May 26, 2013
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KDFWR photo Fisheries biologist Ryan Oster holds a Kentucky Lake white crappie -- the biggest of which should be hard to come by this season, but 10-inch keepers and somewhat larger whites should be pleasantly plentiful.
Crappie stocks up:
The good old days of crappie fishing on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley are legendary – and we tend to make them better every time we recollect, don’t we? It’s fact, however, that crappie fishing...
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Coyotes are ultra wary in daylight but less so during darkness, an edge offered in a proposed Kentucky night coyote hunting season.
Night-time coyote hunting begins to perk
Coyotes have more or less owned the nights. Since their occupation of and proliferation in our Eastern habitats, they’ve been top dog – top wild dog, at least – of the nocturnal world. Coyotes c...
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Lakes shine for BFL anglers despite unfriendly weather
If the opening event of the Walmart Bass Fishing League/LBL Division’s 2013 tournament season was a fair indicator, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley are poised to offer a generous year for bass fishi...
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Single statewide rabbit season eyed for 2013-14 ... but how long?
With Kentucky’s later-running western zone rabbit hunting season recently ended, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is pondering whether the next bunny season should be set as o...
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Photo contributed A mated pair of eagles may use the same nest for many years, adding to the nest annually as it grows to major proportions.
Nesting eagles
Winter grinding down brings a reverse migration that sends touristy bald eagles back to northern habitats. Having lots of eagles hereabouts during winter is significant in itself, the species ha...
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A buck, perhaps a pretty good one, gave this cluster of saplings a hard time in making a multi-faceted rub.
Snooping through deer woods
Some of the most productive deer hunting is right now. Well, no, you can’t molest whitetails nowadays with 2012-13 seasons long closed and those for 2013-14 still months away. But this is an ideal ...
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Fisheries managers plan a netting tournament to cut into the Asian carp population growing in Kentucky and Barkley lakes.
Commercial fishing tourney targets lakes’ Asian carp
Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley will be the scene of a Carp Madness Tournament March 12-13, a competition for commercial fishermen to net a massive haul of invasive Asian carp in pursuit of major ca...
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A ring-billed gull is at home bobbing on one of the big lakes or strolling around some parking lot.
Ring-bills are more fast-food gulls than seagulls
Ever wondered what all these seagulls are doing here so far from the sea? Many gulls are interior birds and never set eyes on salt water. Indeed, the term seagull is a misnomer. More properly, i...
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Squirrels typically are found now where acorns were most plentiful in early fall.
Long squirrel season winds down with last days of February
Small-game hunting pretty much comes down to squirrels nowadays, Kentucky’s season for bushytails running through the last of February. Rabbit and quail hunting in western Kentucky counties clos...
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In Hillman Ferry Campground, like other LBL family campgrounds, the basic camping fee is unchanged, but fees for sites with amenities are increased for the new year.
Budget-lean LBL raises fees, backs down on some campgrounds
Walking a line between budget cuts and a recreation-hungry public, the Land Between the Lakes is raising some fees for 2013, pulling the plug on a couple of lesser used camping areas and downgradin...
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