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Asian Carp and the Great Lakes

capnklumpp — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:48:25 GMT

This is not good:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wi...s-18878318

BASS Tournament

saltydan — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:01:34 GMT

I can't believe the luck...NOT...I have for this weekend. The B.A.S.S. Masters Elite series tournaments starts off it's 2013 season right here in my home town of Orange Texas. At the very boat ramp and dock I fish from! I would so like to be here to catch the boats, guys, hype, weigh-ins, etc. However, the bride and I have had another engagement in San Antonio this weekend for almost a year, so I will miss all the excitement here in Orange.

For the past week or so I have seen lots of boats, the big tents and weigh-in stands being built. Registration was yesterday afternoon, and got to see lots of the anglers going into the registration office, but the security cops wouldn't let anyone get up close and personal.

Anyway, that's my sad story and I have to stick to it.

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

Ohio Club

csnider1 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:32:04 GMT

How to find out the club and what information I can get?????????
csnider1
toolpusher@windstream.net

Get Ready to Embrace Carp Fishing's NEW U.S.A. POWERHOUSE!!

TOKS — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:03:08 GMT

Two prominent names working in both the fishing and hunting industry, Larysa Switlyk and Ken Keene will be pairing up this year to compete in the Austin Team Championship; one of North America's longest running carp fishing competitions located in Austin, Texas.

Hosted by the Carp Anglers Group, the Austin Team Championship has a rich history and over the years has produced many 30+ lb fish, several 40’s and countless personal bests by the competitors. There have also been captures of Smallmouth Buffalo exceeding 60 lbs which is another reason why Larysa and Ken are very excited to attend.

Although it's officially their first event competing as a team, this carp angling duo have more than just "winning" on their minds while attending the Austin Team Championship. With a common goal of "raising carp fishing awareness" in North America and abroad, Larysa Switlyk and Ken Keene will be working in conjunction on different carp related projects to help further grow the sport. Having founded the world's largest FREE online carp fishing competition(www.BigFourCarp.com), Ken says, "We couldn't think of a better event to attend than the Austin Team Championship for helping launch our efforts promoting carp fishing worldwide."

Establishing quite a name for herself within the outdoor industry, Larysa Switlyk has been hunting and fishing for several years now with many of her ventures taking place all over the world. Since accepting the North American ambassador role with the world's largest FREE online carp fishing competition(www.BigFourCarp.com), Larysa has big plans of introducing carp fishing to a much broader audience through her new and exciting network show entitled, "Larysa Unleashed" which debuts July 2013 on NBC Sports.

Potential World Record Tuna

davesett2000 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:26:46 GMT

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/34915/potential+world+record+tuna+could+also+be+a+1-million+fish/

Minnesota Invasive species Decal law

the rod tosser — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:50:08 GMT

http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/2012/04...available/

When I asked were to place it they said it would be best if placed near the winch were you will see it when launching and loading the boat . The bottom half goes on the trailer the top half goes on the boat.

Boarder of USA & Canada Beware!

Dennis1022 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:47:07 GMT

Just to let you know that if your a American and cross the Canadian boarder on the water while fishing on great lakes or St.Lawrence river. You have to let the CBSA know that your entering their country. Now if you are a fishing person or just paddling you will be stopped by the CBSA patrol and have to pay on the spot a fine of $1000.00 they do take credit cards or they will confiscate the boat and all the equipment that is on it. This has all ready happen to a Tournament fisherman while fishing a BASS Tournament. Now the USA is letting the Canadians to enter our waters and fish but can't land the boat on USA soil unless in need of gas or food use of restrooms. Now How is this fare to US citizens being not allowed but the Canada's people can. You can read more about it if you get Bassin times under ( Canada cracks down on boarder fishermen. reported by Frank Sargeant)

