Sturgeon slowly re-emerge in Great Lakes
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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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An alien species of catfish has been caught in the Delaware Raritan Canal, prompting fears among environmental officials that the voracious predator could devastate native catfish, sunfish and some sturgeon populations the way it has in southeastern states.
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By Matt Bewley, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun.
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Florida boater victim count rises Boaters on Florida's Suwannee ("Swanee") river have come under increasing risk of leaping sturgeon attack during the last 18 months as low water levels continue to provoke serious collisions between the "armoured fish" and unwary humans, the Telegraph reports.â¦
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With salmon slowly returning, Maine has opened its first wild salmon season in seven years.
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VAN DYNE, Wis. _ Dennis "Buzz" Heenan was all smiles as he stood in the ice and snow outside at the sturgeon registration station here Saturday.  He had reason to be.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. _ Florida's snook were in full retreat from winter, moving back to what vestiges of warm water they could find.  That put them in the "skinny" water of bayous, channels and backwater flats _ saltwater so shallow that it sometimes barely covers their fins.
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By Michael Dinan, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Jun. 26--GREENWICH -- Michael Aurelia raised a dripping net of a baby alewives from a pool of the Mianus River Dam's fishway, examined them, then dumped the silver fish back into the water and pulled out a partially submerged crate.
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Biologists are checking the diversity of fish in the Lower Salt River and reservoir lakes.
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This week's rundown of fishing reports from around the region: Area A: Consistency is beginning to become a problem in the northern regions with an influx of dogfish. Stripers, bluefish, cod, and haddock are not coming easy, according to the Kittery Trading Post fish department. The flounder, however, appear to be biting, and early risers say salmon and trout are ...
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 17--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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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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Great Lakes water levels have rebounded from near record lows thanks to months of heavy rain, providing a boon to boat owners, swimmers and fish, scientists said on Friday.
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By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 23--GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- A plan for improving habitat for four rare wildlife species in the central Platte River hit a few bumps Friday in the prairie stream's broad, flat valley.
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By Brent Frazee, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 24--N ORFORK, Ark. -- One fishing boat stood out on Norfork Lake the other day.   Others were clustered in the shallows, where fishermen worked rocky banks and points.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Feb. 16--The western Lake Erie ice has survived the onslaught of this week's blizzard-like Nor'easter, and fishermen were heading back out to favorite fishing zones yesterday.
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Rollie Vonlinger looked sadly across Lake Cumberland at some of the fishing spots he has hit over the past 30 years. It is going to be hard to get to some of those spots from now on, because the boat ramp he normally uses no longer reaches the water.