Fishing
Wisconsin Senate passes bass culling proposal
Madison, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin state Legislature has passed a bill that would change the way bass fishing tournaments are conducted. The Republican-backed measure would legalize the practice of culling. That refers to catching
Wisconsin Senate committee to vote on earn-a-buck rules
Madison, Wis. (AP) – The state Senate’s natural resources committee is set to vote on a bill that would scale back Wisconsin’s much-maligned earn-a-buck program. Hunters in areas where earn-a-buck applies must kill an antlerless
Alaska Biologists study lake trout population for trouble
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Federal biologists are seeking answers to why lake trout in Hidden Lake on the Kenai Peninsula appear to be shrinking both in size and numbers. The Anchorage Daily News reported Tuesday
NRA antler theft charges dropped against Maryland Men
Pittsburgh (AP) – Pittsburgh police aren’t commenting on a prosecutor’s decision to drop charges against two workers charged with stealing two massive sets of elk antlers after the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Pittsburgh
OH: Rain hurts fishing, hunt trips
Columbus – While the rains are seriously dampening Ohio’s spring wild turkey hunting, they’re figuratively drowning the fishing. And while Northeast Ohio steelheaders have felt the thunder of passing rain showers, so, too, have their
OH: Erie walleye bag shrink wasn’t ‘right on the line’
DNR: In the end, Ohio had plenty of wiggle room Columbus – In the final analysis, Ohio wasn’t even that close to a reduced bag limit on Lake Erie walleye this year. It came down
OH: Gross walleye overbag results in fines, license suspensions
Port Clinton, Ohio – Thirteen out-of-state walleye fishermen pleaded guilty to overbagging violations that have resulted in restitutions totaling nearly $5,000, the DNR Division of Wildlife reported. DOW investigators conducted a surveillance April 6 on
AR: Now’s the time to sign up for elk permit drawings
LITTLE ROCK – If you want to hunt elk in Arkansas, now’s the time to sign up for the opportunity. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s permit process for a free chance to hunt Arkansas’s
Arkansas students win 2011 state fish art contest
LITTLE ROCK – Three young artists from Arkansas will represent the state at the annual State-Fish Art Expo June 24-25 at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, Texas. The winners are: Grades 4-6, Parker
