'Frankenfish' Caught in Great Lakes
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The dreaded Northern Snakehead, a  voracious predator dubbed the "Frankenfish" that can breathe  out of water and wriggle across land, has invaded the Great  Lakes, authorities said on Friday.
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For Jay Austin, who has made a career of studying the Great Lakes, the warming climate around Lake Superior is no mystery. But he was surprised to find the waters of the lake itself warming even more rapidly.
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This week's rundown of fishing reports from around the region: Area A : Striped bass are improving and haddock and mackerel are plentiful too in Boothbay Harbor. Saco Bay has been infested with bluefish in the 5-12-pound range (bright orange Yo-Zuri lures and Gags Grabber lures work best). Tube-and-worm anglers can find plenty of schoolie stripers in the Saco River. ...
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By Christian Berg, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Dec. 19--State officials hope to complete long-awaited repairs at Leaser Lake by 2010, but local fishermen will probably have to wait another four years before angling for species such as bass, walleye, muskellunge and catfish.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jun. 27--All ships entering the Great Lakes would be required to treat their ballast water to kill invasive species starting in 2009 under a bill that passed a U.S. House Subcommittee on Tuesday.
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By LEE BERGQUIST  When a deadly fish virus popped up in a pair of lakes last month, it became the latest in a growing tide of Great Lakes invasive species to litter Wisconsin's inland waters.
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MONTAUK, New York  - In this Long Island fishing hamlet, hundreds of adults drank beer and children marveled at the bloodied sharks caught in a fishing contest, including a heart from a gutted 180-pound (82-kg) thresher shark that several children poked with awe.
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Biologists plan to use large nets and traps this week in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to search for the northern snakehead &#151; a type of fish known for its voracious appetite and ability to wreak havoc on freshwater ecosystems.
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Frank McDonald felt the tug on his fishing line and knew he had something big. "I was hoping it was a gigantic walleye," he said.
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By John Ritter  SAN FRANCISCO -- One of the latest weapons in the war on terrorism is the common bluegill, a freshwater fish found in lakes and streams across the USA.
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Even with the big winds from the week's cold front keeping many boats ashore, there is a sense that the roundup just before the fall migration is about to begin. That means lots of fattened fish -- stripers and bluefish mainly -- are on the move and doing their best to load up on food before the 1,000-mile swim south. ...
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By DAMON TATEM  Pier fishing was good along the northern beaches Thursday.  Lots of 11/2- to 2-pound bluefish were landed throughout most of the day on Avalon Pier. Action was spread out along the pier from the cleaning sink to the end of the pier.
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A move to ban saltwater ships from the Great Lakes, at least temporarily, got a boost this week. Ninety organizations asked for a moratorium on such shipping until Congress enacts meaningful laws to stop the continuing influx of harmful invasive species.
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By Detroit Free Press  Sep. 11--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week proposed banning the import and interstate transfer of silver carp, a long overdue step. They were brought into this country mostly by Southern fish farmers, who used them to clear their ponds of algae.
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By Steve Ford, Staff writer  Goose Pond State Fish and Wildlife Area near Linton, Ind., is not exactly in our backyard, but it's definitely worth the drive.
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By Lew Freedman, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 17--EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. -- It's a terrible thing when you have a one-track mind, as so many fishermen do. Here I was in northwest Arkansas and all I could think about was hybrid stripers on Beaver Lake.
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By BOB RIEPENHOFF  The recent blast of bitter cold weather is a welcome development for those looking forward to the Lake Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season, which opens Saturday.