The best fishing is out in the bay thereabouts - and will get better when an dif the sea-run fish arrive. On one of his last trips on the bay, Sandra Walker of Washington was aboard, holding a double rigged trolling rod and asking him if it was possible to catch two stripers at once. To me it sounds like a good way to bring home the beans - though the way the fish were biting for Dale before he made the big switch Thursday as the resident honker season opened, I might have stayed trolling...

It was a highly prized contest that treated 20 winning couples or companions Thursday to a luxurious reception and lodging gratis for a night at this 120-room resort-style hotel in Lake Sumter Landing. To give you an idea of the community s interest in the hotel, Tierney said, the management company collected nearly 10,000 contest entry forms from Villagers anxious to win a night s lodging. This was an evening of merriment where Villagers of all walks of life enjoyed their favorite...

Officers with local law-enforcement agencies believe the body almost certainly is the motorcycle operator, but no official confirmation or identification had been issued at press time. The motorcycle did not return to the northbound lane and struck [a 2002 Ford pickup truck] as it was driving south on the Channel 2 Bridge, says the initial FHP statement on the crash at mile marker 72. The motorcycle operator reportedly pulled into the southbound lane on the Channel 2 Bridge to pass other...

There are no fryers or ovens, but rather a large flattop grill and stacks of saut pans to cook shrimp, scallops or filets of fish that are finished off in an open broiler. For 32 years, the owners of the Sea Chest restaurant in Cambria have kept luring back customers who want consistency in their seafood and their service. Karen waited tables and made the desserts while Jim cooked, taking customer recommendations on how to prepare a variety of shellfish in their exhibition kitchen. The...

These events were by invitation, and were formal shoots that included afternoon picnics and after-shoot parties in the farmyards. Farmers with fencerows or wood lots planted anywhere from six to 16 rows of sunflowers along fencerows and the shady sides of woodlots, knowing the normal row-crops wouldn't yield as much crop. If you farm or, for that matter, have a large yard with tall trees for shade, you know that crops from corn or soybeans or even grass doesn't grow as well in the shade....

Josef Hebert Associated Press Writer / November 15, 2007 WASHINGTON--Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of the turtles are killed annually by commercial fishing and because of coastal development. Josef Hebert Associated Press Writer / November 15, 2007 WASHINGTON--Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare...

us Printer friendly version Cabela's, Scheels competition makes area small-business owners ill at ease RAY HAGAR RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Posted: 11/18/2007 advertisement An outdoor market advertisement Andy Scholz, owner of The Gilly Fishing Store in Sparks, is wary about the future of his business. us Printer friendly version Cabela's, Scheels competition makes area small-business owners ill at ease RAY HAGAR RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Posted: 11/18/2007 advertisement An outdoor market...

On the flensing floor, the men blessed it with rice wine -- then hacked through blubber and sinew with long-handled knives, slicing vermilion flesh from the massive spine. Even though the 1986 international moratorium on commercial whaling applies more to the high seas than to Japanese coastal outfits, it has severely cut supply, driving prices higher and speeding the meat's plunge in popularity. Then butchers at this Japanese fishing village went to work, turning a motorized winch to haul...

Fish might not be as big as at other Southland lakes, but that's not the most important thing. These "exotics," says assistant manager Jimmy Getty, help separate Irvine Lake from other privately run Southland fisheries, which, similarly, do not require a fishing license but charge about $20 for admission. These days the gray-haired, semi-retired machinist visits the Silverado reservoir at least twice a week during trout season. He cannot count the number of rainbows that have danced at the...