AltWeeklies Wire
Bowfishing: Catching Carp With a Bow and Arrownew
As partisan bickering over Minnesota's budget bubbled over in the Legislature this season, a little-known bill sailed through without controversy. It amended laws crafted during WWII and opened up pretty much all lakes and rivers to nighttime bowfishing.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Bradley Campbell |
07-01-2009 |
Recreation
Dean Ween Wants to Get You Drunk and Take You Fishingnew

The Brownie Troop Fishing Show grew out of a small corner of the Ween website, which Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween, until his sideline passion began to overtake his main one.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-29-2008 |
Sports
Bowfishers Take Aim at Asian Carpnew

Bowfishing, an unusual and aggressive form of angling, has become popular with archers from across rural Missouri. For the most part, the sportsmen's primary target is Asian carp, an invasive, plankton-feeding fish that has exploded in population over the past decade and become the scourge of Midwestern rivers.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
09-19-2008 |
Recreation
The Arrival of Summer Means its Time for Fishing in Detroitnew
Fishing's always been a popular warm-weather pastime in the city. The Detroit River snakes for miles along the city's edge, and its banks have hundreds of spots where someone can spend the day basking in the sun and listening to the waves splashing at the shore as they wait for a tug on their line.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
06-17-2008 |
Recreation
Ecoholic: Fishing for Sustainable Shrimp in Muddy Watersnew
"I hear the shrimp fishery is really a disaster? Are there any shrimps OK to eat?"
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
05-27-2008 |
Advice
Salmon Caught in the Carbon Netnew

Our mania for wild, fresh boutique fish comes at a high environmental cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-19-2008 |
Food+Drink