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April 30, 2012
by The undercover sting went off without a hitch, and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) caught their suspect in the act of making an illegal sale. We’re not talking cocaine, moonshine or illegal weapons; the TWRA was after this man’s jerky. That’s right, jerky.
[ Read Full Post ]April 24, 2012
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A Colorado teenager landed what appears to be the next Colorado state-record striped bass.
Isaac Sprecher, 18, hooked the 31-pound, 8.4-ounce striped bass while fishing with his girlfriend at McIntosh Lake Friday. The fish measured 41 inches long, with a girth of 26 inches.
[ Read Full Post ]April 24, 2012
by The Anchorage Daily News reported over the weekend that Ted Nugent signed a plea agreement in which he admitted to illegally shooting and transporting a black bear in Southeast Alaska in 2009.
The agreement states that Nugent, 63, will pay a $10,000 fine, face two years’ probation, create a public service announcement about responsible hunting to run on his show "Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild" every other week, and will be banned from hunting or fishing anywhere in Alaska and on any U.S. Forest Service land nationwide for one year.
[ Read Full Post ]April 23, 2012
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Ryan Wasser broke the Oklahoma smallmouth bass record when he pulled an 8-pound, 7-ounce smallie from Lake Lawtonka earlier this month. Wasser, a resident of Pocasset, told Tulsa World he knew the 23 1/8 inch long with an 18 inch girth fish was a record breaker when he reeled it in.
"I knew I had something pretty close to eight and a half pounds, so I figured I had it by a couple ounces anyway," Wasser said. "She had eaten and she was full of eggs." The previous record was set by Steve McLarty in March 2006. His Lake Eufaula fish weighed 8-pounds, 3-ounces, measured 23 1/2 inches long and had a girth of 19 inches.
[ Read Full Post ]April 20, 2012
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In Minnesota, Christmas takes a back seat for the opening day of walleye season. Along with hockey, Prince and hotdish, walleyes are one of the North Star State's most precious commodities.
But this year, Minnesota anglers' enthusiasm for opening day could endanger walleye numbers. Experts say that thanks to a blast of frigid spring weather, walleyes could still be spawning by the potential new start date of May 5.
This from the Minneapolis Star Tribune…
[ Read Full Post ]April 19, 2012
by April 19, 2012
by A Cook County, Ill. man drowned in a pond Saturday after being attacked by a swan.
Anthony Hensley, 37, was checking on a swan at a housing complex along Bay Colony Drive in a kayak when the large bird attacked him. His kayak turned upside in the melee and Hensley drowned. Hensley was hired to keep geese away from the housing complex. The swan was placed into the area to deter geese from settling on the property.
[ Read Full Post ]April 18, 2012
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A great white shark of nightmare proportions was accidentally netted in the Sea of Cortez Sunday by two commercial fishermen. The kraken measured almost 20 feet in length and weighed around 2,000 pounds. The two fishermen, identified by Pisces Sportfishing in Cabo San Lucas only as Guadalupe and Baltazar, were fishing on a boat that measured only two feet longer than the shark.
[ Read Full Post ]April 17, 2012
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Last year young angler Brielle Bennett took first place in the International Game Fish Association’s Female Smallfry division of world records. If her performance on March 24, 2012 is any indication of what 2012 holds, she’ll take the first place title for a second year in a row.
The IGFA announced last week that the young Miss Bennett was fishing Key West, Florida with her uncle Captain Brian Bennett when she landed a 38-pound black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci).
It took Brielle about 10 minutes from time the grouper swallowed her live goggle eye until she was able to hoist it up on the back deck.
The catch is even more impressive when you compare the size of Miss Bennett to her catch - that fish is almost as large as she is.
The current IGFA all tackle record is 124 pounds.
[ Read Full Post ]April 16, 2012
by A Monterey County, California woman’s fear of clocking a coyote with her car led to her spend the night in her vehicle after she ran off the road. Mercurynews.com reports that Carrie Joseph, 55, was driving northbound on Thursday night April 12, when a song dog ran in front of her 2006 Dodge Charger.
Joseph swerved to avoid hitting the animal. Her tires left the road and she rolled down a 250-foot embankment.
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