http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/fishing/ en-us Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:49:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047017/posts A LARGE great white shark has been sighted in a lake on the New South Wales Central Coast, prompting warnings for people to take caution in surrounding waterways. A commercial fisherman snagged the beast this morning while casting nets off Canton Beach, on the north side of Tuggerah Lake, which opens into the Pacific Ocean at The Entrance. news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2047017/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046424/posts PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. -- About 30 fish were spotted "walking" through a Florida neighborhood, shocking homeowners who said they've never seen anything like it. IMAGES: Fish In Florida Neighborhood"I was like, 'No way there's fish in the street,'" homeowner Dianna Fernandez said. "And I kept going further and further and seeing fish everywhere -- in driveways. I've never seen anything like it." The walking catfish were spotted in the road near a Pinellas Park subdivision Tuesday. The fish used their pectoral fins to walk or shuffle around the streets. Video showed the fish moving through the neighborhood. A scientist with... local6.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046424/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044623/posts The tuna industry says climate change is bringing benefits. The chief executive of the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association, Brian Jeffriess, says Port Lincoln crews in South Australia are reporting an excellent quality and size catch. He says it can be partly attributed to the effects of climate change on the waters of the Great Australian Bight. "There's no doubt climate change will bring benefits to the Great Australian Bight ecology in the sense that there's more upwellings therefore more small pelagics as we call them - sardines, mackerel, red bait, other fish - and that will bring tuna so... ABC News AU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044623/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041978/posts With Columbia Gorge turbines pumping out extra electricity, the agency had to quickly adjust its hydro generation Columbia Basin river managers had a close call this week when they were forced to cut back on hydropower after a surge in wind energy blasted through the system. The surge forced them to spill more water over dams, risking the health of migrating fish. For the first time, it also exposed serious kinks in a plan that was supposed to deal smoothly with just such emergencies. As it turned out, the spills weren't heavy enough to harm fish. But the federal Bonneville... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041978/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034432/posts Day is done... Gone the sun From the lake... From the hills... From the sky. All is well... Safely rest God is nigh. Fading light.... Dims the sight And a star.... Gems the sky.... Gleaming bright From afar.... Drawing nigh Falls the night. “TAPS“ - Major General Daniel Butterfield (www.west-point.org/taps/Taps.html ) By ****** That haunting melody never moved me as much as it did recently, at the graveside service of a man who touched my life with his humility, kindness, and a love of fishing. Delbert Lee Fellers was a man who found great pleasure in the simple things we... Outdoor View Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2034432/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029928/posts Millions of anglers would need license; US seeks better data on what is reeled in | The only thing anyone's ever needed to sportfish off New England's coast is a rod, reel, and good luck. Now, the more than 2.5 million people who fish for fun here will probably need a license. The federal agency that manages fishing announced yesterday that it intends to require most saltwater anglers to register before fishing begins in 2009 and plans to start charging for the privilege by 2011. Fishery officials have grown increasingly concerned about how many fish the nation's recreational fishermen reel... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029928/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029887/posts The government wants to know who's fishing for fun in federal ocean waters. Recreational anglers and spearfishers would be required to be registered... NOAA's Fisheries Service said it wants to get more accurate data on recreational fish catches. Commercial fishers already need licenses or permits and thus would not have to register again... The registry ...fishing anywhere for what are called anadromous species, such as striped bass, salmon and shad, that spawn in rivers and streams and spend their adult lives in estuaries and the ocean. Registrations will include an angler's name, address, telephone number and the regions where fishing... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029887/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023837/posts ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish tuna fishermen rammed their boat into a Greenpeace ship Friday and pelted it with lead fishing weights, the environmental group said. No one was injured. The fishing vessel was among several that swarmed the Arctic Sunrise, which was carrying activists campaigning against overfishing in the Mediterranean. The boat rammed the Greenpeace ship at high speed, said Yesim Aslan, a spokeswoman for the group. The barrage of lead weights damaged a helicopter that the activists had used earlier in the day to document the vessels' activities, Aslan said. