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  With the weather pattern so far, I would be looking at the Kentucky white bass getting going a little earlier than usual, said Rob Rold, Northwestern Fisheries District biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. When we have had consecutive warm days, the white bass run up a bit into the headwaters above Nolin River Lake, but when it cools they go back down in the lake. They will do false runs until it gets right. Water temperatures are in the low 50s on Nolin River Lake, while other lakes such as Taylorsville Lake are flirting with water temperatures in the mid 50s.  It should be getting close... READ MORE

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The Maryland 2017 spring season for the state fish, striped bass, kicks off April 15 in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. Recreational fishing opportunities for rockfish – as striped bass is known locally – will run from 5 a.m. April 15 through midnight May 15, with a catch limit of one fish per person, per day, 35 inches or larger. Regulations for the combined summer/fall season, running May 16 through Dec. 20, will... READ MORE

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  Ice anglers in northern Minnesota are reminded ice shelter removal dates are approaching for lakes located north of Highway 200 and U.S. Highway 2, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Because of rapidly deteriorating ice conditions, anglers may need to remove their shelters early and not wait for the deadline. Dark houses, fish houses and portable shelters must be off the ice of inland lakes no later than midnight on Monday, March 20. For Minnesota–Canada border waters, the deadline for removal is... READ MORE 

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Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) fisheries biologists are expecting a great 2017 fishing season in the Mississippi Delta!  Recent fish population sampling revealed improved populations of largemouth bass, crappie, and bream in most Delta oxbows.  In general, the sport fish numbers in the oxbows are up dramatically, said Nathan Aycock, MDWFP Fisheries Biologist.  Higher water levels since the 2012 drought have resulted in better spawns and higher numbers of fish. Bass fishing on the connected oxbow lakes of the Mississippi River should be... READ MORE

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Mississippi spring turkey season opens on March 15th and ends May 1st.  Hunters Asked to Voluntarily Report Their Harvests. Hunters aged 15 and under get an earlier opportunity with the Youth season beginning on March 8th.  Bag limits for the spring season are one adult gobbler or one gobbler with at least a 6 inch beard per day, not to exceed... READ MORE

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  The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently received confirmation that two hunter-harvested deer from St. Clair County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The two new cases of the deadly deer disease are the first in this county and this area of the state. According to MDC, the two deer were adult males. Both were harvested within a half-mile of each other on the same private property in southeast St. Clair County during this past fall’s firearms deer season. The hunters took the deer to a local taxidermist for mounting and... READ MORE

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This winter's unseasonably warm weather has parents and kids eagerly awaiting the start of the 2017 fishing season, which kicks off March 25 with the first of two Mentored Youth Trout Days. The second one is set for April 8. Now in its fourth year, the popular program provides adult mentors with an opportunity to take kids fishing before the traditional rush of the regional and statewide opening days of trout season. In addition... READ MORE

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  A Tennessee state fishing record for a muskellunge, better known as a musky, has potentially been broken by Stephen Paul on Melton Hill Reservoir. The angler landed the giant musky that weighed 43 pounds, 14 ounces while fishing on the Knox County portion of the reservoir on March 2. Regarded as a challenging fish to catch, particularly when they get older, Paul caught the fish at around 6.m. on an artificial lure.  With Paul to document the historic catch was a friend, Dylan Gano.  Paul also said the fish... READ MORE

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  Aerial surveys will begin March 16 and run through mid-May in five states containing lesser prairie-chicken habitat. The surveys are conducted annually by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) to document population trends and how the bird is responding to management strategies identified in the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan. The range-wide plan is a collaborative effort of WAFWA and the state wildlife agencies of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. It was developed to ensure... READ MORE

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For those who didn’t take advantage of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s innovative new program in “PointGuard” when applying for a 2017 elk or pronghorn hunt permit-tag, there’s good news:  The deadline to purchase the newest benefit for AZGFD customer portal customers, as part of their online application, is 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) March 16. PointGuard ensures that if a successful applicant is... READ MORE

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Nearly a half million young steelhead recently started their journey to the ocean, thanks to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Staff at Nimbus Fish Hatchery nursed the young steelhead through several potentially devastating conditions, including drought-induced high water temperatures in the hatchery last summer and winter flood conditions that nearly cut off usable water supplies and carried dangerous levels of silt into the hatchery’s normally clean water distribution system. In addition... READ MORE

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Delaware’s spring upstate trout season will open at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Portions of six designated trout streams in northern New Castle County – White Clay Creek, Christina Creek, Pike Creek, Beaver Run, Wilson Run and Mill Creek – will be stocked with thousands of rainbow and brown trout, including some trophy-sized fish. Trout stocking will continue weekly in April at... READ MORE

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The statewide turkey hunting season opens on March 25. However, youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have a chance to harvest a bird during a special early opportunity turkey season on March 18-19, 2017, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. What a fantastic opportunity for two deserving groups to get a chance to get in the woods before the season opens statewide the following weekend, said John Bowers, chief of WRD Game Management. This weekend hunt opportunity is available only for... READ MORE

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