Fishing
Wyoming anglers get rewards, restrictions for walleye
Casper, Wyo. (AP) – Three years ago Wyoming Game and Fish Department workers tagged 1,000 walleye at Glendo Reservoir. Anglers could bring the tags in to department offices for cash rewards ranging from $5 to
Alaska to refund nearly $70M in fishing fees
Juneau, Alaska (AP) – Fishermen from outside Alaska can expect nearly $70 million in refunds for commercial fishing license fees the Alaska Supreme Court says were unconstitutionally high. More than 11,000 license holders were reviewed
Jackson Co. woman’s multi-year quest ends with a 184-class buck
Jackson, Ohio – A Jackson County woman’s three-year pursuit of a particular trophy buck ended with success on the first day of archery season this year. Melissa Sexton, 33, arrowed the mammoth deer that green-scored
Alternative regs in 2010 possible for deer hunters
St. Paul – While most reports indicate confusion was common among deer hunters during the final two days of the 3A deer season, it’s still likely hunters could see alternative regulations as early as next
Blue-green algae on the increasing bloom in Lake Erie
There’s a little thing that is becoming a big problem in Lake Erie. It also has a bad history. Back in the 1960s, some people proclaimed that Erie was a dead lake. Sewage treatment plants
Montana’s FWP taking public comment on duck hunting
Missoula, Mont. (AP) – State wildlife officials are seeking public comment on their recommended response to a landowner petition to close waterfowl hunting on a portion of Mitchell Slough in the Bitterroot Valley. The state
Two bull elk taken this fall close to state record
Benezette, Pa. – Some Game Commission officials and a few well-traveled elk hunters in the know from other states have been saying for a few years that they think the next record North American bull
Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier
Traverse City, Mich. (AP) -Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said.
