Fishing Reports News

FRESHWATER Barrett: The 148 anglers checked: 179 bass, 291 bluegill and 2 crappie, all released. Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Chollas: The 292 youngsters 15 and under reported 43 bass, 49 trout, 153 channel catfish, 213 bluegill, 23 carp. Jose Garcia, 10, first five-fish limit of channel catfish. Nicole Vargas, 10, first time fishing, [...]

Fisheries authority rejects Antarctic fishing zone claims The Australian Fisheries Management Authority says claims by environmental groups that a Japanese company has been granted a licence to fish for patagonian toothfish in Australia’s Antarctic fishing zone are simply untrue.
Environmental groups, including Greenpeace, have claimed the Australian Government has granted a Japanese company access to the [...]

Fishing crew safe after boat fire off Nfld. Seven crew members from Bay de Verde, Newfoundland are back safe at home Sunday after a fire broke out on board their fishing boat almost 200 kilometres from St. John’s.
The MacKenzie’s Dream, a 65-foot crab boat, was fishing for shrimp on the Funk Island banks on Saturday [...]

State officials could relax restrictions on walleye fishing in 2006
MONROE, Mich. State officials say they may allow a return to April and May walleye fishing in Lake Erie in 2006.
That’s as a result of a recovering fish population.
This year’s walleye season begins Wednesday. It’s the second shortened season with limits on both the size and [...]

Fishing rights policy unveiled Government today unveiled its final policy on the allocation of long-term marine fishing rights, despite trade union calls for a moratorium on issuing the policy and threats of strike action.
The document’s release, which includes a timetable of the rights allocation process, comes after a group of about 50 trade unionists and [...]