Fishing

Augusta, Maine (AP) – Maine officials are encouraging people to get out on the state’s lakes and rivers by offering a weekend of free fishing. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says the Family

Panguitch, Utah (AP) – Two Panguitch men who pleaded guilty to a handful of wildlife violations have been sentenced to jail for illegally killing 13 animals. The men also lost their hunting privileges for several

Cheboygan, Mich. (AP) – Two state troopers from the Cheboygan post have lost their jobs for poaching deer while on duty. Earlier, Jeff Hadley was sentenced to four days in jail for shooting a buck

Shreveport, La. (AP) – Tucked neatly away inside his baby tote, young John Foster was oblivious to the gore and mayhem going on around him. Worms were being pulled from their mulchy homes, crickets got

Charleston, W.Va. (AP) – A St. Albans man has been sentenced to a year in prison for fatally shooting a teenager during a hunting trip. Twenty-year-old Andrew Scott Hardin admitted he accidentally shot Nicholas Caldwell

Fresno, Calif. (AP) – Anglers beware: California officials are enforcing new recreational salmon fishing regulations throughout the Central Valley basin. Starting this week, the Department of Fish and Game says catch-and-release fishing that intentionally targets

Pierre, S.D. (AP) – State fisheries officials say an abundance of precipitation this past winter and spring has added water to many South Dakota lakes, ponds and rivers, creating more demand for fish stocking. The

Raleigh, N.C. (AP) – State officials are hoping thousands of carp they will put in lakes will help fight weeds that are invading the shallow portions of the impoundments. The state Division of Water Resources

Knoxville, Tenn. (AP) – Federal wildlife officials say a bald eagle, found dead at Norris Lake in February, died of lead poisoning. A release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in Knoxville on