Area Report: Weather Won't Deter Anglers
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By Bob Lamb | Tribune Outdoors Editor, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 1--Despite frigid temperatures, lots of anglers are expected on the ice this weekend. Four ice fishing contests are scheduled with a few others set within the next few weeks.
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Plans to directly divert flows from the Rio Grande near Santa Fe shouldn't harm the endangered silvery minnow or cause other serious harm to the environment, says an analysis released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
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By Allen Thomas, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 12--Fall chinook salmon anglers in the lower Columbia River will have to wait until Wednesday to learn how many more days their season will last.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Dec. 10--Summer fishing pressure and walleye catches on Minnesota's share of Upper Red Lake were well within management goals, but anglers will face a two-fish limit and a 17- to 26-inch protected slot at least until next summer.
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Lake Loramie: Bass fishing has been very good early and late near the banks. Artificial crawfish crankbaits have been working well. Catfish are all over the banks, hitting nightcrawlers, stinkbaits and minnows intended for crappies.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Mar. 10--The recreational salmon fishing seasons off the coast will be limited for chinook, but it could be a more rosy picture for coho this summer.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 25--DICKINSON, N.D. -- We hadn't even hit the water, and already, this was turning into a memorable fishing trip -- in the very best sense of the word.
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By JIM SUTTON  The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration has temporarily suspended a rule that requires anglers in Atlantic billfish tournaments to use non-offset circle hooks.  Circle hooks have been used for years, mainly in live-release- type events.
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By Brandon Loomis, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 8--SOLDOTNA -- Anglers will find fewer places to fish and young salmon will find fewer places to hide here this year because of a roiling crush of ice and water that scoured the Kenai River's banks two weeks ago.
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By Jill Redhage, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 20--It's triathlon season at Tempe Town Lake, and enthusiastic Valley triathletes hope they won't be thwarted by the lake's borderline water quality.
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By Mark Yuasa, Seattle Times  Dec. 14--The rain and wind have washed out most fishing plans, but those willing to venture out should find an odd place here and there to catch something.
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By Justin Boron< Staff Writer  By springtime at Thurmond Lake, docks will be floating and boaters can rest assured they won't be scraping their motors on the bottom - just as  long as Mother Nature does her part.
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By Ray Grass Deseret Morning News  STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR -- Consensus is: As the water turns, so does fall fishing.
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By Mike Archbold, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  May 30--A forecast of hot weather this week and two cold river drowning deaths over Memorial Day weekend are a cautionary tale for swimmers and boaters.
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By Dylan T. Lovan  JAMESTOWN, Ky. - 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.
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By Ani Martinez, The Miami Herald  May 26--The neighborhood pool is looking better and better.   Surfers and beachgoers should perhaps make other plans Memorial Day weekend since the National Weather Service predicts strong rip currents and high winds through Monday.
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By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 5--MOREHEAD CITY -- Commercial fishermen in the state are taking their arguments against the handling of proposed new deepwater fishing regulations to Washington.   And U.S. Rep.