New York State To Raise Cost Of Fishing License

Assistchief52 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:02:00 GMT

I am amazed at how many taxes we here in New York get hit with. The price of gas, cigs, sales etc if getting ridiculous. Getting a fishing license is one thing I never mind paying for. I have read article after article about how funds are ear marked for the fishing industry and how government can not take the money and use it elsewhere but I do not see any benefits in and around my rural area. With the economy as bad as it is make me reconsider spending what as of Oct will be 29.00 fee. I can remember paying about 5 or 6 dollars for it. I think New York needs to reconsider this or justify the increase by showing sportsman the proof of where our dollars go! It a shame as this is one of the inexpensive means of entertainment as everything else cost to much to do. It seems like in order to go out and have fun with family and/or friend you have to spend a fortune. I see triple A baseball, Arena Football and local High School sports as and alternative to the high cost of everything else and it is just as exciting and more personable then MLB, NFL etc and you won't go broke doing it so then you will have cash left over to you NYS fishing license. Time to pick my priorties...Going out....Eating out....hmmmmmmmmmm...Buying a fishing license...hmmm better weight my options a little longer....well thats my two cents I may get one this year but before long I won't be able to go fishing or take anyone and will have to fish on my Playstation...say it ain't so. Best of luck to all out on the waters fishing.

What's Wrong With My Lake? The Algae Scourge

THEBASSCOLLEGE — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:09:25 GMT

More than pesky surface scum, new algae blooms are killing fish, poisoning wildlife and harming humans

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — As pollution degrades our water, it also feeds a toxic outbreak that threatens our fisheries and our future.

“We are approaching a tipping point where we might not be able to get back to what used to be,” said Dr. Ken Hudnell, a neurotoxicologist and adjunct associate research professor at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

“We could lose ecosystems, leaving only cesspools of cyanobacteria that can’t be used for recreation or drinking water.”

The growing danger for fresh water, not only in the United States but worldwide, exists in cellular populations described collectively as Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are the most notorious, and some species are potentially harmful to humans. Golden alga, a dinoflagellate, is a relentless killer of fish. Didymo is a diatom that has smothered stream-beds in several states.

All are spreading and increasing the duration and intensity of their blooms.

For example, golden algae obliterated all aquatic life in a 30-mile stretch of West Virginia’s Dunkard Creek last fall. Until that kill, it was thought to be confined mainly to brackish waters typical of rivers and reservoirs in east Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming. Now, resource managers fear that another 21 streams in the state could be at risk because of similar water conditions, as well as waterways in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky.

Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the Water Research Institute at West Virginia University, said the Dunkard incident was “the worst fish kill I’ve experienced in 21 years in West Virginia.”

In Ohio, meanwhile, the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper recently reported, “The number of [blue-green algae] blooms producing scary toxins or poisons is growing in frequency and duration in Lake Erie and many inland lakes and water-ways in Ohio and elsewhere.

“The threat is gaining attention as new testing shows the toxin microcystin from the planktonic bacteria is present in popular recreational lakes and city water supplies, including Akron’s.”

Late last summer, Western Lake Erie Waterkeeper Sandy Bihn told BASS Times, “Old-time boaters say the algae is as bad or worse than it was in the ’60s and ’70s. I think Lake Erie is poised for something awful that will make national news.”

In Florida, Hudnell said, studies have revealed that toxins from some of these blue-green blooms “are higher in drinking water than raw water because the cells are lysed during processing and release all their toxins.

“It’s very difficult to remove all cyanotoxins from drinking water, and utilities don’t monitor for them. They are only concerned about other cyanochemicals that cause taste and odor problems — and phone calls.”

In a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Earthjustice said, “Potentially toxigenic cyanobacteria have been found statewide, including river and stream systems such as the St. Johns River in the Northeast Region and the Caloosahatchee River in the Southwest Region.”

Bill Frazier, a water quality expert for a municipality as well as conservation director for the North Carolina BASS Federation Nation, has been watching the growing assault on our waters and sounding the alarm for some time.

“HABs are a type of canary in the coal mine,” he said. “The fact that they are present is an indicator of an out-of-balance ecosystems. Nothing good can outcompete them for living space. And the space we are talking about is water — the substance that allows us to live on this planet.

“Add to that the fact that HABs are exchanging genetic material in order to allow them to adapt to conditions they otherwise couldn’t tolerate, and it no longer is a wakeup call. It’s more like a piercing scream. Unfortunately, only a very few of us are listening.”

