TBC Press - Outdoor Hunting, Fishing News

  National Fishing and Boating Week is a national celebration, an event that highlights the importance of recreational boating and fishing. In 2016, the event will take place June 4-12. During National Fishing and Boating Week, most states offer free fishing days. These are days where anglers are allowed to fish on public bodies of water without a fishing license. Check out the upcoming free fishing days in your state... READ MORE

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This year, in order to address the discrepancy of the summer flounder size limits in the Delaware Bay with the state of Delaware, summer flounder regulations for Delaware Bay in NJ are a 17-inch minimum size limit and 4-fish possession limit. Delaware Bay, includes all New Jersey waters within the Delaware Bay and tributaries west of the COLREGS line from Cape May Point Light to... READ MORE

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  With the Memorial Day holiday approaching, hikers, campers, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts are cautioned about the dry conditions in the high country and to take precautions to prevent forest fires. As of May 22, the National Weather service has posted Red Flag Warnings or Fire Weather Watches for areas in New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, and Michigan. In April warnings were issued for... READ MORE

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  In the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed rule for removing grizzly bears from the endangered species list in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, there is a requirement that the states put several hunting regulations in place before delisting will occur. To meet that requirement the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has put out a draft regulation to the public.

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  The Arizona Game and Fish Department will be stocking a hybrid trout new to Arizona, in two Arizona Rim Country lakes this week, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Willow Springs Lake and Woods Canyon Lake will each be stocked with catchable size (8-10 inch) tiger trout the week of May 23. The tiger trout is a brown-brook trout hybrid. As a result of this hybridization, the tiger trout will be sterile, or unable to reproduce. As tiger trout grow, their worm-like pattern becomes more distinct... READ MORE

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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission approved general hunting regulations concerning small game, furbearers, migratory birds and turkeys for the 2016-17 hunting season at today’s meeting. They also heard the first proposals from wildlife management staff on a set of special proposals concerning deer hunting and management of chronic wasting disease in Arkansas... READ MORE

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   The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting applications for the 2016 Big Game Drawing. Applications for elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, premium deer tags and fundraising drawing tags may be submitted anywhere California fishing or hunting licenses are sold. Applications must be submitted before midnight on June 2, 2016... READ MORE

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting applications for a limited number of deer and pig hunt access permits on opening weekend, Aug.13-14, 2016 in Zone A for the general season.The locations for this hunt include Upper and Lower Cottonwood Creek and the San Luis Reservoir wildlife areas. Interested hunters may apply for an access permit by... READ MORE

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   Charles Patchen (13) from Alabama caught a 63.8-pound flathead catfish on the Chattahoochee River in Jackson County at 2:30 p.m. on May 15. He beat the previous certified state record by more than eight pounds. Patchen had reluctantly agreed to go bream fishing Sunday afternoon with his mother and stepfather, Jeanette and Bryan Atwell. After landing his state-record flathead catfish, he was certainly glad he went!.. READ MORE

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   A state record blue catfish was caught recently from the Ohio River, according to Robert A. Fala, Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. The record blue catfish was caught by Mark Blauvelt of New Lebanon, Ohio. Blauvelt caught the 44.88-inch, 59.74-pound fish from the Ohio River May 14, 2016, using cut bait... READ MORE

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  The Arizona Game and Fish Department now is accepting online applications for 2016 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for deer, fall turkey, fall javelina, bighorn sheep, fall bison and pheasant. The department is announcing an exciting, innovative program beginning with the 2016 fall hunt application period. PointGuard, the newest benefit for AZGFD Portal customers, ensures that if a successful applicant is unable to... READ MORE

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   This is no albino grizzly. Experts say that a hunter in Nunavut recently shot and killed a very rare grizzly-polar bear hybrid near the rural community of Arviat. The hunter, 25-year-old Didji Ishalook, was the first to notice that the animal he downed had characteristics of both species. It looks like a polar bear, but its got brown paws and big claws like a grizzly, Ishalook told the Guardian. And the shape of a grizzly head... READ MORE

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New Hampshire’s white-tailed deer population once again showed no evidence of chronic wasting disease (CWD), based on monitoring data gathered during the 2015 hunting season. The NH Fish and Game Department is asking hunters to do their part in the effort to keep the state CWD-free by not using natural urine-based deer lures and following state restrictions on importing carcasses from CWD-positive jurisdictions... READ MORE

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