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rodflyfishing2.com  Under repair Sask. outdoor campers brave chilly prairie temps A group of chilly campers braved the winter elements this weekend. Learn To Winter Camp with SaskOutdoors was held this weekend in Lumsden at the Living Skies Retreat and Conference Centre, about 30 kilometres northwest of Regina. "It's not as bad as people are making it out to be," said Colin Frey, wilderness guide and owner of Renewed By Nature. "Winter camping can be quite fun and quite pleasant." Campers at the retreat learned how to choose appropriate winter sites. (Living Skies Retreat and Conference Centre ) Campers bundled up and spent 24 hours eating and sleeping outdoors, at times in sub-zero temperatures. Other scheduled activities included: Lessons on winter campcraft, cooking, site selection, trip planning and back country travel. Staying warm When temperatures dropped, Sask Outdoors member Taniya Heuchert took the group out on a hike to en
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http://www.rodflyfishing2.com EAGLE RIVER AREA Perch are found around the deeper weeds. Using slip bobber rigs tipped with minnows or a piece of red worm should catch you a bunch. Crappies are in the deeper weeds and around lay-downs, so a slip bobber rig tipped with small minnow or plastic will work on these. Largemouths will be found around structure. Throwing spinnerbaits and plastic will work around pads and reeds. Northern are in the deeper weeds as the shallow weeds start to die. Walleye anglers will catch pike while jigging the deepest weed edges. Walleyes are also on the rock piles. Minnows are working better now. As the month goes on, these fish will start moving towards the deeper breaks.  Every strategy is working for muskies. As the water starts to cool off, muskies will start moving to the deepest of weed edges.

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www.rod-fly-fishing2.com The walleye bite is on!  Walleyes increasing in numbers still along the south shore, Long Point, Zippel Bay, Lighthouse Gap, Four Mile Bay and in river.  Anglers picking through small fish to fill live wells with 18-19 inch walleyes. Walleyes have the feed bags on. 18-30 feet holding fish. Anchor up with a jig with a shiner minnow. Pink, pink/white and gold have been the best colors. Reefs holding fish as well. Rainy River anglers finding more success each day.  Shiners still moving in river.  Vertical jigging tipped with a shiner is best method. Some anglers trolling crankbaits with success as well.  Smallmouth bass, pike and crappies showing up. Good numbers of sturgeon of all sizes being caught with some over 50″ and 60″. Up at the Northwest Angle, in MN waters, jig and a minnow/shiner will fill your live well. Areas of best success between islands in current areas with depths ranging from 13-26.’ Fish are really hungry and are packing on the pound

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Agents discover Lake Sturgeon in state's waters

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www.rod-fly-fishing2.com Agents discover Lake Sturgeon in state's waters By Margaret Slayton News-Press Now Sep 3, 2017  ( 0 )     Buy Now Agents discover Lake Sturgeon in state's waters University of Missouri student Michael Moore surgically implants a transmitter into a Lake Sturgeon while research assistant Brandon Brooke maintains care of the fish. Results from the research indicate the fish can swim hundreds of miles in Missouri’s waterways. Submitted photo    Fisheries biologists from the Missouri Department of Conservation have discovered Lake Sturgeon are once again swimming hundreds of miles through the state’s waterways. Lake Sturgeon were once common in the state’s rivers, but by the 1970s overharvest and changes to the rivers caused their numbers to plummet. The conservation department listed the species as a state endangered fish in 1974 and banned its harvest. Since 1984, the state agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic

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