Fishing
Conservation fund protection supported
By Steve Griffin Field Editor Lansing — Michigan citizens voted by overwhelming margins to protect conservation funds built on license, permit, and user fees, and to protect mourning doves. It was a good-news, bad-news result
Electronic license system will be late
By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Altoona, Pa. — Pennsyl-vania anglers haven’t seen the last of those license sales books sitting on the counters at retail outlets after all. Turns out that 2007 fishing licenses will be
Do larger racks boost poaching?
Despite western killing spree, PGC says probably no By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Are crooks enjoying a white-tailed bounty meant for sportsmen? Maybe, and maybe not, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials around
Second ‘monster’ buck shot in Adams County
Could be one of largest typicals taken anywhere in the country this year By Mike Wilson Contributing Writer Arcanum, Ohio — Another huge whitetail has been taken in Adams County. Justin Metzner, who’s from Darke
License fee hike proposed by group
By Bill Parker Editor Lansing — Hunters would pay $30 for a deer-hunting license and anglers $40 for an all-species fishing license if a citizens work group proposal to better finance the cash-strapped DNR is
Ban on fish movement brings concerns
By Mike Zielinski Correspondent Trenton, Mich. — Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service are now saying that viral hemorrhagic septicemia was responsible for the recent spring die-offs of
Pa. hunter takes likely new state record elk
By Mark Nale Northcentral Correspondent Port Matilda, Pa. — What more could happen to a hunter in one day? The elation of seeing a trophy elk, missing the shot, getting a second chance, then mechanical
Walleye action remains strong on Erie
By Steve Pollick Contributing Writer Huron, Ohio — If you are willing to run down Huron or Vermilion way to fish Lake Erie, you can find some excellent late-season walleye action. Veteran Maumee angler Ed
DNR: Fish ban could be devastating here
By Mike Moore Editor Columbus — A federal crackdown on live fish shipments from Great Lakes states is intended to stop the spread of a deadly aquatic virus, but conservation officials say the fallout from