In fact, Hudnell resigned from EPA because it would not start a freshwater HAB research and control program. He and Dr. Wayne Carmichael now are leading an informal coalition of more than 500 people in lobbying for passage of the Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom Research and Control Act of 2010.

“It’s an emerging story, a fascinating story, a very scary story, and an incredibly complicated issue,” said scientist Julie Weatherington-Rice of Ohio State University. She was speaking specifically about blue-green blooms in Lake Erie and other Ohio waters, but her assessment also accurately describes the HAB problem nationally.

Why is this happening?

To simplify: All blooms benefit from four “stimulatory factors,” according to Hudnell. They are sunlight for photosynthesis, warmth (in general, the warmer the better), nutrients (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus) and calm, even stagnant, water (often brought on by drought).

“Good things just don’t happen in stagnant water,” he said. “A water body, like a human body, needs good circulation to function properly.”

But it is what we continue to discharge into our waters — dissolved solids, salts and particularly phosphorus-laden nutrients from our cities and agricultural lands — that drives this threat.

“In Lake Erie, the cure in the ’70s was the ban on phosphorus in laundry detergent, which reduced the phosphorus in the lakes,” Bihn said. “About 1995, the phosphorus curve reversed its downward trend and began once again increasing. This time, it is said to be dissolved phosphorus rather than total phosphorus.”

Hudnell added, “The No. 1 problem is too many nutrients. This allows HABs to dominate, to crowd out and shade out the good algae. As these occur for longer times and in more places, it’s going to be more and more difficult to reverse the trend.”

Cyanobacteria: A World Wide Nightmare

According to studies by the University of North Carolina, the algae bloom like engulfed Lake Atitlan last year is a world wide epidemic, endangering fresh water supplies at alarming rates

In fact, Hans Paerl, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences Professor and co-author of the Science paper, calls the algae the ‘cockroach of lakes.’ It’s everywhere and it’s hard to exterminate – but when the sun comes up it doesn’t scurry to a corner, it’s still there, and it’s growing, as thick as 3 feet in some areas.

Note: In Lake Atitlan, 85 per cent of the 30,000 acre lake was recently covered with the green scum, going as far down as 80 feet in some locations.

The algae has been linked to digestive, neurological and skin diseases and fatal liver disease in humans. It costs municipal water systems many millions of dollars to treat in the United States alone. And though it’s more prevalent in developing countries, it grows on key bodies of water across the world, including Lake Victoria in Africa, the Baltic Sea, Lake Erie and bays of the Great Lakes, Florida’s Lake Okeechobee and in the main reservoir for Raleigh, N.C.

‘This is a worldwide problem,’ said Paerl, Kenan Professor of marine and environmental sciences in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.

‘It’s long been known that nutrient runoff contributes to cyanobacterial growth. Now scientists can factor in temperature and global warming,’ said Paerl, who, with professor Jef Huisman from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, explains the new realisation in Science paper.

‘As temperatures rise waters are more amenable to blooms,’ Paerl said.

The algae also thrive in wet, soggy ground in areas experiencing periodic floods, like the U.S. Midwest. And in a drought, like the Southeastern United States is experiencing now, other algae and aquatic organisms die off, cyanobacteria thrive, waiting to explode

Warmer weather has also created longer growing seasons, and it’s enabled cyanobacteria to grow in northern waters previously too cold for their survival. Species first found in southern Europe in the 1930s now form blooms in northern Germany, and a Florida species now grows in the Southeastern U.S. Others have appeared recently places as far north as Montana and throughout Canada.

Fish and other aquatic animals and plants stand little chance against cyanobacteria. The algae crowds the surface water, shading out plants – fish food – below. The fish generally avoid cyanobacteria, so they’re left without food. And when the algae die they sink to the bottom where their decomposition can lead to extensive depletion of oxygen.

These cyanobacteria – blue-green algae – were the first plants on earth to produce oxygen.

