Jordan Lake Early Birds Use Worms, Catch Plenty
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Ronald Brooks wove a pink worm onto a fishing hook for his wife Mary. The couple had been fishing from a Jordan Lake pier since 5 a.m. and by shortly after noon the hot sun was making them think about packing up for the day.
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By SILVER WILKIE  THE use of the humble earthworm or "garden fly" as a bait for salmon has always been shrouded in controversy.  So called "purists" who fish nothing but the fly, frown on worm fishing, but there are many who really enjoy this method.
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For many Oregon anglers, Davis Lake was once cherished as a premiere lake fishery, yielding rainbow trout that each year would eclipse 10 pounds.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  May 30--HULETTS LANDING -- To a northern map turtle basking in the sun on the Lake George shoreline, that shape moving slowly in the water could just be an old log. Only at the last minute does it become clear -- it's Karen Robbins.
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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 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 Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 12--The next 10 days or so may be all about hawks and other raptors, or birds of prey, if weather conditions are just right.
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By David Bracken, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 17--RALEIGH -- When John Gehringer caught a 7-inch bluegill in Lake Raleigh on Saturday morning, it was a long time coming.   Not for 8-year-old John, a savvy fisherman used to such triumphs, but for the lake.
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By BOB RIEPENHOFF  Lake Geneva - The plan called for checking out a few spots on the frozen surface of Geneva Lake, setting a few tip-ups for northern pike, putting up a tent shelter and jigging for panfish while we waited for a flag.
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By Scott Richardson;srichardson@pantagraph.com  Other anglers who love crappies are either ice fishing or waiting until spring.  Not crappie guide Steve Welch.  If Lake Shelbyville is ice-free, he's on the main lake searching for big crappies that are schooled on deep ledges.
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WARROAD, Minn. - It might have seemed like the birds were fighting back against a Duluth hunter on a recent trip to far northern Minnesota...
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By Jack Minch, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 7--PEPPERELL -- Charles Shadan sat at a small work desk armed with spools of colorful thread as he meticulously put together a fishing fly.
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By Jeri Krentz, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--Christian Wurtz steadies himself at the bow as his boat idles near a Lake Norman shore. There's a chill in the air; the gray sky looks smudged.   He chooses a spinning rod, already baited, and casts toward the riprap.
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 21--hat's up with the northern pike feeding frenzy for the past several days? Northern pike, lots of them and big ones, too, are being caught up and down the Black and Mississippi rivers.
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By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Dec. 10--Biologists have found a surprise in Amon Creek, the small stream that runs through south Richland.   The creek is dotted with redds, or gravel beds where salmon have laid their eggs.
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By Brandy Benedict, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 24--Active nests of an extremely rare bird species have been found in Wisconsin, a first for the state.
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By GEORGE MACINTYRE  IT was a quiet week at Derwent Reservoir with only 35 trout anglers and eight coarse fishers braving the appalling conditions. A total of 41 rainbows were brought to the net and coarse anglers, fishing the reservoir for the first time, had roach up to 1lb.