Aug 28

Fresh water fishing and salt water fishing are two entirely different experiences.

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Aug 28

If you fish a crankbait you will get it hung too deep to reach. Crankbaits are expensive, and if you find one that seems “lucky” and catches fish better…

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Aug 27

August 26, 2009, 10:14 a.m. It has been a wild summer for offshore fishing, and there is no better example of that than the 1 1/2-day trip put together by Capt.

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Aug 27

A new state record blue catfish was caught by David Wayne Green of Wayne, West Virginia, according to Frank Jezioro, Director of the West Virginia Div

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Aug 27

Action: Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) closes to salmon fishing. Effective dates: 12:01 a.m. September 1, 2009 Species affected: All salmon Location: Mar

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Aug 27

Action: Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) closes to salmon fishing. Effective dates: 12:01 a.m. September 1, 2009 Species affected: All salmon Location: Marin

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Aug 27

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is taking measures to encourage better sanitary practices by anglers fishing the Skoko

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Aug 27

OLYMPIA – Catch and size limits have been lifted temporarily for fisheries in about two-dozen eastern Washington waters scheduled for rotenone treatme

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Aug 27

LITTLE ROCK – If you want to be better prepared for the upcoming hunting seasons, a few minutes in your favorite chair with a book can be a major boost.
The book is the 2009-2010 Arkansas Hunting Guidebook of the Arkansas Game and Fish commission. It is 140 pages, including the cover, and it’s free at any AGFC office or license dealer.

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Aug 27

LITTLE ROCK – Several proposals to limit the use of boat motors on various wildlife management areas are under consideration by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Motors currently are limited by regulation to 25 horsepower or less on four management areas – Bayou Meto, Dr. Lester Sizes III Bois d’Arc, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake and Steve N. Wilson Raft Creek. At the Aug. 24 meeting, Commissioners considered a proposal from the AGFC wildlife staff to extend the 25-horsepower limit to include Bell Slough, Beryl Anthony Lower Ouachita, Choctaw Island, Cut-Off Creek, Cypress Bayou, Ed Gordon Point Remove, Earl Buss Bayou DeView, Galla Creek, Harris Brake, Holland Bottoms, Mike Freeze Wattensaw, Petit Jean River, Sheffield Nelson Dagmar, Sulphur River and Trusten Holder wildlife management areas.

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Aug 27

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’s turkey population has declined in recent years because of a series of poor spring hatches. As a result, Emon Mahony of El Dorado, commissioner with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, has proposed closing the fall turkey hunting seasons this year.

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Aug 27

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is looking at two options for an expanded catch-and-release area on the North Fork River below Norfork Dam.
Disagreements have developed between fishermen and businesses in the area over the proposal, which grew out of citizen advisory committee workshops used to develop a fisheries management plan for the tailwater.

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Aug 27

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas sandhill crane hunters are being advised to visit one of 30 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement (game warden) offices spread across the state to obtain a free permit, or obtain a permit online or by phone, since private hunting license retailers no longer provide the permit this year.

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Aug 27

FORT WORTH, Texas —For the 14th consecutive year, duck hunters in Texas will get the liberal waterfowl season with a 74-day season and six bird daily bag limit framework during the 2009-2010 general waterfowl seasons, but mottled ducks will be off the table during the first five days. The framework was finalized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its Aug. 27 public meeting.

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Aug 27

The agenda for next week’s meeting of the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has been revised to include the discussion of a potential emergency closure of the 2009 recreational black sea bass and scup fisheries.

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