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Northwest Region

Lake Erie – Katie Plants, 7, of West Newton, landed a 7-pound steelhead in a small tributary near Misery Bay fishing with her father in mid-April. Tributaries were running low and clear and steelhead were

Out-of-state licenses down; PGC doubts up

Harrisburg – Compared to the states that surround it, Pennsylvania offers the best license deal for non-resident hunters. And the Keystone State licenses more non-residents than any of its neighbors. For $101, non-residents of Pennsylvania

Northeast Region

Mauch Chunk Lake (Carbon County) – Anglers were hoping the warming trend would spur the panfish bite. Lackawanna Lake (Lackawanna County) – Anglers have been catching brook and rainbow trout on rainbow color PowerBait. Francis

Access to many trout waters still is tenuous

Pittsburgh – Opening Day had special meaning for anglers fishing the Little Juniata River this year, since public access battles at Spruce Creek are finally over. But while the Little Juniata’s navigability was upheld by

Southcentral Region

Raystown Lake (Huntingdon County) – John Kormanski and Darin Woomer, of Saxton, won the Keystone Bass Buddy Club tournament April 5 with six bass totaling 17 1/2 pounds. Rick and Michael Maga of Greensburg caught

PGC: Gobbler hunt outlook good

Harrisburg – The upcoming gobbler season April 26 to May 26 should provide excellent hunting opportunities for the nearly quarter million hunters who are preparing to participate, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials. New this

Doe hunting plan doubted by PGC

Harrisburg – At their meeting April 21-22, Pennsylvania game commissioners will either vote to implement or throw out controversial deer-season changes in four management units that they introduced at the January meeting. The outcome is

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