Fishing
Midwest gets $29 million for ‘recovery’ projects
Minneapolis – National wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries across the Midwest will receive an infusion of nearly $29 million as part of Congress’ and President Barack Obama’s “economic recovery plan,” Secretary of the Interior
Louisiana closes some fishing due to tilapia
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) – The state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has closed an area south of Port Sulphur to commercial and recreational fishing after tilapia were found in public waterways in the area.
Man accused of smuggling songbirds from Vietnam
Los AngelesS (AP) _ A man was charged Tuesday with smuggling songbirds into the United States by hiding more than a dozen of them in an elaborate, custom-tailored pair of leggings during a flight from
PF&BC reports: A trout costs $2.73
Champion, Pa. – Fishermen have long wondered just how much of their license dollar goes to raise and stock a trout. Pennsylvania’s fish & boat commissioners have wondered as well, and at January’s commission meeting,
Hunters fined, licenses suspended after poaching in Tenn.
Church Hill, Tenn. (AP) – Two men who were caught hunting turkey on Holston Army Ammunition Plant property have received probation, but can’t hunt for a year. Security officers found 34-year-old Christopher Kevin Arnold of
Arkansas fishing report of May 6
CENTRAL ARKANSAS:Lake Conway: Water is murky and high, and that everything was doing really good before all this rain. Bream are biting well on worms and crickets. Crappie are biting near cypress trees on minnows,
Man enters plea to role in illegal Montana hunting scheme
Billings, Mont. (AP) – A Louisiana man who recruited big game hunters to come to Montana, where they illegally hunted elk and deer, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to violate a federal wildlife act. Anthony
Wis. lawmakers vote to close DNR service centers
Madison, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin legislators have voted to end counter service at two dozen Department of Natural Resources field offices across the state. Residents would have to buy hunting and fishing licenses online or
NH man injured in turkey hunting mishap
Sullivan, N.H. (AP) – A Sullivan, N.H., man is recovering after his brother shot him in a hunting accident. The state fish and game department says 27-year-old Josh Lazzaro and his 29-year-old brother, Scott Lazzaro,
