Fishing
Meyer says fish rules will change if rep is re-elected
Eagle River, Wis. – The legislative sponsor of an early catch-and-release muskie season will act to nix the new season before it ever begins. He also has promised to do the same for a law
Charges expected in deer-trapping case
Chippewa Falls, Wis. – A Lake Holcombe man is expected to face charges for using an automatic garage door opener to close a gate in his deer farm fence after luring wild deer into the
Mille Lacs tribal harvest eclipses 87,500 pounds
Aitkin, Minn. – Spring tribal netting of Mille Lacs Lake walleyes effectively was wrapped up prior to the May 10 state fishing opener, and officials say the harvest by the eight bands that net the
Congress passes Farm Bill; Bush keeps word with veto
Washington – The margin by which the nearly $290 billion Farm Bill passed in mid-May in both the House (318-106, on May 14) and the Senate (81-15, on May 15) nearly ensured an override of
Alternate funding bill gets look
Pittsburgh – The pheasant propagation at Pike Run has been such a success that program partners are ready to spread their wings and fly to other parts of Pennsylvania. But while swapping turkeys for pheasants
Half million steelhead stocked into streams
Conneaut, Ohio – Small by even a Pennsylvania trout stream’s standards, the smolts released last month into five northeast Ohio rivers represent the future of steelheading. The DNR Division of Wildlife stocked these streams –
Session finds funds for Vermilion park
St. Paul – Minnesota is a step closer to its first state park since the 1970s. As part of session-ending negotiations and deal-making, the Legislature approved $20 million for a new state park on the
Crappie regs proven effective in six lakes
Delaware, Ohio – It was one of those perfect May days when the afternoon melted into the evening on the water of Delaware Lake, just north of the city of the same name in central
No gobblers, but governor’s hunt puts spotlight on sport
Nashport, Ohio – What a dream it would be to experience turkey hunting as a youngster with a professional hunting guide and a NFL star or Governor Ted Strickland by your side. This dream came
