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Got plans for your Lotto jackpot? I do Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 7:48PMMaybe it will be you who will cash that Saturday $41-million Lotto 6/49 ticket. It can happen. Ask Donald MacDonald. Last week he wasn’t a millionaire. Today he is.
Looking for big bite Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 12:08PMAnglers head out looking for the tournament-changing big fish
Closed season starts for coarse anglers Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 10:08AMTHE CLOSED season for fishing in rivers, streams and drains began in Sussex this week on March 15.
Annual drum tournament gets under way tonight Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 9:47AMDon Whitman and the Nassau Sport Fishing Association will hold a meeting tonight beginning at 7 p.m. at Ten Acres, also called the Kraft Athletic Club. This is a mandatory meeting for tournament fishermen competing in the 12th annual NSFA Drum Tournament.
Outdoors briefs for Thursday, March 18 Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 9:05AMWild Night slated Saturday at Fort
Tom Watts: Trout Unlimited helps protect our resources Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 9:04AMThe Midwest Fly Fishing Expo last week featured everything you always wanted to know about fly fishing. But it was two area Trout Unlimited chapters who had plenty to add besides fly-tying lessons, or how to use a bamboo fly rod.
Element 21 Details Initial Dick's Store Locations to Carry Carrot Stix Rods Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:00AMTORONTO -- Element 21 Golf Company , the leader in applications of high tech materials in the sports industry announced today that its Carrot Stix fishing rod will be sold initially in the following Dick's Sporting Good Stores, which will carry 10 popular SKUs of the Element 21's Carrot Stix TM fishing rods:
Wizard by Name Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 6:03AMI’m pretty sure, everyone over the age of six can complete that little aphorism … Wizard by name – wizard by nature. In the case of Allcocks’ famous Wallis Wizard rod, these words were never more true.
Sowbug roundup kicks off today Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:15AMMore than 100 artists and anglers representing 22 states converge today on the Redeemer Lutheran Family Life Center at 307 W. North St. to begin the 13th annual North Arkansas Fly Fishers' Sowbug Roundup.
Recreation: Senior softball finals benefit Laces of Love Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:00AMThe Collier County Senior Softball League completes its 20th year with championship games and a picnic today at Veterans Park.
Workshop aims to hook anglers Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 4:18AMCraig Dennison is committed to "de-mystifying'' fly fishing. He's organized a day full of seminars at Twelve Corners Middle School.
Man busted for August 09 assault Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 2:10AMThe North Platte Police Department arrested a man over the weekend for his role in an August 2009 assault. Teddy Magallanes was picked up March 5 and charged with second-degree assault. The incident in question took place August 16, 2009, but the investigation had stalled until recently.
Wildlife Is At Center Of Falconer Junior's Life Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 11:07PMDr. Dolittle may have talked to the animals, but he had nothing on 15-year-old Falconer Central School junior Allison Sanderson whose life is centered around wildlife - the study of animals, their care, proper game management, recreation and volunteer work with horses. "We always had animals and I always liked them," Allison sai.
Lakeside appoints councilors, mayor Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:17AMLAKESIDE -- The city of Lakeside didn't have to wait too long to fill two council positions vacated by Mayor Orville Nelson and Councilor Tim Crockett last month.
Fishing: We asked for your funniest angling moments.. Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 5:57AMColin Johnstone, Berwick: "The funniest thing I have seen while fishing was when a mate and I had just set out in a boat and I told him to throw out the drogue. What he
Angling row after record-breaking catch rejected Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 2:23AMAn unseemly row has broken out in the angling world after one man's record-breaking catch was controversially rejected because he chose to spare the fish's life.
Miner's integrity fondly recalled Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 1:06AM[A district judge described as a brilliant and honest professional who ruled from the bench with his heart died Friday in New York City.
Shark caught at Port Melbourne Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:50PMUPDATE 7:09PM A QUICK thinking fisherman and his rod saved Port Melbourne swimmers from a shark.
Pay tribute to trapping CALENDAR Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:37AMTrapping season ended Feb. 28 for muskrat, raccoon, skunk, and opossum. Few noticed because most of our trappers are gone. The following diary excerpts and interviews from Auburn's master trapper, Peter Askevitch, reveal nostalgic thoughts of days that are no more. Our outdoor world has changed drastically in a short time, and the trapper, not the trapped, has become the endangered species.
Senate bill curbs gun possession in domestic cases (Senate roundup) Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:34AMDES MOINES — The Senate voted Thursday to prohibit people who are the subject of a protective order or have been convicted of domestic abuse from possessing firearms.
Youth fishing program gets more financial bait Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:54PMGear Up is a new program which gives youth the skills and supplies to fish. The program received a financial boost from the province Sunday.
Sarah Palin brings folksy message to Calgary crowd Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:41PMKevin LibinNational Post CALGARY -- Ninety minutes before Sarah Palin took the stage, a girl with facial piercings bounded into the lobby of the BMO Centre at Calgary's Stampede Park. Her name was St...
Good Samaritans pull woman from vehicle Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:42PMDerek Adkins went fishing Saturday evening, and while the fish weren't biting, he'll never forget what he did catch.
Tales from spring training Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:28AM1869—Boss Tweed of New York City's Democratic political machine, Tammany Hall, hits on the idea of sending his "amateur" ball club, the Mutuals, to New Orleans to get a jump on their opponents for the upcoming season. The seeds are sown.
Sarah Palin brings folksy message to Calgary Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:48AM'We Alaskans like to think we share a special bond with our Canadian friends, we have a love of good hunting and good fishing. And great hockey'
Out 'N' About: Left behind by changes in fishing gear Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:13AMI'm in a field here that I know almost nothing about. I have been out of tournament fishing for over 10 years now, and the equipment has passed me by.
