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ODNR proposes increased Erie perch, walleye limits
Increase would affect early spring fishery By Paula Piatt Contributing Writer Sandusky, Ohio — The populations may not be where they were in the 1980s and 1990s, but rebounds of walleye and yellow perch in
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
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
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
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.
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
Teen fatally shot in apparent hunting mishap
By Dean Bortz Editor La Crosse, Wis. (AP) — Seth Hammes, 17, of La Crosse, was videotaping wildlife from a tree stand in Monroe County when he was allegedly shot twice with a .22 by
