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Southcentral Region
Susquehanna River (Juniata County) – A few walleyes were reported around Mifflinton’s Fish & Boat Commission access area. Anglers were doing well on jigs tipped with crawlers or minnows. Bright-colored twisters also are effective on
Stocked trout report delayed by PF&BC
Harrisburg – There’s probably no single image so closely associated with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission – among serious and casual anglers alike – than its trout-stocking program. But is that program cost-effective? We’re
Northcentral Region
Curwensville Dam (Clearfield County) -Anglers in the coves were catching perch on green jigs and white maggots. Walleyes also were hitting on shiners, chubs and small perch. The bite was somewhat slow to start. Shaggers

Warning is sounded on gas-drilling impacts
University Park – With the unprecedented wave of deep-well, natural-gas drilling occurring across much of Pennsylvania, care must be taken to minimize impacts on wildlife and forests so critical to the state’s economy and heritage,

Organized hunting of coyotes is burgeoning
Port Matilda, Pa. – Organized predator hunts are becoming more popular as increasing numbers of hunters find the contests a good way to fight cabin fever. Long-established hunts hope to continue their string of successes
Crossbow issue is coming to a head
Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in
Insurance group notes a sharp decline in the state’s deer herd
State College, Pa. – Pennsylvania sportsmen don’t need an insurance company to tell them there are fewer deer in the state than there were six years or so ago, but they may be interested to

Little Juniata group gets access grants
Tyrone, Pa. – The Little Juniata River just can’t get out of the limelight. The big limestone-influenced trout stream – subject of a landmark public-access fight and a dispute over allowing bait fishing the last