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Wrestle catfish from the depths Legal trial for controversial legal pastime
First you strip to the waist and clamber into the river. Next, you bend under water and rootle blindly along the muddy riverbank with your bare hands. When you find a promising hole, you waggle your fingers - or toes - so alluringly that [...]
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Canada seizes Portuguese fishing boat off Atlanic OTTAWA , May 30 (Reuters) - Canada said on Monday it seized a Portuguese fishing boat off its Atlantic coast, the first time since its “Turbot War” of 1995 it has seized a foreign vessel.
The Santa Mafalda was carrying 30 crew and one observer. Its captain will face [...]
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Lake Texoma Spring Fishing Report
May 29, 2005
The morning started out at 66 degrees on Lake Texoma. It was overcast with a 6 mph south wind. Sunrise was at 6:17. Sunset will be 8:30. There will be 15 hours and 10 minutes of visible daylight. The forecast thru Wednesday is for highs around [...]
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Daily Fishing Report St. Petersburg USA There is no better time to fish the Sunshine Skyway bridge for tarpon than the nights of and immediately surrounding the new and full moon. The Egmont Hole is more productive during those evenings than any others during the month. Later in the season when we begin to “edge” [...]
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FISHING REPORT Offshore Prior to the wind picking up, Craig Hanis of Houston reported outstanding action on king mackerel while slow-trolling with sardine-baited jigs around several rigs near Galveston. The trip was topped by a 49-inch ling. He added that an orange/white skirt out-fished a blue/green shirt.
Beachfront
Increasing south wind bumped the surf and stirred sandy [...]