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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1979
Page
12
Paul Beltz of Iowa City fishes below a power dam as rains and runoff cloud the Iowa River. The power plant looms in the background while fish start biting before the weather worsens.
A three part guide to Mississippi River fishing from Minnesota to Missouri. It covers walleye sauger bass and panfish hotspots at Bellevue Dubuque Guttenberg Lansing pools 9 10 11 and other sites and notes livebait and lure tactics along wing and navigation dams. Also mentions paddlefish snagging gear and winter fishing prospects along major locks and dams.
Editor Mark Sedlacek offers pre season checks and repairs for camping gear in Iowa state park outings. Tips cover tents bedding lanterns stoves jugs and coolers with cleaning, waterproofing, patching, mantles and tool kits to avoid mildew rot and equipment failure during trips.
Skip and Ted Cribari, fourth generation winemakers, acquired Barry Wine Co. Inc. in Conesus New York and plan to release premium cork finished Barry Reserve wines this month. Production will reach 200 to 500 cases per label while total output this year totals about 12,000 cases across twelve wines. The Barry winery dates to 1872 established by Bishop McQuaid of Rochester.
The article notes the sun shines enormously brighter than the full moon and outshines all other stars combined. It also remarks that many easily visible stars on a clear night rival the sun in perceived brightness.
The Iowa Conservation Commission announced this year’s stocking plan totaling millions of fish. Plans include 105 million walleye in northern Iowa rivers and lakes, 160 000 walleye fingerlings for Rathbun Cornelia Wright and Dickinson counties, 205 000 largemouth bass fingerlings for new or renovated lakes, 1.5 million bluegill fingerlings for new lakes, 140 000 channel catfish 6 to 8 inches, 110 000 channel catfish cage releases in county lakes, 50 000 channel catfish fingerlings for new lakes, 4.5 million northern pike fry in flood control reservoirs and northeast Iowa rivers, 82 000 ocean striped bass in Rathbun and Saylorville, 37 000 tiger muskies for 13 lakes including Pleasant Creek, over 5 000 muskellunge fingerlings for West Okoboji Spirit Lake and Clear Lake, and 300 000 rainbow and brown trout from April to November in 49 cold water streams.
An Austrian hotel owner and ski instructor in Hallstatt offers a one week all inclusive deal including full board and optional cooking and skiing lessons. The package costs about 200 dollars and depends on guest interest and snow conditions.
Patricia Alcorn appeals a council ruling revoking her license to keep a pet after neighbors complained about the roar of her four year old lion Shane in West Malling England.
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