in eastern Idaho, some Idaho hunters say. “I think residents should be given first priority,” Scott Roberts

Portland, Ore. (AP) – It’s open season again on northern pikeminnows, a voracious breed of fish that eats millions of young salmon and steelhead in the Columbia and Snake rivers. The pikeminnows have a price

Columbia, S.C. (AP) – Gator hunters, gear up. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources beginning Friday is accepting online applications for the 2009 public alligator hunting season. Applicants for the alligator hunting season are

Bismarck, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is lowering the number of deer hunting licenses available this year by about 5,000 from last year’s record 149,400. The Game and Fish Department

Fults, Ill. (AP) – The first day of last year’s firearm deer season yielded an oddity for Glenn Voelker. Voelker, a 64-year-old grain farmer from Fults, shot a 10-point buck from a ground blind in

Wheelock, Vt. (AP) – Vermont State Police say a 17-year-old from Lyndon Center was shot and killed by his father Friday morning while the two were turkey hunting in the town of Wheelock. Police say

Zimmerman, Minn. (AP) – An auction of confiscated firearms has resulted in a standing-room-only crowd of bidders in Zimmerman this weekend. State Department of Natural Resources warden Chad Thesing estimated Saturday’s auction attracted more than