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023837/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 02:18:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2022930/posts Huge halibut hooked in Norway Last Updated: 8:50PM BST 28/05/2008   A halibut thought to be the largest ever line-caught fish has been hooked by an angler in Norway. BNPS  The 31st fish has smashed the line caught record by 24 lb The 31st creature - which measures 8ft1in long - was landed by proud fisherman Soren Bec following a titanic struggle. The monster catch is believed to have beaten the previous record for a line-caught fish by 24lbs. Although halibut of up to 2.5metres (8ft2in) have been spotted in Norweigian waters, it is unusual for the fish to... The Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2022930/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 13:33:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021631/posts The salmon looked like shadows gliding silently beneath the surface of a pool between the foaming rapids of rugged Butte Creek. Suddenly, with a splash, a big glittering fish leaped out of the water, then another and another. The spring-run chinook were jumping this past week in the remote, forested gorge outside Chico. "This is the last best run of wild salmon in California," said Allen Harthorn, 56, the executive director of Friends of Butte Creek, who has been fighting for more than a decade to save the historic - and once sacred - spring run of chinook in this... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021631/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 23:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021505/posts Australian fishermen net 500-pound squid 4 hours agoMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian fishermen have hauled up a 20-foot-long giant squid off the country's southeastern coast.Skipper Rangi Pene said Monday that the 500-pound squid was already dead when it was caught in a trawler's nets Sunday night in waters more than 1,640 feet deep.Paul McCoy, a fisheries research biologist, said it took 10 men to lift the squid onto a stretcher and place it in a storage freezer in the city of Portland. A museum will collect it this week.McCoy said an analysis by the museum would determine the type... AP / Various others http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021505/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 17:26:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017865/posts FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Anglers at Forward Operating Base Kalsu now have a place to create fish stories with the grand opening of the FOB’s newly-built fishing pond May 15. The pond is 18-feet deep and naturally filled with ground water. It was stocked with more than 1,200 carp to give Kalsu’s fishermen an opportunity to catch the ‘big one.’ The fishing pond is for catch-and-release only. Staff Sgt. Justin Davis, Company A, 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is an avid fresh and salt water fisherman who already has plans with his... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017865/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 00:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013506/posts Editor’s Note: Today’s story comes to us from the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association. Catch and Release fishing will be banned in Switzerland from next year, it was revealed this week. And anglers in the country will have to demonstrate their expertise by taking a course on humane methods of catching fish, under new legislation outlined by the Bundesrat - the Swiss Federal Parliament. The new legislation states that fish caught should be killed immediately following their capture, with a sharp blow to the head from a blunt instrument. Under the new regulations, the use of livebait and barbed hooks... Chattanoogan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013506/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 11:20:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012246/posts PORT O'CONNOR, Texas (Army News Service, May 5, 2008) - More than 125 wounded Soldiers and their Families were able to forget about hospitals, doctors and physical therapy during a day of fishing, relaxation and old-fashioned Texas barbeque Saturday. About 135 local fishermen volunteered their time and boats during the second annual Warrior's Weekend to take wounded warriors from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Walter Reed Army Medical Center in D.C., Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bragg, N.C., out on the Gulf of Mexico while cheering town residents greeted the six buses of troops with flags, signs, hugs... Army.mil http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012246/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 00:33:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010684/posts Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:38 AM CDT Postville men arrested, charged with 27 fishing violations WEST UNION (AP) --- Three men have been arrested and charged with 27 fishing violations after using beer cans to catch trout from a northeastern Iowa creek. Authorities say an off-duty Fayette County deputy noticed suspicious fishing activity at Glovers Creek trout stream earlier this week. He called the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. DNR officials accuse the three men of illegally tying fishing lines to empty beer cans, then dragging the cans with the catch to shore. Authorities seized the trout, illegal fishing lines,... Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010684/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 14:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009261/posts By APRIL CASTRO Associated Press Writer AUSTIN, Texas - Texas officials told legislators Wednesday that they're investigating the possible sexual abuse of some young boys taken from a polygamist sect's ranch, as well as broken bones among other children. The disclosures are the first suggestions that anyone other than teenage girls may have been sexually or physically abused at the ranch run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a renegade Mormon sect. In written and oral testimony provided to lawmakers Wednesday, officials with the state Department of Family and Protective Services said interviews and journal... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009261/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:11:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007111/posts The owners of an Arab Jassim fish farm proudly display fish from their pond. A Task Force Marne initiative to revitalize IraqÂ’s fish farms is in full swing throughout the Mahmudiyah Qada. DoD photo. CAMP STRIKER — A Task Force Marne initiative to revitalize Iraq’s fish farms is in full swing in the Rakkasans’ area of operations. