Whetting Your Appetite for Freshwater Fish
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By Roger Mallon, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Jun. 24--Let's make a list of the best tasting freshwater fish. We'll have to keep the list flexible, though, because there are too many taste buds to please in this world.
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By BOB BUEHN  Fishermen dream of the chance to fish a pristine wilderness lake, casting to fish that have never seen a lure.  Most probably imagine a floatplane trip into northern Canada or other remote location.
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This week's rundown of fishing reports from around the region: Area A : In the freshwater areas, largemouth and smallmouth bass are off their beds, but remain in a post-spawning pattern. To the north, there are high water levels and the temps are good. Trolling is working well for trout and salmon in the Saco River, Pittsford, N.H., and Rangeley ...
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By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 10-- -- The seeds of a great many fish catches are sewn about this time of year.   During these cold days on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, there isn't a lot of actual fishing going on.
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 11--To borrow a phrase from a national advertising campaign, fishing season comes at you fast.   That's why every year about this time I spend some time trying to plan for the upcoming season.
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By Scott Richardson, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 8--Jonn Graham doesn't wait for warm weather to chase smallmouth bass.   He fishes as long as the ice is off area rivers, including the Mackinaw and Vermilion.
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By Bill Daley Chicago Tribune Fresh salmon is so rich it needs very little to highlight its warm flavor. For me, freshly minced ginger, a handful of chopped green onions or parsley and a drizzle of soy sauce is enough.
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Fishing is steady although the number of anglers going out has been down somewhat. Walleye can still be taken most anywhere, but you have to work for it.  Dropping water levels have led to unusable ramps.
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By Keith Elliott  You need to rise early to nab a prime spot on 66 Pool, the best free fishing on New Brunswick's prolific Miramichi river. Scared that I'd oversleep, I stumbled out of bed at 5am - and enjoyed the sweet soul music of five men snoring.
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The bluegill is a freshwater fish of many talents, able to elude predators by hiding in submerged tree stumps and to survive for weeks without food.
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By Lee Graves, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 7--Saltwater anglers who have set their sights on catching summer flounder and tautog this year will be aiming at moving targets.
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By DAVE HOUGHTON  CATFISH fishing might be a step too far for panicky anglers.   The massive predator lurks in muddy water, is a voracious feeder, hunts mainly at night and if hooked will battle with all of its strength.
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A new London restaurant has worked hard to offer fish that is legally caught and not overexploited, but it does not come cheap.
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By J.M. Hirsch Associated Press  Whitefish is such an underappreciated ingredient.  Its ability to mate so well with so many diverse flavors -- never mind the speed and ease with which it can be prepared -- make it a natural for the weeknight kitchen.
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By GEORGE MORRIS  When it comes to aquariums, most people think about fish. But that's not necessarily the case any more, especially when it comes to saltwater tanks.
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A Solid Energy report on fish in rivers downstream of its mine near Westport will be the benchmark for its environmental clean-up.   The priority is to get whitebait running in the Ngakawau River again.
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DULUTH, Minn. _ How much is a walleye worth? Or a lake trout? Or a sturgeon?  Don Schreiner has an idea. And his dollars-and-cents valuation of gamefish casts the VHS fish disease problem in a new light.