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Best times for anglers

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(Table for March 17-March 31)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday.…..................6:40 p.m....………………….…….............................................7...Read more

Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/TNS

Is Crystal River a nursery for baby bull sharks? We went fishing to find out.

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CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — Just 12 minutes had passed since the bait hit the water.

The tide flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, and each passing minute dropped the pontoon closer to Crystal River’s rocky bottom. Five chunks of ladyfish floated on hooks: Three on a handline, two on rod-and-reel.

A handline was hit first.

“Shark!” yelled Alyssa...Read more

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To save the Allegheny woodrat, researchers schlep pounds of nuts

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While few profess a deep love for any small mammal with "rat" in its name, the Allegheny woodrat is a special case.

Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists, foresters and land managers recently have been lugging 25-pound bags of chestnuts to rocky hilltops in Fayette County and elsewhere to keep the state-threatened species alive.

Chinchilla-...Read more

Haley Nelson/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

Dennis Anderson: Caitlin Clark isn't the only Iowa woman riding a success streak

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Caitlin Clark was still in middle school when Abby Stone moved to Iowa from Downers Grove, Ill., to attend Iowa State University.

Stone, 27, wasn't then and isn't now a particularly avid basketball fan. And she hastens to add that Iowa State is a rival of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, whose women's team, led by the sharpshooting Clark, is in...Read more

PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

Wildlife encounter leads Iditarod racer Dallas Seavey to dispatch and gut moose on trail

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Five-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Dallas Seavey shot and dressed a moose that threatened his dog team early Monday morning, less than 24 hours into this year's race.

The incident happened on a portion of the race route between the Skwentna and Finger Lake checkpoints.

"It was on a downhill. I mean, it fell on my sled, and it was ...Read more

Best times for anglers

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(Table for March 10-March 24)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday…………...........12:20 p.m........………......................................................12:45...Read more

Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/TNS

Colorado bear encounters dropped in 2023. Here's why.

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The number of conflicts between people and bears reported in Colorado dropped by 15% in 2023 thanks to sufficient natural food sources, state wildlife officials said Monday.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife received 3,526 reports of sightings and conflicts with bears in 2023, down from 4,147 reports in 2022, the agency said in a news release.

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Harry Collins/Dreamstime/TNS

Minnesota's deer harvest was down 8% from 2022, with declines across the state

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Minnesota's 2023 deer season, already known to hunters as a disappointment, was officially declared a downer this week by the Department of Natural Resources.

The agency's final report not only confirmed a dismal situation in the northeast region, where harvest nose-dived 21%, but it also disclosed declines in the state's three other hunting ...Read more

Tony Kennedy/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Rough Mille Lacs ice season at odds with great fishing. What's going on?

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As state officials devise tighter walleye regulations for Lake Mille Lacs, anglers, resort operators, bait shops and other stakeholders have been left to wrestle with two paradoxes.

As described this month by the Department of Natural Resources, the lake's overall walleye population is down 10%, lowering this year's allowable harvest. But ...Read more

Jerry Holt/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Dennis Anderson: Lead-ban legislation could set back thriving prep trapshooters

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Difficult as it is to be both right and wrong about an issue, some politicians are adept at it. Such was my conclusion after reading legislation proposed at the Capitol by Sen. Jen McEwen, DFL-Duluth, and Rep. Patty Acomb, DFL-Minnetonka, that would ban lead used by target shooters, hunters and anglers. Thriving high school trapshooters would be...Read more

Best times for anglers

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(Table for March 3-March 17)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday………..............5:35 a.m.....………………….................................................6:...Read more

Best times for anglers

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(Table for Feb. 25-March 10)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday.…..................12:40 a.m....………………….…….........................................1:10 ...Read more

Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Dennis Anderson: Are we going to save Minnesota waters from carp, or not?

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In a career spanning nearly four decades, University of Minnesota professor Peter Sorensen has researched invasive fish from Australia to the Great Lakes. For the past five years, he's focused on Lock and Dam 5 in the Mississippi and believes the lock there is an ideal location to install a deterrent to keep silver and other invasive carp out of...Read more

David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Fewer walleye on Mille Lacs will mean tighter regulations this year

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The Department of Natural Resources will tighten fishing regulations on Lake Mille Lacs this year in response to a downturn in the lake's walleye population.

DNR fisheries biologists presented the data Tuesday night at a meeting of the lake's citizens advisory committee. The population decline was not unexpected, nor is it dire, state fisheries...Read more

Dozens of ducks were killed and dumped. Idaho Fish and Game is looking for answers.

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Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials are seeking information on a poaching case involving dozens of dead ducks left to waste in Canyon County.

The agency in a news release said conservation officers on Feb. 1 learned of a number of mallard ducks dumped by a rockpile near the Mora Canal near Lynnwood and Bowmont roads. The area is a few ...Read more

Dennis Anderson/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

Dennis Anderson: In the Bahamas, pursuing dinner can also bring hungry sharks

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SPANISH WELLS, BAHAMAS – Roy Pinder eased his sleek 25-footer from the dock and motored through the harbor here past the big boats from which he dove for lobsters for more than 30 years, living on board for up to a month at a time.

On this day in the harbor in addition to Roy's boat and the big lobster boats, a few pleasure yachts were tied ...Read more

Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Don't feed the bears: State, federal agencies push back against fliers found in Tahoe area

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Fliers have reportedly been posted around Lake Tahoe encouraging people to feed bears despite state laws and government agencies stating otherwise.

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service, fliers have been posted recently in the Lake Tahoe Basin, “encouraging people to feed bears and allow them ...Read more

Best times for anglers

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(Table for Feb. 18-March 3)

This table lists top fishing times and days for the coming weeks. For best results, begin fishing one hour before and continue one hour after the times given. Times apply to all time zones.

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Sunday…………............7:50 p.m........……….......................................................8:20 a...Read more

PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

Moose that knocked down Alaska man shot by troopers

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PALMER, Alaska — Alaska State Troopers said they shot and killed an aggressive moose that knocked down a man early Sunday in Willow.

The moose charged the man after a warning shot was fired from a firearm in an attempt to scare the moose away, according to troopers.

The moose continued to act aggressively when encountered by troopers in ...Read more

Craig Kohlruss/The Fresno Bee/TNS

Rockfall closes popular hiking trail in Yosemite National Park

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FRESNO, Calif. — A popular Yosemite National Park trail was closed this week due to a rockfall.

Travel on the trail between Happy Isles and the Vernal Fall Footbridge is prohibited “until further notice,” park authorities announced Tuesday on Facebook.

A detour is available for park visitors, authorities said.

“Hikers should follow ...Read more