Archive for April 28th, 2010

Heavy Sturgeon Harvest Triggers Fishing Closure At Rooster Rock

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Assorted Outdoors, Fishing News | No Comments »

Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today decided to close a shallow slough at Rooster Rock State Park to all fishing in order to maintain scheduled retention seasons in the mainstem Columbia River upstream of Wauna powerlines. The closure will take place from April 29 through July 31 on the Columbia River between the upper and lower ends of Sand Island and corresponding markers on the Oregon shoreline. The action was prompted by heavy catch rates at the site, which has attracted hundreds of anglers the past few weeks. Read more..

First Week Missouri Turkey Harvest Exceeds 21,000

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Assorted Outdoors | No Comments »

Hunters shot 21,021 wild turkeys during the first week of Missouri’s 21-day spring turkey season, putting them on pace for an overall harvest similar to 2009. Top harvest counties in the first week of hunting were Franklin with 450 turkeys checked, Ste. Genevieve with 393 and Texas with 381. Juvenile gobblers, commonly called “jakes,” made up 21.3 percent of the first-week harvest. This year’s spring turkey season opened April 19 and runs through May 9. Since Missouri extended its spring turkey season from two weeks to three in 1998, the first-week harvest has accounted for slightly more than half the total harvest. That held true in 2009, when hunters shot 21,717 turkeys during the first week and ended the season with 41,830 turkeys checked. If this year’s harvest runs true to ... Read more..

FWC Moves Forward With Changes To Boating Rules

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Boating News | No Comments »

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) heard staff proposals Wednesday for rule changes regarding boating-restricted areas. Capt. Richard Moore, of the FWC’s Boating and Waterways Section, presented the proposed rule and amendments to an existing one. Moore suggested moving forward with adjustments to current FWC rules in accordance with recent legislative changes. Last year, legislators approved changes to chapter 327.46, F.S., a statute governing local ordinances. Once the statute took effect, the FWC was allotted 180 days to initiate its rule-making process so that its rules would reflect the changes. Read more..

Saltwater Anglers Must Sign Up for the National Angler Registry

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 Posted in Fishing News | No Comments »

As saltwater angling starts to heat up on the seacoast, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department reminds anglers to heed a new federal law that requires most New Hampshire saltwater recreational anglers and spearfishers to register before they fish for or catch anadromous species such as striped bass, herring or smelt in tidal waters, or for any fish in federal waters more than three miles from the ocean shore. Registration is quick, easy, and FREE in 2010. Visit http://www.CountMyFish.noaa.gov or call 1-888-674-7411. You can register and fish the same day. Read more..