‘It’s ironic,’ Paerl said. ‘Without cyanobacteria, we wouldn’t be here. Animal life needed the oxygen the algae produced.’ Now, however, it threatens the health and livelihood of people who depend on infested waters for drinking water or income from fishing and recreational use.

These algae that were first on the scene, Paerl predicts, will be the last to go… right after the cockroaches.

Source: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public Health Advisories

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Battle for Great Lakes heats up!

husebyc — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:13:16 GMT

Army Corp set to poison six mile section of Illnois canal tonight at 7p.m. to try and take out the Asian carp. I hope it helps at keeping them out of the great lakes. these things are distructive monters.

two big risks

bassmasterbk — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 07:07:38 GMT

I think people are under estimateing the damage and threat two fish are puting on the native wildlife. The two fish im talking about are the Asian Carp and the Bullseye Snakehead. Lets start with the Asian Carp. These monsters can grow up to 100 pounds and more then 4 feet long. They have a incredible filter feeding system that can pick out somthing the size of dust. They inhabit all through the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri rivers and many of their tributaries in the US. They are now abundant in the Mississippi River watershed from Louisiana to South Dakota and Illinois, and are close to invading the Great Lakes. The silver carp is also called the Flying carp for its tendency to leap from the water when startled. They can grow to over 40 lb (18 kg), and can leap 10 ft (3 m) in the air. 'Not as big as the Big head carp'. Many boaters traveling in uncovered high-speed watercraft have been injured by running into the fish while at speed.

Now lets talk about the Bullseye Snakehead. They are a top predators. They will eat whatever they can fit into there mouth, also can stay up to three days out of water.Officials first found out about the snakeheads in May of 2002, when a fisherman visited a government office in Annapolis, Maryland, with a photograph of an unfamiliar fish he had caught and then re-released in Crofton. Biologists soon identified the fish as a Northern Snakehead. One of the many people who converged on the pond after the initial news reports in late June captured a second adult. On two different days in early July, an angler and a fisheries biologist each pulled about six young snakeheads out of the pond; some were only two inches long, indicating that these were not simply individuals that had been released, but offspring from a breeding population. In a survey in late July, a freshwater fisheries manager captured more than 100 juvenile snakeheads estimated to be about five months old. Snake heads have been spotted in the states California, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, Arkansas Illinois, and Rhode Island.

So if u hook one of these dont relese them, instanly kill it. For better waters tomorrow.

Breaking News on New World Record Bass From Japan

WorldRecordbass — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:22:40 GMT

BREAKING NEWS SEPTEMBER 15th, 2009

IGFA receives documentation, photos on pending world record largemouth bass caught in Japan

