Outdoors

Boating safety experts want to get something off their chest and onto yours...a life jacket. The importance of flotation devices and other watercraft safety tips are the focus of the 2013 National Safe Boating Week, May 18-24.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that it will co-host a public meeting with local legislators in Spring Mills, Centre County, on May 16 to discuss dam safety issues at Colyer Lake.

The water level at Minsi Lake, