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One of the biggest Chinook salmon ever recorded in California was found dead of natural causes in lower Battle Creek near Red Bluff last month. Department of Fish and Game (DFG) biologists measured to estimate what the live weight of the dead fish would have been. A standard size-to-weight formula was used to determine approximate live weight. Based on measurements of the fish (51 inches long), it could have surpassed the current state angling record for a Chinook salmon. It was estimated to have been between five and six years of age.

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The same material that the U.S. military uses to build Predator drones and spy satellites has become available to the masses; in a fishing rod. Unidirectional carbon fiber, a common carbon mesh, received a super-light lift in government labs, prompting its secret classification.

But government insiders have hobbies, too. One man, whose name cannot be released, decided to work with Orvis, an outdoors supplier, to create the ultimate fly fishing rod. He learned that the military was using a new kind of composite, a carbon fiber woven to be strong in every direction, but with 25 percent less weight than normal carbon mesh.

More exciting still, the new material weighs less than traditional fishing rods.

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Get ready for lots of angling action because one hundred thousand rainbow trout will grace the Urban Fishing Program waters in the Valley of the Sun and Tucson areas this winter season, with the first installment coming Thursday, Nov. 13.

“In these challenging economic times, it’s terrific to have enjoyable fishing close to home that also provides healthy low calorie meals – rainbow trout,” said Eric Swanson, Urban Fisheries Program manager for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

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Fishing Tip:
When fishing in thick grass, use braided line (such as Spiderwire or Berkley Fireline) instead of monofilament. Braid cuts through the vegetation during the fight and is more sensitive. But be careful with braid and keep your fingers clear of the line when you set the hook and fight the fish; it can cut your skin, too.

Northwest Arkansas

Beaver Lake:

As of Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports the lake’s elevation at 1,125.97 feet MSL.

JT’s Crappie Guide Service (479-640-3980) said bass have been hitting a variety of lures all over the lake. Try spinnerbaits and buzzbaits fished along and through flooded timber early in the day. Later, try a hula grub fished along and in docks. Crappie fishing is decent. Try working a chartreuse Shinee Hinee or a chartreuse curly tail grub over brush piles 15 to 25 feet deep. Most fish have been suspended 5 to 10 feet deep. White bass are few and far between, but a few small fish can be caught off main-lake points and on the edge of main-lake flats. Jigging spoons have been effective. Bluegill fishing has been excellent. Try crickets or worms along and in docks 5-10 feet deep. Catfish have been biting well from the bank in the evening on worms and liver.

Southtown Sporting Goods (479-443-7148)said the water is high. Crappie are biting fairly well on live minnows and jigs. Bass are fair on CC spoons. Catfishing is slow, but a few have been caught on crickets. Overall, the fishing has been slow.

Lake Fayetteville:

Lake Fayetteville Boat Dock (479-444-3476) had no report.

Lake Sequoyah:

Lake Sequoyah Boat Dock (479-444-3475)said the water is clear and at normal pool. Bream are fair on crickets and worms fished around weed beds and treetops in 3 to 4 feet of water. Crappie are fair on minnows and Roadrunner jigs fished around stumps in 8 feet of water. Bass are biting well on spinnerbaits, soft-plastic worms and jigs fished around rocks and brush in 8 feet of water. Catfishing is fair on cut bream, shad and chicken liver in 8 to 20 feet of water.

Sugarloaf Lake:

Midland Minimart (479-639-9467)had no report.

Arkansas River Levels

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Weekly Fishing Report

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Randy Zellers(501)223-6406, e-mail:
rdzellers@agfc.state.ar.us

November 19, 2008 Edition

This is the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s fishing report for November 19. If there is a body of water you would like included in this report, please call or e-mail us with information on possible sources for that lake or river.

Fishing Tip:

When fishing in thick grass, use braided line (such as Spiderwire or Berkley Fireline) instead of monofilament. Braid cuts through the vegetation during the fight and is more sensitive. But be careful with braid and keep your fingers clear of the line when you set the hook and fight the fish; it can cut your skin, too.

Arkansas River Levels



are available at :
http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/Reports/Daily/Pao_rvrs.txt

White River Levels



are available at :
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/forecast/tributaries/status_white.shtml

Statewide Family and Community Fishing Report:

The last catfish stockings for the year are complete and all program ponds are producing eating-size catfish. Catfishing is beginning to slow with the cold weather, but the trout stockings are right around the corner. For more information on stockings, call toll-free 1-866-540-FISH (3474).

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For more info about outdoor recreation in the Natural State, visit: AGFC

ATHENS, Texas-The Budweiser ShareLunker program is looking for people willing to help care for big largemouth bass that anglers donate to the program.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) fisheries biologist David Campbell will travel anywhere in the state to retrieve a big fish with the goal of having the fish receiving care within 12 hours of being caught.

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Lake Conroe, Texas - The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) has announced a monumental partnership with the Professional Anglers Association (PAA) to be the championship event of the inaugural PAA Tournament Series. The PAA Tournament Series is a three-event competition that brings the best anglers from all professional levels together for the first time in history. The TTBC will now be held October 16 - 18 on Lake Conroe, as the culmination of this historic event.

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To maintain high quality catfish fishing in Alabama, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources? Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division has enacted a new regulation. Only one catfish longer than 34 inches may be harvested each day by an angler. Live blue catfish or flathead catfish longer than 34 inches cannot be transported out of Alabama without approval in writing from the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. This regulation only affects catfish 34 inches or longer.

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BENTON, Kentucky - FLW Outdoors has announced entry dates for the 2009 Walmart Bass Fishing League, the nation’s largest and most rewarding weekend bass-fishing circuit featuring more than $9 million in prize money distributed through 28 geographic divisions.

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CALHOUN, GEORGIA - The once eliminated, prehistoric-looking lake sturgeon is making a return to Georgia’s waters. Decades have passed since these fish, described by some as "shark-like" and "weird," inhabited their native waters in the Coosa River Basin and Etowah River. Thanks to recent stocking efforts, the species now has a chance to reestablish a population and one day thrive again in these Georgia rivers.

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There are two snook harvest seasons closing in December. The first snook closure starts on December 1 in all of Florida?s Gulf of Mexico, Everglades National Park and Monroe County coastal and inland waters. The harvest season for snook will remain closed until March 1 in these areas.

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