Hook and Bullet
Gas prices, rain, even snow blamed for difficult opener
Hackensack, Minn. – In many areas, the 2008 fishing opener will be remembered for bad weather, cold water, and relatively few anglers. It all added up to one of the poorest opening days in recent
Fishermen set to go after new bass and muskie rules
Eagle River, Wis. – Fishing groups and lake associations in Vilas and Oneida counties are working to reverse catch-and-release muskie and bass laws, based on local and statewide votes from the April 14 spring fish
Gov. Doyle hesitates on DNR cabinet changes
Amery, Wis. – Gov. Jim Doyle said he would not have automatically signed either of the two bills that were in the Legislature this past year that would have returned the appointment of the DNR
Walleye record survives by 6/100ths of an ounce
Marblehead, Ohio – This could very well be the year that a new walleye mark goes into the record books. It nearly happened already. The current record, 16.19 pounds, has stood for nearly a decade.
DNR, auditor review warden conference
St. Paul (AP) – Two state investigations will probe the DNR’s spending and fundraising that helped a game wardens conference turn a profit despite low attendance and weak private fundraising. The Star Tribune reported Monday
Lawmakers ask for proposals for audit
Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s deer-management program is about to be run through the grinder. And parties on all sides of this divisive issue appear poised to eat whatever comes out in the end – no matter
Tribal nets trapped in ice, go missing on Mille Lacs
Garrison, Minn. (AP) – A dozen gillnets set by Chippewa Indian bands became trapped in ice floes and went missing last week on Lake Mille Lacs, reviving the debate over tribal fishing on one of
Judge dismisses Ottawa’s claim on Erie
Toledo, Ohio – A judge’s decision that rejects a bid by the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma to establish a commercial fishery on Lake Erie will be appealed, one of the tribe’s attorneys said. The Ottawas
More than 12,000 turkeys killed so far this spring season
Columbus – Ohio hunters killed 10,374 wild turkeys in the first seven days of the spring hunting season, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. Last year, 9,114 birds were harvested during the season’s first
