Reports of salivating fish have been documented around the world as anglers prepare to flip on the "eat" switch with the first biodegradable, environmentally-friendly soft bait, infused with scent-emitting Ultrabite® Pheromones.

There are swimbaits, and then there are Castaic Swimbaits- a distinction that matters greatly to anglers the likes of Southern California's Mike Long, perhaps the finest swimbait tactician alive.

Okay, okay, before you peg me as a purist who thinks all baiters are slobs, hear me out. If you watch a spin feeder or camp near a pile of sugar beets, I’m not going to attack your character or question your allegiance to the flag. But I do think that if you gave up the bait, we’d all be better off.

A recent action by the Obama administration has left anglers and the fishing industry scratching their heads. Last week, the National Park Service (NPS) suddenly announced it would ban lead fishing tackle in national parks by 2010.

On March 10, by a margin of 62 to 35, the U.S. Senate passed an omnibus appropriations bill, providing fiscal year 2009 (FY09) funding for the majority of federal government agencies.  The House passed the bill on February 25 and President Obama signed it into law on March 11. 

The light goose conservation hunting season currently is underway in a number of states. From the 1970s through the 1990s, the populations of light geese, comprised of greater and lesser snow geese and Ross’s geese irrupted.  They increased to such an extent that their fragile breeding and nesting habitat in the Arctic sustained serious damage as a result of the birds’ overgrazing and excessive grubbing for food. 

The severe drought gripping Texas is turning a promising year for the endangered whooping crane into the second-deadliest on record.

Johnnie Hudman, of Albany, has watched the deer population increase in Shackelford County "since we've been a one-buck county."

The wildlife manager at Stasney's Cook Ranch said he thinks the area has the deer population to support the state's proposal to increase the limits on white-tailed deer hunting.

Today, the North American Grouse Partnership joined with Pheasants Forever, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and the Mule Deer Foundation to launch the Prairie Grouse Partners, a new conservation partnership with an aggressive goal of restoring 20 percent of North America's native grasslands.