COLLBRAN, CO. - Attention ice anglers: Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Collbran Lions Club will be hosting a one-day Ice Fishing Tournament at Vega State Park on Feb. 11.

The event runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with check-in either Friday night at Vega Lodge from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. or on Saturday beginning at 6 a.m. at the Vega State Park entrance. Prizes will be awarded for largest fish caught. For adults 18 and older, there are cash prizes for the top five lengths. The first place prize is $750. Non-cash prizes will be awarded to the first five places for youths between ages 11-17 and also for kids ages 10 and under.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - FLW, the world's leading tournament-fishing organization, has announced it has reached an agreement with RMC BoatWorksTM to become the newest sponsor of FLW for the 2012 season. RMC BoatWorks will be given exposure across all platforms of FLW, including its tournaments, expos, multiple websites, and magazines.

OLYMPIA - The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider adopting a new package of sportfishing rules for 2012-13, as well as an increase in the number of multiple season hunting permits issued each year, during a public meeting Feb. 3-4 in Olympia.

WHAT: Maryland DNR Boating Services will present contest winners Steuart and Hamilton Chaney, owners of Herrington Harbour, with a certificate and prizes for their clean marina practices in 2011.

WHERE: During a Clean Marina Workshop:

MURFREESBORO, TN. - Triton Boats, LLC (Triton), one of America's leading manufacturers of freshwater and saltwater fiberglass fishing boats, has opened registration to fiberglass Triton boat owners for the 2012 Triton Gold program. Registration is available on-line at www.tritonboats.com or by contacting Triton directly at (888) 8TRITON.

DEL RIO, Texas- National Guard FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Amistad Feb. 4 for the first of four stops in the South Conference. Forty college teams will be competing for a top award of $5,000 and a berth in the South Regional Championship tournament.

DEL RIO, Texas - The EverStart Series is headed to Lake Amistad Feb. 2-4 when as many as 300 pros and co-anglers take to the water for the first of four stops in the Texas Division.

"They are definitely catching fish right now on Amistad and the fishing has been very good," said FLW Tour pro Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas. "This is going to be a better than average tournament. With what I've seen lately, I think it's going to take 70 pounds to win this tournament.

Despite the warm weather, anglers enjoyed with eight inches of clear, solid ice and excellent fishing at the Recycled Fish Okoboji Hardwater Open held Jan 8-9 on Little Emerson's Bay at West Lake Okoboji. At the end of the day, Josh Lowe came out on top with ten bluegill weighing 5.74 lbs. Local fishing guide John Grosvenor caught the Berkley Big Fish of the day with a .84 pound bluegill.

"I've caught 200 lb shark and marlin from my Ocean kayak," says big game kayak angler Jim Sammons, "but this was by far the most extreme kayak fishing that I've ever done."

During shooting of Seaguar's Extreme Kayak Fishing Challenge TV Series, world-renowned big game kayak angler Jim Sammons hooked up with world champion whitewater kayakers Ken Whiting and Brendan Mark for a new type of adventure - a whitewater kayak fishing adventure. By navigating the awesome rapids of the Ottawa River in their Ocean Kayaks, the guys would access fishing holes that have likely never seen a lure.