by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 13, 2019
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) 2019-2020 High School Fishing Program offers high school fishing clubs or teams the opportunity to apply for the Florida Sport Fish Restoration R3 Fishing Grant. This grant program is focused on recruiting...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 6, 2019
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) confirms Bill Babler of Blue Eye is now the new state-record holder for brown trout after catching a monster 40-pound, 6-ounce fish at Lake Taneycomo Sept. 4 using a pole-and-line. The previous state brown trout record was...
by Larry Weishuhn | Sep 5, 2019
Catching lots of hungry catfish, with good friends aboard, makes for a great day on the water. “We’ll spend the night at Jeff and Courtney Blankinship’s Broken Stone Ranch near Grand Saline,” my old friend said over the phone. “Then we’ll get up early the next morning...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Aug 28, 2019
With more ethanol than ever before being served up at the nation’s gas station pumps this Labor Day holiday weekend, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) cautions America’s recreational boaters to avoid filling up with “Regular 88” fuel on...
by Michael Altizer | Aug 22, 2019
Carl Lear loved his father’s fly rod. At eight years old, he couldn’t remember a time when that rod had not been a part of his life, as it would continue to be for the rest of his days. The rod was a deep golden color with matching fly line that was much easier for...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Aug 22, 2019
Want to learn how or to be better at fly fishing? Our longtime fly fishing columnist Todd Tanner has been writing about the sport on a national level since his days as a fly fishing guide on the Henry’s Fork, the Madison and the Yellowstone more than 25 years ago. Now...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Aug 12, 2019
The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed at background concentrations in Southwest Florida and Northwest Florida over the past week. Additional details are provided below. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background...
by Tom Keer | Aug 9, 2019
About a decade ago, my wife Angela and I took advantage of the cool fall temperatures that were delivered on an East wind to scour the beaches for striped bass. There was a cleanliness in the air, the kind only found along the coast. The wind had pushed offshore fish...
by Craig Springer | Jul 31, 2019
The past is indeed present at the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives in Spearfish, South Dakota. The facility is dedicated to preserving images, documents and objects related to fisheries conservation. In fact, the archive is located at one of the...
by Scott E. Mayer | Jul 30, 2019
Operation Eastbound. 7/31 3:15 p.m. An accident on Interstate 20 has us delayed by about three hours, and that might have been fortuitous because it meant we entered Mississippi during the day and one of the first things I smelled was fresh cut grass. This was not...
