A 44-pound 6-ounce common carp taken from the Vermont waters of Lake Champlain has set a new Vermont state record for the species. The fish was taken with a modified compound bow by angler Darren Ouelette while fishing for in … Continued
A program to combat parasitic sea lamprey will begin the week of June 9th on Seneca Lake tributaries in Chemung, Schuyler and Yates counties, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Efforts to control sea lampreys … Continued
A carp taken by Adam Faatz of Hawthorne, NJ, while bowfishing has been certified as a new state record by NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife. Mr. Faatz was targeting carp from his boat at night on Greenwood Lake on … Continued
Windy weather may have helped contain an oil spill along the Lake Michigan shoreline near Whiting, Indiana. BP notified the federal government’s National Response Center on March 24, 2014 at 5:25 p.m. that a spill had occurred at the BP … Continued
In March, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officals announced that the agency will expand hunting and fishing opportunities throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System, opening up new hunting programs on six refuges and expanding existing hunting and fishing programs … Continued