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) began a comprehensive assessment in February of hundreds of fish farms throughout the Mahmudiyah Qada.“Fish farming was one of the top three agricultural businesses in Iraq,” said Maj. Robert Bertrand, 3rd BCT, 101st... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007111/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:08:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001295/posts By Ann Shibler Published: 2008-04-07 New "anti-terrorism" rules ordered up by DHS for those who fish the Great Lakes are causing a wave of dissent. While still leaving our southern border wide open, the northern border will be protected by stricter security rules heavily enforced by the DHS, particularly for those tall-tale-telling anglers. Follow this link to the original source: "Going fishing? Pack your passport" COMMENTARY: Starting with the 2008 charter fishing season on the Great Lakes, and particularly impacting Lake Erie because of its geography and popularity among anglers, fishermen will now have to have their passports or two... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001295/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:26:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000383/posts This has been around for a while but is really hysterical! Enjoy a good laugh on a Friday night in FReeperville. Click here to see the video You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000383/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:36:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993718/posts STOWE, Vt. (AP) - Bob Shannon is an avid hunter, a fishing guide and owns a tackle shop, but he sometimes struggles to get his own son out into Vermont's woods and fields. "He'll be sitting there with the video games," Shannon said of 9-year- old Alexander. "I finally had to lay down the law last summer: 'If it's a nice day, you're outside.'" Shannon's challenge reflects a larger problem plaguing many state governments: Revenue from hunting and fishing license sales is plunging because of waning interest in the outdoors. "We're losing our rural culture," said Steve Wright, a regional... Breitbart/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993718/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:28:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992915/posts Fishing advocate shuttles between two campuses for best fly fishing Thursday, March 27, 2008 By Nicholas Tolomeo, Tri-State Sports & News Service John Hayes/Post-Gazette Heather Seitz is a freshman from Hampton who attends Pitt-Greensburg. She also is an international fly fishing competitor.A University of Pittsburgh freshman, Heather Seitz chooses to attend classes at both the Oakland and Greensburg campuses. To most students, the Oakland campus has more to offer. But for Ms. Seitz, 19, trips to Westmoreland County present an opportunity that Oakland does not -- good fly fishing. Ms. Seitz, who competes in international fly fishing events, drives 45... Pittsburgh Post Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992915/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990338/posts LAGOS (AFP) - Police in the northwest Nigerian state of Kebbi, home to the Argungu fishing festival, have released on bail this year's champion, arrested last week for allegedly smuggling his winning monster catch already dead into the river, a police chief said Sunday. The fishing champion, somewhat confusingly called Bello Argungu, was arrested Friday on suspicions of having smuggled a dead 65 kilogram (140 pound) fish into the river before the start of the picturesque festival. He then pulled his "catch", which drew gasps of admiration, out of the river and walked off with prizes that included a car... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990338/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:58:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987941/posts TRAPS, pyrotechnics and beanbags shot at sea lions have failed to deter the annual springtime feast of threatened salmon at a northwestern US dam... The National Marine Fisheries Service authorised Oregon and Washington state officials to first attempt to catch the sea lions that arrive at the base of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River and hold them 48 hours to see whether an aquarium, zoo or similar facility will take them. Otherwise, they could be euthanised, along with those that avoid trapping. About 60 of the California sea lions, identified by branding, scars or other markings, were deemed... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987941/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983986/posts Noted outdoors writer and television personality Claude H. “Grits” Gresham Jr., who passed away at age 85 Monday after a lengthy illness, will be remembered as one of the best outdoors communicators ever. Gresham hosted The American Sportsman on ABC and Shooting Sports America on ESPN, was shooting editor of Sports Afield magazine for 26 years. He wrote eight books but might be most widely known for his role in a series of commercials for Miller Lite beer. In 2006, he received the only Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which then established, with the Professional Outdoor... Ft. Worth Star Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983986/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:20:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977720/posts Darryl E. Owens | Sentinel Staff Writer February 28, 2008 Ray Combs thought he'd witnessed the wildest fishing action that the world had to offer. But that was before the Orlando videographer hopped a military cargo plane to Baghdad. There, as Black Hawk helicopters flew overhead, he watched soldiers cast lines into a man-made lake near where Saddam Hussein reputedly kept his harem. "I have been on boats shooting video as an 18-foot hammerhead ate a 200-pound tarpon mere feet away from me," said Combs, 32. "But . . . it doesn't compare to the surreal feeling of watching soldiers... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977720/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:38:33 GMT