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Monday, July 6, 2009

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Fishing tales

To get a photo of your fish posted here, e-mail it along with a brief description of the catch, including the name and home (city, town or village) of the angler, the location of the catch and a brief description of how the fish was caught to News Outdoors Reporter Will Elliott at willodrs@gmail.com.


Fishing

Many seek changes in bait regulations

Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM

What’s a bait fisherman to do? Concerns about viral hemorrhagic septicemia and other fish-borne diseases prompted Department of Environmental Conservation officials to impose strict rules, banning transportation of fish to and from water bodies in New York State.  (Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM )

Artist catches record trout
NEWS OUTDOORS REPORTER

Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM

Reports on contest winners and upcoming competitions— plus a new state record brook trout—crowd the early summer calendar for active area anglers.  (Updated: 07/05/09 7:21 AM )

BassEye participants cast lines to find a cure
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 07/03/09 6:55 AM

Mike Powers is no stranger to the Greater Niagara BassEye Celebrity Challenge auction. How else would he have accumulated three cases of Ithaca Wheat beer, a Florida fishing trip he never took and a boat he didn’t need?  (Updated: 07/03/09 6:55 AM )

Fishing Line

Updated: 07/02/09 7:01 AM

Column note  (Updated: 07/02/09 7:01 AM )

Class size of perch schools on the rise

Updated: 06/28/09 7:06 AM

Yellow perch have become golden for Western New York fishing folk.  (Updated: 06/28/09 7:06 AM )

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 06/25/09 7:02 AM

Lake Erie  (Updated: 06/25/09 7:02 AM )

Casts by the thousands
New Sports Reporter

Updated: 06/22/09 8:13 AM

We've spent three quiet hours off the coast of Hamburg, chest-deep in cool Lake Erie, casting lures into docile waters, waiting for another strike. (Updated: 06/22/09 8:13 AM )

Handle with care: Releasing fish to survive

Updated: 06/21/09 7:06 AM

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE  (Updated: 06/21/09 7:06 AM )

Fishing Line
Special to The News

Updated: 06/18/09 8:01 AM

Bass opener  (Updated: 06/18/09 8:01 AM )

Notebook

Updated: 06/14/09 7:04 AM

Things will get festive along the Buffalo River this weekend.  (Updated: 06/14/09 7:04 AM )

Set your bait to look steelhead in the eye
DETROIT FREE PRESS

Updated: 06/14/09 7:04 AM

DETROIT—While spoons and spawn work well with spinning and bait-casting rods for steelhead in the St. Mary’s River, a more effective technique in the shallow riffles usually is a two-fly nymph rig under a small float.  (Updated: 06/14/09 7:04 AM )

Fishing Line

Updated: 06/11/09 6:49 AM

Lake Erie  (Updated: 06/11/09 6:49 AM )

Walleye tourney is 25 years old

Updated: 06/07/09 6:59 AM

Going fishing is fun. Add a measure of fair competition and the enjoyment expands in both the quest and the after-angling boast fest.  (Updated: 06/07/09 6:59 AM )

Fishing never lost allure to Pro Bowler
KANSAS CITY STAR

Updated: 06/07/09 6:59 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Jack Rudnay has no trouble tracing the roots that led to a lifetime as an avid fisherman.  (Updated: 06/07/09 6:59 AM )

There’s plethora of programs to hook kids

Updated: 05/31/09 6:38 AM

Call them clinics, contests, tournaments, or just plain outings, fish outings for kids can be pure fun—with some fact-finding cast into the mix.  (Updated: 05/31/09 6:38 AM )

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 05/28/09 6:51 AM

Lake Erie  (Updated: 05/28/09 6:51 AM )

Writers get some northerns exposure

Updated: 05/24/09 6:07 AM

Looking for another in-state, nearby fishing destination trip? Call Clayton.  (Updated: 05/24/09 6:07 AM )

Largemouth there for the stocking

Updated: 05/24/09 6:07 AM

Adding bass to a pond stirs things up for both watching and catching fish.  (Updated: 05/24/09 6:07 AM )

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 05/21/09 6:50 AM

Lake Erie  (Updated: 05/21/09 6:50 AM )

There’s an art to making fish feast

Updated: 05/17/09 7:00 AM

Fishing seasons are opening, weather is warming, and catch numbers increasing as mid-spring anglers get out to try their hands and feats at fishing.  (Updated: 05/17/09 7:00 AM )

Use plastic to cash in on bass
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Updated: 05/17/09 7:00 AM

TERRELL, Texas — A recent fishing trip with Dallas real estate agent Bryan Pickens emphasized the amazing versatility of the plastic worm.  (Updated: 05/17/09 7:00 AM )

Fishing line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 05/14/09 7:02 AM

Lake Ontario  (Updated: 05/14/09 7:02 AM )

Lake Erie species given clean bill of health

Updated: 05/10/09 6:54 AM

As a belated present, outdoors enthusiasts might consider taking mom fishing on Lake Erie.  (Updated: 05/10/09 6:54 AM )

Booker adds 3 record fish

Updated: 05/10/09 6:54 AM

For Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame (FFHF) officials in Hayward, Wis., the name Chuck Booker is becoming a broken record.  (Updated: 05/10/09 6:54 AM )

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 05/07/09 6:54 AM

Lake Ontario  (Updated: 05/07/09 6:54 AM )

Fishing Line

Updated: 04/30/09 7:03 AM

Season openers  (Updated: 04/30/09 7:03 AM )

Youth served by fishing contests

Updated: 04/26/09 7:02 AM

Youths have a stunning slate of fishing contests and events this spring and early summer.  (Updated: 04/26/09 7:02 AM )

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 04/23/09 6:55 AM

Trout trekking  (Updated: 04/23/09 6:55 AM )

Local derbies likely to lure area anglers

Updated: 04/19/09 6:59 AM

Seasons for fishing contests, derbies, and tournaments start soon. Gas costs and other economic woes have done little to diminish the derby circuit for 2009.  (Updated: 04/19/09 6:59 AM )

Fishing Line

Updated: 04/16/09 6:53 AM

Erie ice almost out  (Updated: 04/16/09 6:53 AM )


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