Fishing
Federation seems to soften on Sunday hunt
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — It has often been said by folks who should know that Sunday hunting will never become a reality in Pennsylvania until the state’s largest sportsmen’s organization is behind it.
Spring walleye fishing for Erie now on anglers’ radar
By Bill Parker Editor Luna Pier, Mich. — After two years of frustration at watching anglers ply the Ohio waters of Lake Erie for spring walleyes, anglers may be able to wet a line in
PGC board sharply divided by deer regs
By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — At the Pennsylvania Game Commission, white-tailed deer — or at least discussions about how to manage them — are always in season. That was proven again at the
Michigan salmon stocking to be reduced
By Paul Smith Correspondent Kenosha, Wis. — Anglers have strongly supported a plan by fisheries managers to reduce Lake Michigan chinook stocking by 25 percent, but also have expressed concerns about how and where the
Virus infects, dooms trout raised at Warren County’s federal hatchery
Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Warren, Pa. — Federal and state wildlife officials will decide by the middle of this month what to do with almost one million trout at the Allegheny National Fish Hatchery near
DCNR secretary hopes to dispel ‘myths’
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg — The average Pennsylvania hunter doesn’t trust Michael DiBerardinis at all, and he knows it. “The first problem is probably that I’m from Philadelphia,” the secretary of the Department of
Crossbow talk resumes; coalition joins the fray
By Steve Piatt Editor Buffalo, N.Y. — Only time will tell whether New York hunters ever take crossbows into the field. Until then, the debate over crossbow use won’t likely go away. While crossbow advocates
Duck stamp contest winner is state native
By Tim Eisele Correspondent Washington, D.C. — For the second time in history, a woman has won the federal duck stamp contest – and this woman hails from Wisconsin. Sherrie Russell Meline, a native of
Anglers support cuts in Michigan king stocking
By Paul Smith Correspondent Kenosha, Wis. — Anglers have strongly supported a plan by fisheries managers to reduce Lake Michigan chinook stocking by 25 percent, but also have expressed concerns about how and where the