Outdoors notes Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:11PMOutdoors notes
Here’s proof, springers are in the Rouge River Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:05PMFishing report for February 26-March 4 John Anderson is a man of his word. He proved that to me one morning last week when something he had told me seven days previously came to fruition. In no uncertain terms John said he was going to catch the first springer of the Rogue River and he was going to do it by using a secret weapon he had been tweaking for quite some time. In addition, he wanted me ...
Funding to boost amateur fishing Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:02PMWITH two weeks remaining of the state election campaign, the Liberals yesterday dangled a line to recreational fishers, promising them they would be able to "catch a feed in more places around Tasmania".
Veterans benefit from strong turnout at Water Oak flea market Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:28AMLADY LAKE — A trove of treasures filled several rows of banquet tables Friday morning at Water Oak’s annual flea market and bake sale.
Around the Region Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:12AMn Millersburg: The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art will host a program on outdoor survival skills at 7 p.m. March 11 as part of its ongoing monthly speaker series. Carl Graybill, retired director of information and education with the Pennsylvania Gam
Story behind world record brown trout Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:39PMAnglers tells story behind his world record brown trout caught in Michigan
Great fishing at Roosevelt just waiting Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:24PMMarch is here! Roosevelt Lake is at 100 percent of capacity, and the warmer temperatures are starting to return to Arizona. To the warm-water angler, this means bass will be heading to the spawning grounds of shallow water, and great fishing is right around the corner. The migration of bass boat owners from northern communities, which have been digging out of numerous winter storms, is on the ...
Outdoors: Coyote war nears acme Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:34PMA temporary ceasefire in the man-coyote war begins Monday as hunting season closes. Though some adore them, more locals fear or revile coyotes, whose population has spread dramatically. But what's not to like about the poor-man's wolf? They're a farmer's best friend, devouring crop-damaging rodents. They feast on garden-ravaging woodchucks. And after deer season, they provide challenging hunting ...
EA News: 1) Record rod license sales. 2) Polluting sheep dip withdrawn. Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:10PMEA News: 1) Record rod license sales. 2) Polluting sheep dip withdrawn.
The new generation of bluewater runners Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:17AMIn the Northeast, you have to travel about 80 to 100 miles offshore to reach the canyons - an expanse of the Atlantic ripe with yellowfin, bigeye and albacore tuna, marlin and the occasional wahoo and dolphin.
Community briefs - March 5 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:11AMAround the community
McKenzie, Bertha win IFA Redfish Tournament title Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:54AMIt was pretty much agreed upon by many of the Inshore Fishing Association redfish teams attending the official captain's meeting the tournament would be won by fishing dead on the bottom with stinky baits, including Berkley Gulp and Fish Bites products.
Jac Chambliss: Remembering The Ghost On The Homosassa Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:34AMIn the 1940s and 50s, those who stayed at Mrs. Williams' boardinghouse on the bank of the Homosassa River in Southwest Florida would wake up about 6:30 or 7 a.m. to the "putt-putt-putt" of a one-lung inboard motor pushing a rickety old boat downstream to an all-day rendezvous with the bass, the sea trout, and the redfish that inhabited those sparkling pristine waters.
Community briefs - March 4 Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:11AMAround the community
Dog rescued from frozen pond in Shelton Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:10AMSHELTON — Police and fire crews rescued a dog from a frozen pond Wednesday morning by the Monroe Fish and Rod Club.
Bide your Time! Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:55AMBide your Time!
Salving Winter's Wounds Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 8:26AMImagine a room with not only the preeminent national stars of your favorite sport present but also the best area practitioners, outfitters, craftsmen, conservationists and writers. The Eighth Annual Tie-Fest at the Kent Island Yacht Club was just such a stellar event packed with angling enthusiasts.
Hooked on ice - the ins and outs of ice fishing on Cape Cod Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 7:04AMAll fishing requires a certain combination of passion and patience, but that is even truer when it comes to ice fishing. You have to wait for the ice to be thick enough, and on Cape Cod there are some winters when that simply never happens. But this year, the frigid temperatures that kept most people inside brought ice fishermen out in droves.
Fishing can be the cure for raging cabin fever Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:46AM"It’s yours,” my father said, handing me a Zebco rod and reel. I toted that gift everywhere for years — ponds, rivers, lakes, anywhere that would float a bobber.That conversation with my dad was about 40 years ago. But the gist of it is still relevant today to some, including Bob Martin.The 58-year-old Martin has worked around fisheries for more than 35 years, including 28 years at the H.B ...
Free Fishing date set by administrative rule Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:17AMFree Fishing Weekend is always a hit with my family, so I was wondering a few things. First, how do they pick which weekend to hold it, and can I fish with two rods in the lake without that new two-rod tag?
Outdoors briefs Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:11AMRhine Plymouth Field Stream will host a Badger Chain Lewis shoot today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Community Calendar Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:44AMPizza Night Eat-in buffet with pizza, salad, drink and dessert, 5-7 p.m. March 5. $7; children 12 and younger, $5; family of four, $20. Takeout available with pizzas ranging from $11 to $14. First Parish Center, 16 Central St., Berlin. (978) 838-2575 before 2 p.m. or (978) 838-2964 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Fishing: Expert ties fly fishing success to timing Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:05AMAnglers eager to target wild trout should consider timing as much as tackle when choosing a destination.
Carp 2010 Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:25PMMick Paine, owner and the organiser of the successful CARP shows in Zwolle, The Netherlands reported another record breaking year at the 16th edition.