Fishing
License fee bill passed by House
Harrisburg – By a vote of 156 to 36 – along straight party lines – the state House of Representatives finally approved a surprisingly controversial bill to allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to pass along
Neb. spring turkey season opens Wednesday
Lincoln, Neb. (AP) – Archers in Nebraska are heading into the outdoors for the start of the spring turkey-hunting season. The archery and youth archery seasons begins Wednesday. The youth shotgun season starts April 11,
‘Bug geek’ offers insight for curious trout anglers
State College, Pa. – Although he lives near storied limestone streams, Penn State University entomologist Greg Hoover says nothing beats Pennsylvania’s freestone fisheries for bug diversity. “On the limestoners, you get these massive single-species emergences
Ruling affirms officers’ enforcement tool
Columbus – In a unanimous 7-0 decision issued March 5, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that state wildlife officials have authority to enter private land when acting in “the normal, peaceful and lawful enforcement of
Abalone fishing season opens April 1 north of San Francisco Bay
California’s popular red abalone sport fishery season will open April 1 in waters north of San Francisco Bay. Anyone who takes abalone must record their catch on an abalone report card and tag the animal
Arkansas Fishing report – March 25th, 2009
CENTRAL ARKANSAS: Lake Conway: Water is stained and at normal level. Bream are fair on crickets, nightcrawlers and wax worms in 2 to 3 feet of water. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs fished
No rebound yet for marten, fisher
Grand Rapids, Minn. – The harvest of fishers and pine martens this season – the second year of an abbreviated trapping season – was comparable to last year. But those harvests, low by recent standards,
Emerald ash borer turns up in Mifflin County, threatens trees
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – Five percent of Pennsylvania’s forests are comprised of ash trees, but if a diminutive beetle from Asia has its way, that percentage could be reduced to zero. Since it was discovered in
South Dakota officials say public hunting area successful
Pierre, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota wildlife officials say a public goose-hunting area near Pierre had one of its most successful seasons last winter. The Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Access Area has been open for
