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Coastal Angler debuts fishing app |
Coastal Angler Magazine launched a smart phone FishOn application that delivers up-to-the minute local weather, marine... |
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Great Lakes leaders plan study of anti-carp measures |
Great Lakes governors and mayors - including Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley - are banding together... |
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NOAA broadens fishing ban in the Gulf |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week... |
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Mercury Levels on the Rise in Lake Erie After Decades of Decline |
Until 1970, mercury was not classified as a dangerous compound in the United States. Before the metal was regulated, it was... |
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Indiana moves to block Asian carp from Maumee |
Indiana will install fencing across a section of Eagle Marsh in Fort Wayne to keep Asian carp from migrating into the Maumee... |
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Ill. governor floats plan to catch, eat Asian carp |
Diners in China could soon help control the Asian carp that are infesting Illinois waterways and threatening the Great Lakes... |
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A 48-inch musky mystery |
Milwaukee, WI - As the sun punched into the humid Milwaukee sky Wednesday morning, it revealed a typical summer scene along... |
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Commercial fishing creates Lake Erie stir |
PORT CLINTON, OH - Ask most Lake Erie anglers about commercial fishing and the nets they set on the lake, and they... |
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The confusing truth about Coast Guard licenses |
I received several e-mails from Steve Pennaz of the North American Fishing club. Pennaz is a great guy, publishes a great... |
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Should Herring Make A Comeback? |
For decades, exotic species have been invading the Great Lakes and mixing up the ecosystem. A few years ago the constant... |
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ASIAN CARP FOUND A LEAP AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN |
One Bighead Asian carp has been found in Lake Calumet, the first that has been discovered above the Electric Barrier System... |
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CELEBRITY ANGLERS STEP-UP TO SUPPORT WFN: WORLD FISHING NETWORK FUNDRAISER ON JUNE 30TH |
WFN: World Fishing Network, North America's only 24-hour fishing lifestyle network, today announced that more than a... |
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June is time to start thinking about catfish |
They are not the most beautiful fish. Only rarely will you see them featured on TV programs. Catfish tournaments probably... |
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The fishing's friendly on Lake Erie |
This is a little different. Normally you hear anglers one-upping each other about the size of the fish they caught. These... |
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Fish kill puzzles shore dwellers, officials |
Al Michaud noticed them in the open waters when he took his boat out for a short jaunt Monday afternoon. Terry and Vicki... |
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Invasive species generate gloomy reports for Lake Michigan |
A perfect storm of invasive species in Lake Michigan continues to clarify the water to historic levels and threaten the lake... |
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Menomonee River concrete removal would grant fish freedom |
Removing 1,000 feet of concrete next year from the bed of the Menomonee River north of Wisconsin Ave. will enable all fish... |
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Declining smallmouth bass population gets attention of DEC |
The sharp decline in the quality of smallmouth bass fishing on Lake Ontario has caught the attention of state aquatic... |
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Casting my rod for the future of the Great Lakes |
As a native Clevelander, I have lived near Lake Erie all my life. In fact, I can see the lake from my living room window,... |
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EARLY TIMES KENTUCKY WHISKY LAUNCHES “REEL IN A MILLION” CONTEST |
Early Times Kentucky Whisky has announced the popular “Reel in a Million” contest will return for 2010. The... |
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Updated fish consumption advice available |
Fish consumption advice has been updated for 2010 and the few minor changes made are reflected in "Choose Wisely: A... |
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Michigan Free Fishing Weekend on tap |
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment reminds people that the summer Free Fishing Weekend is scheduled for... |
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Atlantic salmon making a strong comeback in Lake Ontario |
Dan Prokupets hung on to the fishing rod, followed the expert advice of his charter captain, and enjoyed the show. "It... |
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Many anglers no longer spending their summer fishing off Lake Michigan piers |
Old timers will tell you that summer used to be a busy time for anglers on Lake Michigan piers. It was shoulder-to-shoulder... |
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Die-off of smallmouth bass likely linked to warm spring |
Dead smallmouth bass are washing up on the St. Lawrence River's shoreline. Stephen W. Litwhiler, state Department of... |
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Army Corps rejects regular lock closures to foil Asian carp |
The Army Corps of Engineers has scrapped a proposal to close navigational shipping locks in the Chicago waterway system as... |
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National Fishing and Boating Week |
With summer just around the corner, the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) is encouraging kids and... |
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Fish kills cost region $30 million annually |
Northwest Ohio has been losing nearly $30 million a year from FirstEnergy Corp.'s failure to reduce fish kills at its... |
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NOAA expands Gulf fishing ban again |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration again expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico. The... |
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Wisconsin Muskie Madness |
Wisconsin has no shortage of quality muskie waters, and trying to compile a short list of where to go is never easy. Besides... |
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Veto means anglers still can’t use Lake Superior smelt as bait |
With Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of the controversial Game and Fish Bill on Tuesday, it’s back to existing... |
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Ontario. Thousands of dead fish foul Lake Erie shoreline |
A massive die-off of rainbow smelt in Lake Erie has rotting fish lining beaches from Point Pelee to Turkey Point, south of... |
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NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico |
NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to match the Louisiana state waters closure west of the... |
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No carp hit surface, so no problem? |
With no carp found during the most recent poisoning of the Little Calumet River near Chicago, Illinois barge and tour boat... |
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Tawas Lake to be surveyed for sea lampreys |
The continuing battle against sea lampreys soon will come to locations in the local area. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... |
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Chicago poisoning operation finds no Asian carp |
A poisoning operation aimed at rooting out the voracious Asian carp in a Chicago-area river before they make their way into... |
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Salmon, trout population analysis goes high-tech |
Most Lake Michigan anglers aren't concerned about whether a chinook they hook was raised in a hatchery or born in a... |
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Mercury level rises in Lake Erie walleye |
Mercury levels in Lake Erie walleye appear to be increasing after two decades of steady decline, Canadian scientists said.... |
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Slimy fish complicates lake trout restoration in Great Lakes |
Burbot, a native Great Lakes fish species, are slimy, big-mouthed bottom feeders. “That’s why they call them... |
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Would you eat Asian carp? What if it was called silverfin? |
The Asian carp has, for lack of a better term, a serious public relations problem. The Environmental Protection Agency has... |
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NOAA: 19 percent of Gulf closed to fishing |
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration extended the boundaries of the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico... |
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Fish Are Jumping—Off Assembly Line |
Josh Fraundorf remembers when yellow perch were so plentiful in Lake Michigan that people pulled out all they could eat with... |
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Fishery industry in crisis |
Lake Erie commercial fishermen were looking for a show of support and they got it here Thursday morning. Approximately 200... |
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Still high and dry |
Accepting a water level plan just because it's an official plan is not easing the minds of people looking out onto a low... |
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Waters look full of salmon so far |
Prospects for Lake Michigan's salmon fishing this summer are good to excellent, with plenty of fish, good weights early... |
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Scientists to snoop on Arctic fish |
A University of Windsor scientist will head to the Arctic this summer to give fish surgical implants that will let... |
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ODNR busts bass poachers on Lake Erie |
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife arrested and charged four out-of-state men for bass poaching... |
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More coho salmon bound for Lake Michigan after stocking program revival |
Michigan fishery managers released 325,000 coho salmon into the Grand River in downtown Lansing last month after taking two... |
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Study suggests fish virus spread by fish, not boats |
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus could be in a lake without killing fish, according to a new study on the deadly virus... |
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Second round of fish poisoning planned for Chicago channel |
State and federal authorities will again poison a stretch of Chicago’s Cal-Sag channel in an effort to block Asian... |
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