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The Alabama Rig legality in the Great Lakes states and province
By djkimmel on Mar 10, 2012 | In News, Products, Bass Fishing, Fishing, MI Dept of Natural Resources, State Province Fisheries & Wildlife, WI Dept of Natural Resources, IN Dept of Natural Resources, IL Dept of Natural Resources, MN Dept of Natural Resources, NY Dept of Environmental Conservation, OH Dept of Natural Resources, PA Fish and Boat Commission, Ont Ministry of Natural Resources, IA Dept of Natural Resources
GreatLakesBass.com has compiled regulations by state and province around the Great Lakes region for fishing with castable umbrella rigs like The Alabama Rig. This information is confirmed by official government sources for each state or province as of 3/18/2012 (please see disclaimer at the end of this article). In alphabetical order:
Lake Michigan Brown Trout Reels in New Wisconsin State Record
By djkimmel on Aug 2, 2010 | In Fishing, State Province Fisheries & Wildlife, WI Dept of Natural Resources
41 pound 8 ounce monster possible new world record
News Release Published: July 29, 2010 by the Central Office
MADISON – It’s official: the 41 pound, 8 ounce brown trout Roger Hellen of Franksville caught in Lake Michigan on July 16 is now a Wisconsin state record fish.
The Department of Natural Resources received Hellen’s application earlier this week and has confirmed the new state record, which smashes the old record by nearly 5 pounds. The previous record was 36 pounds 8.9 ounces and 40.5 inches for a fish caught August 23, 2004, in Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County.
Endangered sturgeon fish flourishing in Wisconsin
By djkimmel on May 2, 2010 | In News, Outdoors, Fishing
From DailyFinance:
By CARRIE ANTLFINGERAP
SHAWANO, Wis. -It's been a tough fight for the whisker-snouted sturgeon.
The fish survived whatever killed the dinosaurs and have struggled against habitat destruction and overfishing. Now many of its 25 species are endangered, but a small pocket in upper Wisconsin boasts of having one of the world's largest concentrations of the fish.
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/9lAx1U
