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Fishermen take any available luckMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:06PMFishermen take their luck where they find it, and it usually comes in unusual ways.

Champion of the worldSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:01PMWHILE Ireland’s top athletes deservedly basked in front-page publicity following their magnificent achievements in international sporting events this year, a new world fly-casting champion from Co Clare received virtually no publicity for his historic accomplishment.

Eye of the record: 'Pretty ugly' pink salmon turns out to be a beauty holder: 'Pretty ugly' pink salmon turns out to ...Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 12:28PMEvery Alaskan knows pink salmon are the last thing an angler wants on the line. But when Philip Block of Niceville, Fla., a former Anchorage resident, landed a pink last week while fishing for rainbow trout and Dolly Varden, he was ecstatic.

Rivers are still good for smallmouth bassThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:42PMHurricane Earl not expected to impact shore fishing on Sunday, Labor Day Hurricane Earl is smashing into the East Coast, but it's expected to blow through Delaware and New Jersey very quickly on Friday, making for a windy day on Saturday but beautiful weather on Sunday and Monday to end the holiday weekend.

Mountain HighThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:02AMFor many of you, Labor Day weekend means packing up the car, getting out of Dodge, and heading to the nearest vast expanse of wooded land for a weekend of good old fashioned backcountry adventure. If you're all about tradition, then go ahead, stick to that routine.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Secret location keeps on giving us troutThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:26AMWhen state geologist Douglass Houghton and his assistant, Bela Hubbard, explored the wilds of northern Michigan in the 1840s, they noted that brook trout were absent or rare in most rivers.

River monstersThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:06AMCourtesy Photo Brittany O'Masters, 12, of Coeur d'Alene, caught a 33-inch, 11-pound pike in the Clark Fork River in Superior, Mont., on Aug. 4.

Summit County weekly fishing reportMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:04PMFRISCO — Although some recent rain has risen flows and blown out a few stream beds, Zeke Hersh said anglers shouldn't seek cover when they see approaching clouds.

COLUMN: Fishing is not about catching fishMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:37PMI check the clock again. Surely it s not 7 a.m. already. But a glance at the gathering light in the windows of the river cabin suggests that the clock is keeping good time.