Weight matches current IGFA record held for 77 years by Georgia's George Perry

Manabu Kurita hold his (pending) World Record Largemouth Bass. DANIA BEACH, Fla. USA, (September 15, 2009) --- Documentation for a much talked about 22 lb 4 oz largemouth bass, caught from Japan's largest lake in July, has arrived into the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) headquarters for world record recognition.
   Late Monday, the IGFA, the 70-year old non-profit fisheries conservation, education and record-keeping body, received the application for the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), caught July 2, by Manabu Kurita, 32, of Aichi, Japan. IGFA rules for fish caught outside the U.S. allows anglers 90 days to submit their applications from the date of their catch.
   IGFA conservation director Jason Schratwieser said the World All-Tackle application is currently under review after it was received through the Japan Game Fish Association (JGFA).
   Schratwieser said the application stated the bass weighed 10.12 kg (22 lbs 4 ozs) and was pulled from Lake Biwa an ancient reservoir northeast of Kyoto. Photos and video were also submitted with the written documentation.
   Kurita's fish would tie the current record held for over 77 years by George Perry caught on Georgia's Montgomery Lake, June 2, 1932, near Jacksonville, Georgia.
   In North America the largemouth bass, and especially the All-Tackle record, is considered by millions of anglers as the "holy grail" of freshwater fish because of its popularity and the longevity of Perry's record.
   Largemouth bass have also been introduced in many countries and in Japan fisheries officials consider it an invasive species. In addition, because bass are not native and are stocked in Japan, many speculated that the big bass was a sterile triploid. However when biologists in Japan examined the ova of the big female they concluded that the fish was not triploid.
   IGFA World Records Coordinator Becky Wright reported Kurita's fish measured 27.20 inches in length and an almost equal girth of 26.77 inches. She said Kurita was using a blue gill as live bait trolling through a canal.
   A decision by the IGFA of whether Kurita's fish will tie Perry's record may take up to a month.
   "We have a formal relationship with our sister organization, the Japan Game Fish Association where they first collect and review record applications for fish caught in Japan," said Schratwieser. "It works out well because they not only translate applications but can also contact the angler if more documentation is needed.
   "We still have a number of questions to ask them and Kurita regarding local laws and the area he caught it in while he was trolling through a canal on the lake," said Schratwieser.
   "We hope to make an announcement in three to four weeks."
   Annually the IGFA publishes a comprehensive list of current records on nearly 1100 species of fresh and saltwater fish across the globe in its highly acclaimed World Record Game Fishes (WRGF) book which is divided into all-tackle, line classes, fly, and junior record categories.
   The IGFA has been recognized as the official keeper of world saltwater fishing records since its founding in 1939. In 1978 it added the field of freshwater record-keeping when Field & Stream magazine transferred its 68 years of records to the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, the association's world headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.
   The IGFA is a not-for-profit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rule making and record keeping. IGFA members are located in over 125 countries and territories. The IGFA welcomes visitors to its interactive Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum in Dania Beach, Florida.

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BASS THE MOVIE

THEBASSCOLLEGE — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:20:35 GMT

Bass: The Movie is a road trip through California in search of trophy bass.

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Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

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Running Time: 90 minutes.

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BREAKING NEWS! IGFA Makes LIVE Announcement On World Record Bass!

THEBASSCOLLEGE — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:03:37 GMT

The IGFA will make a live announcement read the whole story now at Northeast Trophy Bass

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Skeet Reese Takes Phillies Pitcher Fishing

THEBASSCOLLEGE — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:44:34 GMT

Roy Halladay is widely considered the best pitcher in baseball, and on May 29, he threw the 20th perfect game in major league history. It was a cause for celebration that will last until the season is over, thanks to his team, the Philadelphia Phillies.

Skeet Reese

2009 Bassmaster Classic champion Skeet Reese

That's when the Phils have arranged for the 2003 A.L. Cy Young Award winner to go fishing with one of the bass world's best, Skeet Reese.

Halladay was born and raised in Colorado and is a lifelong outdoors lover, so the fishing trip is a perfect choice for the six-time All Star.

For his part, Reese has taped a message to Halladay that will be played for the pitcher prior to the Phillies' home game on Saturday against the San Diego Padres. The fishing trip will take place after the baseball season ends in October, when Halladay hopes to lead the Phils to their third straight appearance in the World Series.

Glenn Beck Attacks Steve vonbrandt

THEBASSCOLLEGE — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:18:24 GMT

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Pigeon River Fishing

smcgill — Sat, 29 May 2010 03:52:38 GMT

Since the EPA imposed regulation of Champion Paper plant in Canton, NC, the fish population in the Cocke County, TN stretch of the Pigeon River has recovered and is flourishing. Smallmouth, Spotted, Largemouth, Whites, Stripes, Redeye, Cat, Red Ear, Blue Gill, Sawgeye, Drum, Carp and many other species are abundant. Especially the last seven years, fishermen in this region have enjoyed improved fishing conditions as well as increased size and agression of gamefish. This tells me that the fish are healthy, feeding good and facing a secure future. If you have ever fished the Pigeon, you will understand why we, as fishermen, must keep our sights set far ahead to prevent the type of conditions that caused our beloved waterway to once be named "The Dead Pigeon River".

fishing in Washington Sates

Robert — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:23:41 GMT

fish lake Sammamish with some luck

got a mix's bag but it was fun (Perch & Cutthroat)

as you can Im not one for work on this PC

Testing

workdawg — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:55:12 GMT

Test
" Keep It Between The Ditches On The Way To The Fishin Hole"