Sailfish Feats Anchor April Day Catch for Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards a 11 year old from 1615 Seminole Ave NW fished aboard a charter boat near Acapulco Mexico when a sailfish weighing 121 pounds latched onto his bait. After a forty minute fight he landed the big fish dwarfing his 85 pound frame. Meanwhile in Dubuque the 13th Daisy U S Jaycees International BB Gun Championship Match drew about 375 competitors from the U S Canada Mexico and DC to Loras College June 30 to July 2.
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Blake Edwards
Seminole Ave
Blake
Grace Edwards
Acapulco
Mexico
U.S
District of Columbia
Canada
Dubuque
Loras College
Otter Creek traps host Sunday shoot and fishing updates
The Otter Creek Sportsmen's Club will run a registered trap shoot on Sunday with practice at 9 30 a m and competition at 10 30 a m ATA and ISTA fees of 50 cents each apply plus class fees. The event may be altered for bad weather. Ice is out at Lake Macbride and fish prospects look good for catfish and walleye per fisheries biologist Bob Middendorf. The Iowa Conservation Commission also notes early season walleyes and sauger in the Mississippi River and other local water bodies with permits required for dock placement and local officers listed for Eastern Iowa.
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Otter Creek Sportsmen’s Club
ATA
ISTA
Lake Macbride
Bob Middendorf
Middendorf
Otter Creek
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Guttenberg
Stan Blair
Coralville
Tim Dorr
North Liberty
Bellevue
Duane Kennedy
Harpers Ferry
Larry Moore
Muscatine
Curtiss Noble
Herb Stansbery
Iowa City
Lake
Macbride
April Fool prank costs Erie columnist his job
Outdoors writer Dave Heberle sparked chaos with an April 2 hoax claiming monofilament trout fishing line was banned. The Erie Times-News fired him after readers panicked, shops sold out braided line, and fines were rumored. An editor's note later apologized for the nightmare.
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Erie, Pa
Dave Heberle
Heberle
Erie Times-News
Ryper Ilfu
Pennsylvania
Robert Herbert
Erie
Frank DiSantis
Sunday skippers command fleet of model boats in tour to Titanic
In Los Angeles a group of the Sunday Boating Club operates remote controlled steam powered models on a lagoon near the Busch Bird Sanctuary. The fleet ranges from a Titanic replica to small cabin cruisers with steam and electric power. Club leader Gordon Wiles praises the hobby and other members describe their backgrounds and costs.
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Los Angeles
Busch Bird Sanctuary
Anheuser- Busch Inc
van Nuys
Gordon Wiles
Wiles
Sandy Ornelas
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Ornelas
Jerry Hanza
Jim Cummings
Cummings
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Ken Sullivan
Quisot
Daisy
Jaycee
Robert Pepin
Mississippi River
Iowa River
Cedar River
Black Hawk
Bremer Counties
Lake Odessa
Louisa County
Am Fates
Daniel Hanover
Drexel Drive
Ernie Hidder
Mandel, Long
Luce
TORY
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Eran T Re
Iowa Glass Depot
Benjamin
Custon
6Th Avenue SE
Hank Merigan
Merigan
Midwest
First Avenue
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