Fishing
Mille Lacs tribal harvest tops 100,000 pounds of walleyes
Aitkin, Minn. – Tribal netters from two Minnesota and six Wisconsin bands of Ojibwe topped 100,000 pounds of walleyes from Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs this spring, according to Pat Schmalz, the Minnesota DNR 1837 Treaty
New Art Work Takes Deer License Plate from Pink to Macho
Austin, Texas – The white-tailed deer specialty license plate that benefits big game management and research in Texas now sports new and improved artwork depicting a white-tailed deer, an image based fittingly on a trophy
Free Fishing Days Established for June 5-7
Newport News, VA. – You may fish without a license during the first weekend in June. Take advantage of the free fishing days, June 5-7, 2009, and spend quality time outdoors with your family and
2009 pronghorn antelope permit applications online only
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has announced that there will be no paper applications or mail-in forms for 2009 antelope permits. All applications must be submitted online. The application deadline is midnight
Fishing license sales up despite economic downturn
Phoenix – Arizona fishing license sales are up around 10 percent from last year despite the economic downtown – or possibly because of it. “Most people are probably staying closer to home this year, and
Inshore fishing keeps Florida anglers’ business afloat
Pensacola, Fla. (AP) – Big boats, deep water and red snapper. Those three things have been a magic combination for generations of Gulf Coast charter fishermen, who made their living putting tourists on fish out
Anglers warned Pinto Lake fish unsafe to eat
Watsonville, Calif. (AP) – Pinto Lake anglers are being warned not to eat their catch because fish in the 80-acre Watsonville lake are contaminated with unsafe levels of DDT, a pesticide banned more than three
SDSU scientists study sturgeon
Brookings, S.D. (AP) – Two South Dakota State University wildlife and fisheries sciences faculty members have gotten a five-year, $647,000 Army Corps of Engineers grant to study the endangered pallid sturgeon. Brian Graeb and Steven
Conn. police arrest 4 accused of poaching
Kent, Conn. (AP) – Four people have been charged with poaching in northwestern Connecticut. Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation Police arrested the four over the weekend on charges related to alleged illegal wild turkey
