Fishing
Pine Creek trout regs to remain unchanged
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – If you believe the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission should custom-manage fisheries around the state through special regulations, you would not have been disappointed with the agency’s July meeting.
‘Resource first’ for real now at PF&BC
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – Adoption of a policy manual by Pennsyl-vania Fish & Boat commissioners could have been lost among the wide range of business the board handled at its quarterly meeting in
Despite nets, fishing heats up at Manistee
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Manistee, Mich. – Beyond the usual vagaries of weather, lure choice, and trolling speed, there’s an extra challenge to salmon fishing out of the Lake Michigan port of Manistee this
PF&BC: Add wild brook trout to state action plan
NWF hires expert to convince us that it’s no fraud By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg, Pa. – If there’s any issue poised to get hotter in Pennsylvania than management of white-tailed deer, it might
Erie walleye, perch hatch shows promise
By Dave GolowenskiContributing Writer Sandusky, Ohio – For the last few years, Lake Erie fishery biologists have been looking for reinforcements to bolster the yellow perch and walleye stocks. Maybe – just maybe – they
Overbags, fish sales nets 275 charges
By Mike MooreEditor Toledo, Ohio – Investigations into illegal fishing during the annual walleye run in northwest Ohio landed a group of friends who were exceeding their limit of walleye day after day, state wildlife
World Youth Fly-Fishing event here
By Mark Nale Northcentral Correspondent State College, Pa. – The 6th Annual FIPS-Mouche World Youth Fly-Fishing Champion-ships is set to kick off in the State College area, Aug. 3-10. This is the first time that
Land, sea passport requirement delayed by feds
Increased wait time leads to temporary postponement of new air, land travel rules By Tim SpielmanAssociate Editor Washington – Hunters and anglers fretting the upcoming requirement of a passport for land and sea travel into
Barnhart retiring as DEC’s F&W director
Staff report Albany – Gerald Barnhart, DEC’s director fish, wildlife and marine resources for the past 12 years, is shortening his title. Winemaker. Barnhart is ending a 28-year DEC career effective Aug. 10, retiring to
