Barry Brown wanders out to the headlands of North Stradbroke Island every day with a camera in hand, hoping he’ll capture something special – like a whale spouting or a fur seal resting on a rock.

Last week, Brown was in his usual spot near Whale Rock, at the South Gorge walk on the island south-east of Brisbane, hunting for birds to photograph.

Several osprey had flown in from their nearby nest that morning to joust ove…….

A kayak bass fishing team is putting Upstate New York on the map in a new national league.

“When you’re fishing in a tournament, time is of the essence,” explained Bryan Nunziato, a professional angler with the new Empire New York team.

For him, the morning starts with prep work, including choosing rods, pre-hooking bait and checking equipment.

Nunziato and the rest of Empire New York are in the middle of a busy season of tournament play. The team is competing in th…….

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2022/07/23/open-champ-cameron-smith-and-billy-horschel-contend-fishing-event/10135054002/

…….

Lodi, Calif., resident Sammy Lang caught this Lahontan cutthroat trout using night crawlers in the East Fork of the Carson River. The fish was 2 feet long, weighing about 3 pounds. East Fork Resort photo

Hello fellow anglers.

The heat is on, and the fish are taking a vacation. With the recent extreme temps, the rivers are getting lower, and the water temps are rising. The fish have not flown south…….

Cliff Mundinger
 |  Democrat outdoors editor

Let’s start with a huge congratulations to local BASS professional angler, Drew Cook, for winning his first tournament on the Elite series.

For those of you not familiar with professional bass fishing, these are the best bass anglers on the planet. Drew beat 94 others by sight fishing. His four-day total weighed over 105 pounds. That’s 20 total bass. Do that math and it equals some g…….

The following fishing reports are provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the week of March 23:

LAKE BROWNWOOD

Fishing is slow.  Water stained; 53-56 degrees; 2.29 feet low.

Black bass are slow with catches up to 5.5-pounds in the main lake in 8-10 feet of water in the bushes on crankbaits, and in 2-7 feet of water in bushes on spinnerbaits, and spinnerbaits or senkos up the rivers.

White bass are slow on Lit’l Fishies and crankbaits in…….

“Get people excited to go fishing. Like all I want to do is get them to go fishing, get them excited to go fishing,” said Gary Huntley.

When Huntley isn’t teaching English at Cape Fear Community College, he’s running The Fisherman’s Post, a local newspaper in Wilmington dedicated to keeping anglers informed.

Twelve years ago, Huntley founded a fishing school — giving local fishers an opportunity to become more educated about the i…….

Photo by Steve Peperak

Put-and-take trout anglers will have their day this Saturday, March 26, as the traditional opening day kicks off at 5:30 a.m. throughout Maryland. This is a wonderful time for our younger anglers to achieve success in catching some trout, and for adults to share it with them. Maryland Department of Natural Resources hatchery crews and biologists have been working hard to get all of the trout out this week, and we hope you have a wonderful…….

An event next week in Springfield is expected to draw around a half a million visitors to the city.

The Bass Pro Shops World’s Fishing Fair will be held March 30 through April 3 at the company’s national headquarters in Springfield. The event will feature exhibitions, vendors, seminars, concerts by country music stars and visits by bass fishing pros, including Jimmy Houston and Roland Martin. The lineup of country music recording artists inclu…….

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Rescuers on Monday were continuing to search for one person still missing a day after a chartered fishing boat carrying 10 people sank in a storm off the New Zealand coast. A helicopter rescued five people from the sea, and four bodies have been recovered.

The 17-meter (56-foot) boat got into trouble and its emergency beacon was activated at 8 p.m. Sunday off North Cape on the northern coast. A helicopter became the first search and rescue vehi…….