Pennsylvania Fishing News

Fishing around for the news swimming around your neck of the woods. Pennsylvania is certainly not short of little nooks filled with spots to play. Read about the latest catch in your area. Below is a compilation of articles that highlight news on the fishing success stories, environmental interferences and changes that will keep you on top of your game.

• Steelhead anglers gathering on Lake Erie tributaries: The Tribune-Democrat, PA. A valid Pennsylvania fishing license and a Lake Erie trout stamp (good for Lake Erie tributaries and all other streams in the state) gives any angler the right ... Oct 21, 2006
• Dead fish on Susquehanna River: Allentown Morning Call, PA - 9 hours ago... Reports about dead and dying fish first surfaced in July, and a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission investigation determined the outbreak was caused by a ... February 28, 2006
• Bass Fishing Pro Dave Wolak Reveals Weirdest Catch: BassResource.com (press release) - Dave Wolak of Pennsylvania gave the moniker a new meaning a few years ago when he hooked, played and landed an actual bucket while fishing the Hudson River. ... Feb 28, 2006
• Commission ready for annual rite of late winter: Patriot-News, PA - With an eye toward the April 15 opener to the 2006 trout fishing season, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's "Great White Fleet" of stocking trucks ... Feb 26, 2006
• USA. Black Bass workshop marking 6th year of resource management: BYM News (press release), Spain - The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has announced that anglers, resource and ... Feb 26, 2006
• Fishing: Cabin Fever a fisherman's paradise: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - "It will be the end of an era, since we're the oldest fly fishing shop in Pittsburgh," said Marasco, who was elected to the Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Hall of ... Feb 25, 2006
• Anglers can get jump on trout: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, expanding on a test it ran last year, is making public the exact days when it will stock fish during the in-season ... Feb 23, 2006
• Pennsylvania Fishermen Urged to Clear Snakeheads From River: Bloomberg - ``We're encouraging anglers to harvest and kill all that they can,'' Mike Kaufmann, a biologist with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, said in an ... Feb 19, 2006
• Fishing Notebook: Moraine/Angler Outdoor Show scheduled for Butler: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Pennsylvania Steelhead Association, muskie fishing by Fombell guide Howard Wagner, fall smallmouth fishing on Lake Chautauqua and carp angling by Carp Anglers ... Feb 18, 2006
• Biologists to find out if stocked fish are staying put: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - ... stock really end up. Now, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is going to do similar research in regards to its stocked trout. ... Feb 18, 2006
• February's Top Western Region Trout Lakes: Pennsylvania Game and Fish Magazine, PA - The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocks 59 lakes during January and February ... Extended Trout Season rules are in effect, permitting anglers to keep up ... Feb 14, 2006
• Closed season for pike and pickerel may disappear: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - "To provide Pennsylvania anglers with expanded opportunities to catch and, if desired, harvest northern pike, staff are proposing a year-round open season ... Jan 26, 2006