Smallmouths Have Fishermen Making Big Plans
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By Mark Taylor  mark.taylor@roanoke.com 981-3395  To borrow a phrase from a national advertising campaign, fishing season comes at you fast.  That's why every year about this time I spend some time trying to plan  for the upcoming season.
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By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 21--AUGUSTA -- Fishermen squared off against fishermen Tuesday over a proposal to ban several types of live bait that some anglers say could harm Maine's brook trout and other sport fish populations.
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US scientists have pinpointed a new set of predators responsible for dwindling fish stocks - people who fish for fun. They report online in the journal Science today that recreational fishermen catch almost
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By JIM FREDA  A big south to southwest blow with winds predicted to reach 60 mph set the stage to put a damper on the start of the weekend fishery once again.
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By LEE GRAVES  On some lakes, pro anglers can feel like prizefighters, landing blow after blow with bruising bass.
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In a marine area nearly the size of California, stretching northwest from the main Hawaiian islands, a handful of anglers still ply the waters, hooking seabass and snappers during trips that last days or weeks.
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By JESSICA VAN SACK  The tragedy of four fallen fishermen has become a rallying cry for politicians hoping to reform marine regulations they say threaten the lives of men at sea with too-restrictive limits on the number of days boats may head out.
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By Justin Miller, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 7--September 7, 2006 - Salmon anglers looking to haul in bright, fresh fish might want to think about heading to the Sacramento River.
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By JOHN SEEWER  TOLEDO, Ohio - 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.  It was much bigger.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Fishing for snook recently in Everglades National Park, charter Capt. Alan Sherman steered his boat toward a school of small fish and saw a prehistoric form swim into view: the smalltooth sawfish.
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A legal battle brews over whether fishermen are trespassing when they fish in the flooded bottomlands.
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Fishermen are famed for overstating the size of their catches, but science has found an instance in which they may have underestimated their prowess: an unexpectedly big toll on saltwater fish populations.
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The apparent shift in tuna migration patterns is melding two disparate fishing fleets.
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There's something fishy afoot in the world of Dutch herring.
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All along the South Shore, bluefish remain the story, with their numbers falling just below the near-nuisance level they reached last week. For those looking for bigger game, tuna bites continue to get stronger around the Cape and environs as the calendar wanes.
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Leaders in aquatic sports are trying to make the short course World Swimming Championships a more important part of their calendar.
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.