Fishing
Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Spring Rockfish Season Opens April 16
Annapolis, Md. (April 14, 2011) – The eagerly-anticipated spring season for striped bass, known locally as rockfish, opens at 5 a.m. this Saturday, April 16 in the main stem of Maryland’s portion of Chesapeake Bay
Iowa Commission Approves Dove Season Rules
The Natural Resource Commission of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources took the first step toward a mourning dove season Wednesday, when commissioners approved the proposed rules on a 5-to-2 vote. Commissioners Elizabeth Garst and
Wisconsin DNR announces proposed 2011 deer hunting season structure
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife management officials will propose a 2011 deer season structure that promises a return to a more traditional hunting framework by eliminating the October antlerless hunt and allowing the first
MN: DNR tests 1,180 deer and no CWD
St. Paul – It’s official: None of the deer killed in the Pine Island area during the past two months tested positive for chronic wasting disease. After the DNR announced in late January that an
MN: Invasive species efforts advance
St. Paul – A bill to prevent the spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species has cleared its second committee in the House, and was set for its first hearing Tuesday in the
MI: Walleye limit to increase on Erie
Lansing – Walleye anglers fishing in the Michigan waters of Lake Erie will be able to keep six fish per day, beginning May 1. The new daily creel limit was announced by the DNR earlier
MI: DNR considers increasing antlerless tag limit
Lansing – Deer hunters in the Upper Peninsula (Zone 1) and northern Lower Peninsula (Zone 2) would be able to purchase up to five antlerless deer permits per year under a proposal being considered by
MI: Conservation groups claim proposed cuts inequitable
Washington – Just as President Barack Obama earlier this year unveiled a vision for the nation’s outdoors based largely on full funding of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, House Republicans as a budget-slashing measure
PA: Hog’s Hole entices angler for 60 years
Boiling Springs, Pa. – Cletus Starner saw his 60th trout opener in the same spot along the Yellow Breeches Creek on April 2, the first day of the 2011 trout-fishing season in the southeastern and
