TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  Walleye will be high on Wisconsin anglers target list when the regular fishing season opens May 5. It is a good bet many anglers will be stalking ol marble eyes whether from a boat, shore, or they may even need tip-ups in the still frozen northern lakes. Larger lakes all over Wisconsin, especially in northern Wisconsin, provide great walleye fishing and the same is true for our major rivers. Longtime fisheries manager and supervisor Steve Gilbert shares his walleye fishing tips honed over three decades of fishing for the species and managing walleye populations in northern Wisconsin... READ MORE

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  Cabelas and Outdoor Hub is giving all of you diehard anglers out there an opportunity to kick off the spring fishing season with brand new gear!  From April 15th – May 13th, you will be able to enter the Cabelas Fishing Frenzy Sweepstakes for the opportunity to win over $800 in prizing from Cabelas. For more details... READ MORE

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If you are interested in learning the sport of archery. Get yourself to Cheyenne Mountain State Park and get busy. Register for Colorado spring programs that offers beginning archery, ladies-only classes, wildflower hikes, yoga and more.  Here’s a list of activities and details... READ MORE

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Connecticut’s 2018 trout fishing season opened  April 14th. Over 306,000 trout have already been released this spring into nearly 100 lakes and ponds and more than 125 rivers and streams located throughout Connecticut. Anglers can find more information on trout stocking online including an interactive trout stocking map that anglers should find very useful for planning their next outing. Anglers are reminded that there are some new regulations for 2018... READ MORE 

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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is reminding anglers that a number of new inland and marine recreational fishing regulations became effective in March (2018). Among the new inland regulations of most interest to anglers... READ MORE

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  The Hawaii ‘Ahihi-Kina’u Natural Area Reserve (NAR) on Maui’s south shore will remain closed at least until Monday, April 23, 2018 due to the continued presence of sharks in the popular snorkeling destination.  The NAR has been closed for two weeks, after numerous tiger sharks were spotted, apparently coming close to shore to follow pupping reef sharks. Anyone who... READ MORE

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Despite snow, the Minnesota 2018 spring turkey season begins Wednesday April 18 and runs through May 31. It is divided into six hunt periods, A through F. All licensed turkey hunters can participate in Hunt F if they have an unused tag from one of the earlier hunt periods.  Hunt A and B licenses for firearms hunters age 18 and older are limited in availability and... READ MORE

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  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) unveiled a new website April 13 to educate and inform Texans about alligator gar – the largest freshwater fish in Texas and one of the largest freshwater fishes in North America. The new website was created by TPWD Inland Fisheries staff to provide anglers and non-anglers with all the information they need about Texas alligator gar in one place. That includes information on... READ MORE

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Washington (WDFW) recently adopted new hunting regulations through 2020 for deer, elk, waterfowl, and other game species at a public meeting in Olympia. The commission approved a proposal to allow hunters to use primers designed for use in modern cartridges during muzzleloader seasons, but explicitly banned the use of unmanned aircraft – also known as drones – while hunting. Other key changes in hunting rules approved by the commission for the upcoming season include...READ MORE

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  Colorado 2018 Spring Turkey Hunting Season kicked off April 14 and runs through May 27. Legal hunting hours for turkey are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. If you plan to hunt gobblers, there are plenty of reasons to get out there and strut your stuff this spring. Abundant turkey populations, easy to obtain licenses and good access to public land are all available to hunters this season. Turkey hunters should see... READ MORE

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The approach of spring gobbler season has Pennsylvania hunters eager to get afield. That they’ll be participating in the state’s 50th anniversary spring-gobbler hunt further sweetens the pot. Properly licensed junior hunters and mentored youth can head afield Saturday, April 21 to participate in Pennsylvania’s annual youth spring turkey hunt. A week later, on April 28, all hunters can head into Penn’s Woods in pursuit of spring gobblers. The forecast for the coming season is... READ MORE

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  The Rhode Island 2018 trout fishing season opened April 14 and runs through Feb 2019. The Rhode Island (DEM) is encouraging anglers who have not yet obtained their freshwater license to do so through the new online licensing system. DEM is stocking about 80,000 brook, brown, and rainbow trout into Rhode Island ponds and streams in preparation for the freshwater fishing season. New this year, hatchery-raised tiger trout are being stocked at... READ MORE

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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) opened four state campgrounds on Friday, April 13. The campground openings in Charlestown and Narragansett gave anglers in the southern part of the state a place to camp when trout season opened April 14. East Beach State Campground, in Charlestown, opens on Friday, May 25.  A current fishing license and a Trout Conservation Stamp are required to... READ MORE

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