Competitive Fly Fishing to Take Center Stage in May
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All of the fly fishers who have wondered how they would fair in competition can test their skills May 4-6 at the Fly Fishing Team USA Midwest Trials on the Muskegon River.   The top anglers could earn a place on the U.S.
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By Lee Graves, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 16--John Crews wouldn't mind finishing his fishing tournament the way Stephen Carr was supposed to start his.   With hoopla befitting a hero.
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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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By Susan Cocking, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Lobster, Goliath grouper and sea trout dominated Thursday's meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Key Largo.
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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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They're swarmy and stinky, and they're sticking around longer. Fish flies have invaded the shorelines of Lake St. Clair, the Detroit and St. Clair rivers, and points beyond. Known elsewhere as May flies, the bugs emerged from the rivers and lakes around June 1 and are expected to hang around for six weeks.
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By SILVER WILKIE  THE salmon season might be over but, if you want to land a decent day, half week or week's fishing, you really have to set about organising it right now.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters is already under way.
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 12--When FLW Outdoors announced earlier this year it was starting a saltwater striped bass tournament circuit, the company seemed to have a good plan.
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By Chris De Benedetti  FREMONT -- Swimming upstream for local steelhead trout may get easier.
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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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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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In Michigan, the fishermanâs paradise all but surrounded by water, angling for a prized catch is about to become a lot more complicated.
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By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Mar. 14-- -- Fishermen should revel in a bountiful crappie season on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley this year -- and they may look back on it all the more fondly when fishing sags next year.
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By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 14--Maryland's popular and lucrative spring striped bass season will be one week shorter and a bit more complicated for Chesapeake Bay anglers this year to prevent the overfishing of the past two years that raised the ire of regulators.
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By Kevin Klott, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  May 27--Thousands of Alaskans will leave Anchorage this weekend carrying fishing rods and the hope of starting their summer fishing season with a bang.   Unfortunately, cool weather has dampened many anglers' prospects.
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By Alan Charlton  After a lean spell, Geoff King made a winning start to the open season taking four cod for 15lb 7oz from Newton to win the pounds 500 first prize in the Seaton Sluice Open, fished by 210 anglers.