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Sunday, May 11, 2008

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Fish 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

Perch haul on Lake Erie is cat’s meow

Updated: 05/11/08 6:46 AM

Lake Erie may not be the perch factory it was 25 to 50 years ago, but some days on Erie can still be bountiful and beautiful.

Bush veto bad news for Great Lakes
By Eric Sharp - DETROIT FREE PRESS
Updated: 05/11/08 6:46 AM

President George W. Bush has threatened to veto a House-passed bill that would make saltwater ships install systems that kill all living organisms in their tanks before dumping ballast in U. S. waters, including the Great Lakes.

Notebook
By Will Elliott
Updated: 05/11/08 6:46 AM

Turkey season got off to a bright and sunny start early Thursday morning, with expert predictions true to form.

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 05/08/08 6:32 AM

Lake Erie

Finding perch requires persistence

Updated: 05/04/08 6:46 AM

Lake Erie remains a fish factory for gigantic jumbo perch, but finding and catching these remarkable ringbacks is no longer your father’s, or grandpa’s, ringback roundup.

Kayak fishing catching on in Great Lakes
By Eric Sharp - DETROIT FREE PRESS
Updated: 05/04/08 6:46 AM

DETROIT — Four years ago I bought my first fishing kayak, a sit-inside model. I start kayak fishing early in spring and keep it up until late October, so I figured a sit-inside would be drier and warmer than a sit-on-top.

Fishing Line
By Will Elliott
Updated: 05/01/08 6:37 AM

For many anglers the season begins with the statewide opening of walleye, northern pike and tiger musky seasons and the start of a Lake Erie trophy bass season Saturday.

Notebook
By Will Elliott
Updated: 04/27/08 6:55 AM

Smelt dipping and tasting will be on for two evenings in Lewiston this year.

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 04/24/08 6:37 AM

Lake Erie

Canadian law calls for border check-in
By Eric Sharp - DETROIT FREE PRESS
Updated: 04/20/08 6:58 AM

GRAYLING, Mich. — The night crawlers you buy for bait in Michigan nearly all come from a stretch of Ontario farmland between Windsor and Toronto that seems to be the annelid equivalent of the land of milk and honey.

Catch of the day

Updated: 04/18/08 11:29 AM

Western New York is a great area for sport fishing. Every day anglers experience a fish tale that is worth telling.

Fishing Line /By Will Elliott

Updated: 04/17/08 10:27 AM

Niagara River

April perplexes pursuers of panfish

Updated: 04/13/08 6:39 AM

April is the coolest month for finding panfish.

Like him or not, bass pro ‘Ike’ gets noticed
By Susan Cocking - MIAMI HERALD
Updated: 04/13/08 6:39 AM

MIAMI — He’s been called cocky, foul-mouthed, and publicity-hungry. GQ Magazine named him one of America’s “Most Hated Athletes” — alongside Terrell Owens and Barry Bonds.