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EDITOR'S NOTE In observance of the Independence Day holiday, we will not be publishing editions on Friday, July 3. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend. COMPETITIONS
The Buckeye Division of the $8 million Walmart Bass Fishing League® will visit the Ohio River in Huntington, West Virginia, July 11 for the third of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers may be taking to the waters of the Potomac River July 11 as the Shenandoah Division of the BFL visits Woodbridge, Virginia for the fourth of their five regular-season tournaments. It will be three down and two events to go when the Illini Division of the Bass Fishing League completes their event on the Mississippi River in Fort Madison, Iowa on July 11. CONTESTS This week 50 specially tagged striped bass - one genuine Diamond Jim and 49 imposters -- were released into the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The real Diamond Jim is now worth $20,000 cash if caught by midnight July 31, 2009, and the 49 Diamond Jim imposters are worth $500 each for the duration of the 2009 Maryland Fishing Challenge, The Search for Diamond Jim. FISHERIES With returns of sockeye salmon predicted to be in excess of needs for wild fish escapement to the spawning grounds, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is announcing dates for sockeye retention on parts of the upper Columbia River. It has been slated for closure under Washington's recent budget cuts, but the Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT) have agreed to cover fish production costs at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Colville Fish Hatchery. Under the one-year agreement, CCT will provide $108,000 to produce 4,542 pounds of trout and kokanee salmon fry, plus enhanced kokanee production.
The harvest of blue crabs from traps will not be allowed from July 10 through July 19 in Florida's Broward through Pasco counties' waters. This closure will give authorized groups the opportunity to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the coastal and inland waters in this area. INVASIVE SPECIES A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service assessment crew will conduct work offshore of Conneaut Creek in Ashtabula County, the Grand River in Lake County and in the Huron River in Erie County, Ohio during July 7-16 to detect the presence of sea lampreys. PARTNERSHIPS
Outdoor Channel (NASDAQ: OUTD) announces it will serve as a multi-year official partner for the Fly Fishing Film Tour (FFFT). FFFT is a well-established annual series of events that premiere the country's best independent outdoor and fishing features. RECORDS An angler from Utica is the new holder of the New York state record for brook trout. Tom Yacovella reeled in a five-pound 4 and one-half ounce brook from Requette Lake in Hamilton County to break the old record by more than five ounces. RULE CHANGE The hatchery spring chinook salmon fishery for the "Middle Reach" of Washington's Yakima River has been extended through July 15. OK, Admit it.... As the Independence Day holiday approaches, I'm not going to try and fire you up with an inspirational message about what July 4 symbolizes to our nation. If you're not aware of the fact that Independence Day celebrates just that - independence - then I'm not going to educate you in a couple of hundred words. |
Fishing Wire Snapshot - Week Of June 29, 2009  Professional guide and angler Paul Fournier of Andover, Minnesota holds a twenty-five inch walleye taken recently on Minnesota's famous Lake Mille Lacs. Gary A. Engberg photo.
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