Hook and Bullet
Uncased firearms, other G&F issues pass at Capitol
St. Paul – Legislation that increases the minimum muskie size limit statewide, allows bow anglers to fish at night, and gives hunters in certain instances the ability to move without casing their guns or bows
Arkansas Fishing Report of May 20
CENTRAL ARKANSAS:Lake Conway:Water is dingy and high. A few bream are being caught near the bank on wax worms, tinsel teasers and crickets. Crappie are not doing so well, but are biting near cypress trees
Controlled hunt deadline extended until June 1: Draw and results notification also delayed
Salem, Ore. – ODFW has extended the controlled hunt deadline until June 1 due to the large volume of applications and a slowdown in the license sales system. “We understand the frustration customers and license
DFG Using State-of-the-Art Technology to Tag and Track Salmon
Sacramento – The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is employing new computerized technology to track 8 million baby fall-run Chinook salmon raised in Central Valley hatcheries. Information from coded wire tags implanted in the
Mille Lacs tribal harvest tops 100,000 pounds of walleyes
Aitkin, Minn. – Tribal netters from two Minnesota and six Wisconsin bands of Ojibwe topped 100,000 pounds of walleyes from Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs this spring, according to Pat Schmalz, the Minnesota DNR 1837 Treaty
At last, deer audit slated
Harrisburg – The long-awaited independent audit of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer-management program has finally been arranged. A $90,215 contract for the investigation has been awarded to Wildlife Management Institute of Washington, D.C.
$1,200 reward offered to solve unlawful turkey shooting near Show Low
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking for the public’s help in solving a case involving the recent unlawful killing of a wild turkey within 50 yards of multiple residences in Wagon Wheel, an
Anglers warned Pinto Lake fish unsafe to eat
Watsonville, Calif. (AP) – Pinto Lake anglers are being warned not to eat their catch because fish in the 80-acre Watsonville lake are contaminated with unsafe levels of DDT, a pesticide banned more than three
Inshore fishing keeps Florida anglers’ business afloat
Pensacola, Fla. (AP) – Big boats, deep water and red snapper. Those three things have been a magic combination for generations of Gulf Coast charter fishermen, who made their living putting tourists on fish out
