Catfish Rivalries Drive Midwestern Summer Angling
In northeast Kansas reservoirs catfish hunting splits into drifters chummers trotliners and spoons with fierce pride. Perry Lake’s invitational showcases drifting technique aiming for heavy hauls, while chummers boast sonar mastery and multiple baits. a heat soaked day on Melvern Lake yields 93 channel cats in eight hours, underscoring midsummer catfishing as the peak thrill.
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Kansas
Marty Schmiedeler
Topeka
Schmiedeler
Perry Lake
David Schmidtlein
Schmidtlein
Melvern Lake
Rafting Rage Reshapes Hudson River Trout Haven
In Indian Lake New York the 17 mile Hudson River Gorge sees a rafting boom that locals say harms trout. Dam release tweaks boost flows creating habitat loss erosion and warmer water. 20 000 rafters a year bring millions to the economy while critics urge conservation and study by the state DEC.
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Indian Lake
N.Y
Adirondack Mountains
Hudson River
Wally
Jim Nash
Adirondacks
Hudson
Nash
Barry Hutchins
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Hutchins
Deer dogging crackdown ends with revocations in Missouri
Missouri Conservation Commission revoked hunting and fishing privileges for 45 Missourians for up to four years after undercover deer dogging operations in 1998 and 1999. Federal prosecutors issued 64 violation notices to 57 people, with fines surpassing $32,000.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Conservation Commission
Missouri
Freshwater angling report from Clinton Lake Perry Lake and Douglas State Lake
Latest lake update notes Clinton Lake water at 80 degrees one foot below normal with channel catfish good near chummed areas and crappie fair over submerged timber. Perry Lake shows water at 84 degrees three feet under normal with feeders active and white bass hitting shad while white crappie are poor. Douglas State Lake reports bluegill fair on worms and crickets, carp fair on corn, and largemouth bass feeding on minnows plastics and spinners.
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Clinton Lake
Perry Lake
Rock Creek
Douglas State Lake
Lawrence to Host Four Hunter Safety Education Sessions
Four hunter safety education course sessions are scheduled in Lawrence on August 26 September 23 October 7 and October 28. For information contact Dan Affatter at 832 3288. Kansas law requires hunters born on or after July 1 1957 to complete a certified hunter education course to buy a hunting license or to hunt, with no minimum age to attend though designed for age 12 and up.
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Lawrence
Dan Affatter
Kansas
Commission to meet on Aug 22 in Ellsworth
Wildlife and Parks commissioners will convene in Ellsworth on August 22 to set fall duck and goose seasons in Kansas and discuss park fee changes to absorb state support cuts. Other topics include adding tungsten ior nickel tin as a legal non toxic shot and related regulations.
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Ellsworth
Wildlife and Parks Commissioners
Kansas
Parks Division
Wildlife largely escapes Colorado fires with some fawn losses
Colorado wildlife officials say most adult deer elk and bears likely fled the fires with little harm while fawns and younger creatures face higher mortality. In large burn areas some habitat remains intact with green regrowth and riparian islands providing refuge for deer observed in good condition and antler growth.
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Elenberger
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Bob Davies
Colorado Springs
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