DSORe eNews S651

VOL: eNews DECEMBER 17, 2011  ISSUE: SHOW #651
•All snowmobile trails lead to Mercer, Wisconsin • Christmas gift idea: Billy Barnstorm by Joel Vance   • Dan hunts pheasants at Dark Acres Pheasant Hunts • Jeff heads for the NAIFC Championship in Rhinelander	or eMail: outdoorsradio@gmx.com
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Biologists seek feedback on Lake Michigan salmon stocking MADISON -- Five years after cutting the number of chinook stocked in Lake Michigan by 25 percent, Wisconsin and three other states are reviewing if the reduction worked and encouraging anglers to weigh in. "We cut the lake-wide stocking quite a bit five years ago to better balance the trout and salmon out there with the available food supply. We said at that time we'd review how it worked," says Bill Horns, Great Lakes fisheries specialist for the Department of Natural Resources. Read more here ...
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JOEL VANCE Outdoors writer, blogger and humorist talks about his book, Billy Barnstorm, the Birch Lake Bomber, a collection of hilarious short stories set in fictional Birch Lake Wisconsin in the 1950s TINA BRUNELL Administrator for the Mercer, Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce reports on winter outdoor fun in the Mercer area JIM O'BRIEN Jiffy pro-staffer and fishing guide at Dancing With Walleyes, shares some tips for early-ice walleyes DUFFY KOPF | Jiffy and HT Enterprises pro-staffer, reports there is still some open-water fishing on the Madison Chain, but some folks are starting to ice fish in the shallows
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Ice fishing gains 110,000 anglers over the last decade MADISON – One hundred ten thousand people can't be wrong. That's how many more Wisconsinites are ice fishing these days than a decade ago, according to results from a recently released national recreation survey. "Clearly more people are getting interested in ice fishing in Wisconsin, which is great," says Mike Staggs, Wisconsin's fisheries director. "It's a low cost way to try fishing or to extend your season if you're a veteran open water angler. It's as easy as drilling a hole -- or finding a hole someone else left behind -- and using some basic equipment to catch some fish for dinner." An estimated 590,700 Wisconsinites 16 and over report they ice fish, up from 479,900 in 2000, according to the most recent National Survey on Recreation and the Environment. Department of Natural Resources staff are using results from the federally funded survey and other studies to develop its 2011-2016 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Terry Margenau, a DNR fish supervisor in Spooner and an avid ice angler, credits the sport's growing popularity to several factors, perhaps primarily to the development of specialized ice fishing gear. "I'm not talking just about the basics, but more on the creature comforts side and, of course, technology," he says. "I have never been one to freeze my buns off for a fish, so have always traveled with a shelter and a heater. "But now shelters have evolved drastically to be light and made of high quality fabric, heaters are better and safer, and take your pick on sleds to transport your gear. Not to mention the apparel now available to keep you warm. Anglers are equipped to catch fish and be comfortable while doing it." Read more here: FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Margenau   – (715) 635-4162
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