General Fishing News

DENVER, CO - FEB. 5, 2010 -WFN NEWS, the industry's first news program reporting on the stories and events that shape the fishing industry will take viewers behind the scenes at the Super Celebrity Fishing Classic held in Miami during Super Bowl week in honor of four former football players involved in a fatal boating accident last year. This moving story, plus reports on the 40th Bassmaster Classic and life on the pro fishing tour will air on WFN News on Tuesday, February 9, at 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT. A new episode of the weekly news program airs each Tuesday night as a lead-in to the network's primetime theme block Fly Fishing Tuesday from 8-10 pm ET. For a complete schedule, visit www.WFN.tv.

The winner of each Fantasy Fishing tournament receives $5,000 and the overall champion at the end of the season receives $50,000. Second place receives $25,000, third place receives the Cabela’s Ultimate Fishing Trip to Lake El Salto in Mexico plus a $5,000 gift card, fourth place receives a Can-Am Outlander 400 ATV, and fifth place receives $5,000.

DENVER, CO. - FEBRUARY 4, 2010 - WFN: World Fishing Network, North America's only 24-hour fishing lifestyle network, announced today the premiere of its original docu-reality series, The Lodge, February 5, at 7pm, ET. The weekly 30-minute program, airing 13 episodes this season, highlights all the drama as friends are made, hearts are broken and business is not always as usual at the extravagant Queen Charlotte Lodge (QCL), located in a remote area of British Columbia. The Lodge will air every Friday at 7:00 pm ET.

MIAMI, Florida, USA - Ellen Peel, whose passion, tenacity and perseverance as the president and chief executive officer of The Billfish Foundation in advancing the conservation of billfish, will be inducted into the 2010 Big Game Room Hall of Fame at the Miami International Boat Show, Thursday, February 11, at 5 p.m.

The future of fishing depends upon two things: that kids catch the passion for the sport, and that there are clean, healthy waters for them to fish 20 or 30 years from now. The Future Fisherman Foundation is committed not only to recruiting and retaining anglers, but to the stewardship of our lakes, streams and seas. That's why we have partnered with Recycled Fish.

February 3, 2010 - Alexandria, VA – In 2009 more anglers got out of the house and out on the water as fishing license sales rose by 4.7 percent in states that participate in the fishing license sales index released by the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF) and the American Sportfishing Association (ASA). Florida, Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas, four of the 12 participating states, are among the top ten states in terms of the impact anglers have on the nation’s economy.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday proposed reclassifying the Okaloosa darter from the status of endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, saying that the small fish is making major strides in its fight for recovery. The rule was published in Tuesday's Federal Register, and the public is invited to comment on the proposal during the next 60 days until April 5, 2010.

Arlington, Virginia-Trout Unlimited (TU) applauds the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and its Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) for its purchase of 245 acres on Red Brook in Wareham and Plymouth. The land provides critical habitat to one of the last remaining sea-run brook trout populations in the state.