Area Report: Ice Fishing on Hold
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 14--Ice fishing has been put on hold due to warm temperatures and treacherous ice conditions. Ice fishermen were out in full force through last weekend, but the recent warming trend has eroded ice.
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By Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 9--Funding for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, particularly covering the department's expenses without relying solely on hunters and fishermen, is a perennial issue. It has come up again in the form of payment for searches and rescues.
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A number of ferry crossings have been cancelled today due to adverse weather conditions.
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By Mike Jackson Daily Herald Outdoors Writer  Fish catches made by several junior anglers lead the list of pending records awaiting certification by the IGFA (International Gamefish Association).
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Ice was a hot commodity in  Florida on Tuesday and frustration mounted as hundreds of  thousands remained without power in sweltering heat in the  aftermath of Hurricane Charley.
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By Allen Thomas, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 8--Fall chinook salmon fishing in the lower Columbia River is likely to close next week.   Washington and Oregon officials will meet by telephone at 2:30 p.m.
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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 Robert Sloan, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 15--Fishing is in, hunting is out.   A forecast with highs in the mid 70s and morning lows in the mid 60s through Wednesday will definitely be in favor of fishing.
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The buyout for the ice manufacturer is on the rocks.
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WASECA, Minn. - The search is on for a stolen ice house, and it's a really nice one as these things go. Authorities in Waseca County are on the lookout for the $4,000 house built for ice fishing that went missing from Clear Lake on Wednesday.
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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 9--For the past 26 years, the Pushaw Lake Snowmobile Club has hosted a popular ice fishing derby that targets the lake's plentiful warm-water species.   When the club holds derby No.
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Terrible weather over the weekend limited the fishing in the area.  Those that did go out found walleye and salmon are deep on Lake Sakakawea, but they can be had. Recent weather may actually help bring fish shallower.
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By JESSE HARLAN ALDERMAN  BOSTON - Two fishermen were presumed dead Friday after the Coast Guard suspended its search for their vessel off the coast of Maine.
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FASLANE, Scotland (CP) - The homeward voyage of Canada's crippled submarine has been delayed by bad weather in Scotland.
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By Tom Meade  The bite of bitter weather hardened the ice on many of the state's shallower ponds, offering the winter's first taste of ice fishing.
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Sarah and Tom Huston worry their days of leisurely casting fishing lines off a shaded dock in Roosevelt Lake are numbered. The Arizona lake, about 110 miles northeast of Phoenix, is now just 30 percent full, local rangers say.