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Understanding Winter Smallmouth Migration with Luke Clausen
Smallmouth prefer to spend time on flat surfaces looking for food. This is especially true of big smallmouth bass, where smaller sized fish spend most of their time on steeper banks.
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Help Stop the Tunnels! Celebrate the Delta's Beauty and Bounty!
Celebrate the Delta’s beauty and bounty in Mardi Gras style for a good cause! Reserve your spot by January 22nd. No tickets will be sold at the door.
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Zebra Mussels Found in Sherman’s Lake Dean Gilbert
AUSTIN—Zebra mussels have been found in Lake Dean Gilbert in the city of Sherman’s Pecan Grove Park.
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Commercial and Recreational Rock Crab and Recreational Dungeness Crab Fisheries Open in Southern Portion of the State
On Dec. 31, 2015, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Fish and Game Commission (Commission) were notified by the director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that, in consultation with the director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), a determination has been made that Dungeness and rock crab caught on the mainland coast south of 35° 40′ N Latitude (near Piedras Blancas Light Station in San Luis Obispo County) no longer poses a significant human health risk from high levels of domoic acid and that the fisheries should be opened in a manner consistent with the emergency regulations.
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A Must Read: Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open CA’s Taps
Dear friends, This article published on December 30, 2015 in the New York Times, "Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open California’s Taps" is a must read! It's not just the tunnels. Whether the tunnels are built or not, unless we stop the over pumping of the Delta at the Tracy pumps, the Delta will collapse. And here is what those South of Delta water users are all about, excerpt: "A water utility on paper, Westlands in practice is a formidable political force, a $100 million-a-year agency with five lobbying firms under contract in Washington and Sacramento, a staff peppered with former federal and congressional powers, a separate political action committee representing farmers and a government-and-public-relations budget that topped $950,000 last year."Read the New York Times article here.Have a joyous 2016!
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Reservations accepted for annual Game and Fish Commission Awards Banquet
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission will recognize 16 people during the 2015 Commission Awards event, which will commend national, state and local leaders, wildlife advocates and volunteers for their work to support the state’s wildlife. The event will be Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Arizona Grand Resort at 8000 S. Arizona Grand Parkway in Phoenix.
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Game and Fish offers 10 ideas for a better 2016
Time is running out on 2015. As we reflect on the changes we want – or need – to make in the new year, how about adding an outdoors resolution to the list? The Arizona Game and Fish Department offers 10 simple resolutions, any one of which should be easy for an outdoors enthusiast to stick to:
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CDFW Seeks Natural Resource Volunteers for North Coast Area
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting applications for its Natural Resource Volunteer Program (NRVP) to serve in the Eureka area.
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January 2016 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Calendar
Weekends — Sandhill Crane Wetland Tour at the Woodbridge Ecological Reserve. CDFW docent-led public tours are available to view greater and lesser sandhill cranes at Woodbridge Ecological Reserve outside of Lodi, W Woodbridge Road (95242). Self-guided tours are also available and are enhanced with interpretive panels.
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Westernbass Magazine, Winter 2016
Happy Holidays! The new year is always an exciting time in our sport as all of the circuits begin to kick off for another season. WesternBass is looking forward to bringing you the news and information of 2016. We are also looking forward to you sharing your season with us. WesternBass is once again sponsoring the casting tank at the ISE in Sacramento and this year we will also be at the Phoenix ISE show sponsoring the demo tank. We invite all of you to stop by and say hi. We would love to hear from you. I would like encourage you to support our site advertisers that make WesternBass and the WesternBass.com Magazine available for your use. As most of you know, without our advertisers, WesternBass would not exist. I wish all of you the best and most prosperous NEW Year! Tight Lines! Wayne
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Warmer air and sea, declining ice continue to trigger Arctic change
Fish and walruses moving in face of new challenges - A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that air temperature in 2015 across the Arctic was well above average with temperature anomalies over land more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, the highest since records began in 1900. Increasing air and sea surface temperatures, decreasing sea ice extent and Greenland ice sheet mass, and changing behavior of fish and walrus are among key observations released today in the Arctic Report Card 2015.
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Our 10th year fighting Delta Tunnels is 8 days away!
Governor Brown’s California Water (non) Fix, aka the Delta tunnels, will devastate the Bay-Delta estuary, first through fourteen years of construction impacts that will not be mitigated, and then through operation of the project, depriving the estuary of essential fresh water flows. The Delta tunnels will transform the estuary into a stagnant, polluted, saltwater pool, unfit for urban drinking water supplies, agricultural use, recreation, business uses, fishery protections, and terrestrial species.
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USACE Wants to Recycle Your Christmas Tree as Fish Cover
The Corps will use donated trees to create fish habitat in the lake by placing fish shelters made of bundles of Christmas trees. To donate your tree drop it off from Dec. 26 until Jan. 15 at Sandy Beach boat ramp in Heber Springs, Devils Fork Park's new high-water boat ramp in the Greers Ferry/Fairfield Bay area, or Choctaw Park's boat ramp in the Clinton area. Please do not block access to the ramps for those folks wanting to launch boats.
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East Bay Developer Pleads No Contest to Felony Charges
A Dublin land developer pleaded no contest today to charges of submitting fraudulent documents to the City of Dublin in an attempt to avoid development requirements to protect two state-protected species, the California Tiger Salamander and the Red-legged frog.
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The Ned Rig - Special Bass Fishing Technique - How to rig it and fish it #Dobyns
The Ned Rig is a special technique and lure combo that is very effective when the fishing is tough. Bass Pro Tom Redington will show how to rig and how to fish it properly. Try this technique the next time you are fishing for largemouth, spotted and small mouth bass.
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Giant 1400-Foot Aquaculture Ship to Raise Salmon Offshore of Norway
It could be the start of a sustainable revolution for the Norwegian salmon farming industry, following the design of an aquaculture ship that will move salmon farming further offshore where sea lice and waste build up will no longer be serious problems.
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Arkansas Game & Fish Encourages Boaters to Clean, Drain and Dry
During winter, anglers often visit new bodies of water to track down the hot bite. But you may harbor a stowaway in your boat or equipment. Invasive species like zebra mussels can hitch rides on your equipment and spread to new bodies of water where they can take over.
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