River Tails

July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

Leftover tags for deer, turkey, and javelina tags to be issued first-come
The 2009 fall drawing process for big game and pheasant hunts is complete, and the more than 106,000 applicants can now find out if they’ve been drawn by visiting the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/draw.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

Time’s up. Florida’s new shoreline fishing license requirement takes effect August 1, so resident anglers who fish for saltwater species from shore or a structure affixed to shore must have a $9 shoreline fishing license or a $17 regular saltwater fishing license.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

Rehabilitation of the Raquette River Boat Launch will begin this fall, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Regional Director Betsy Lowe announced today. The boat launch — often referred to as “The Crusher” due to its proximity to a former gravel crushing operation — is located east of the Village of Tupper Lake on State Routes 3 & 30 in the Town of Harrietstown, Franklin County.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – Johnson Outdoors, a leading global recreation company, has tabbed Swanson Russell to lead marketing efforts in Europe and the United States for its Geonav brand of marine electronics.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

WABASHA, Wisconsin – The Great Lakes Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Mississippi River in Wabasha, Wisconsin, August 8 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

BREWERTON, NEW YORK – The Empire Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit Oneida Lake in Brewerton, New York, Aug. 8 for the third of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY – The Buckeye Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky, August 8 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including a top award of $6,000 in the Boater Division.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

Annapolis, MD – John Sparrow from Waldorf, Maryland caught the second tagged striped bass in the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge, which turned out to be a Diamond Jim imposter worth $500. Sparrow was fishing in Cove Point earlier this month when he hooked the prized rockfish, and at a ceremony in Solomons, Maryland yesterday opened the matching envelope pronouncing it an impostor.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

PITTSBURGH – Team Kellogg’s pro Dave Lefebre of Union City, Pennsylvania, weighed in a five-bass limit that weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces during the first day of competition at the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup presented by BP and Castrol – the World Championship of Bass Fishing – on the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh and ended the day with a slim one-ounce lead. The Forrest Wood Cup presented is the richest bass fishing tournament in the world and features a $1 million first-place cash award.

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July 31st, 2009 by fishing_expert

Huntington — Huntington North Reservoir received a new sportfish recently. On July 9, Division of Wildlife Resources hatchery workers flushed 10,000 wriggling wipers out of a hatchery truck and into its waters.

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