Regulations designed to protect the fish needed to rebuild Mille Lacs Lake’s walleye population will require that walleye anglers use only artificial bait and immediately release all walleye when Minnesota’s 2016 fishing season opens Saturday, May 14. “A catch-and-release walleye … Continued
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is advising anglers about recent changes to the Gold Medal designations for sections of two rivers in the Northwest Region. During a recent meeting in Denver, the CPW Commission accepted staff’s recommendations to assign Gold Medal … Continued
In March, New Jersey’s Landlocked Salmon program began stocking salmon averaging 15.6 inches and 1.65 pounds each. Crews from the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Hackettstown Hatchery stocked more than 1,400 holdover landlocked salmon into three New Jersey lakes. … Continued
In Oregon, thousands of extra-large rainbow trout will be released as the Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) rolls out an enhanced “Trophy Trout” program created under a 2015 legislative directive. More than 10,000 rainbow trout ranging in size from … Continued
British Columbia will fast track a five-year action plan to guide the recovery of Kootenay Lake kokanee stocks. The BC government worked with First Nations, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, and the BC Wildlife Federation to put together an … Continued