Ice fishing trip on Mud Slough turns into chilly scene
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Bob Huston and fellow anglers set up piles of ice chips and a steaming tent near Mud Slough on the Mississippi as they fish for bass sunfish and crappies. The scene includes a propane heater melting a bucket and guides like Pinky Ed Siedlecki helping navigate sloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Bob Huston
Huston
34Th St. NE
Mississippi River
Pinky Ed” Siedlecki
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Siedlecki
Cedar Rapids
John Courtney
Don Johnston
Courtney
Barbara Courtney
Pinky Ed
McGee
Gremore Lake
Winter ice fishing stories unfold on Gremore Lake
On a frozen shoreline near Prairie du Chien the scene centers on tents and anglers like Barbara Courtney Jan Jacobs and Catherine Johnston meeting river friends. Amid laughs and fishing chatter Huston shares memories and a growing tent city forms as a large crappie bass and bluegills dot the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Courtney
Jan Jacobs
Janesville
Wis
Catherine Johnston
Waterloo
Jan
Art
Courtneys
Jacobses
Johnstons
John Courtney
Courtney
Jacobs
Iowa faces higher hunting and fishing license fees
The Iowa Conservation Commission proposes doubling hunting, fishing, and trapping fees under the Decade of Help plan to boost revenue for wildlife programs. A House debate may ease some increases with a $2 rise for resident fishing and a $1 rise for hunting licenses, while a habitat stamp proposal adds $3. Local groups like the Cedar Rapids Bass Masters Club and Hawkeye Wildlife Area projects aid habitat development amid funding gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Sullivan
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Iowa
Fish and Wildlife
Harry Harrison
Pleasant Creek
Palo
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Conservation Commission
Cedar Rapids
Bass Masters Club
Lake
Macbride
Hawkeye
Coralville
Harrison
Iowa House of Representatives
House
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Oil and gas depleted in thirty to forty years
Herman Dieckamp, president of General Public Utilities Corp, warns energy costs will rise two to threefold as oil and natural gas are exhausted in 30 to 40 years. Substitutes will be synthetic fuels produced by coal gasification and liquefaction for home heating and transport use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Herman Dieckamp
General Public Utilities Corp
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Tom Alex Gazette
Gazette
Tom Alex
Dave McGee
Fayette
Bass and
Lilies
Wildlife
The
Student Conservation Association
Charlestown
N.H
Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association
REC
Marion
BOB Sample Medical Pharmacy
Johnson Ave
Church OF the Foursquare Gospel
First Avenue
Peck’s Flowers
Center Pt. Rd
AVC Ee Pr
15Th Street
AMS Bio
2Nd Ave
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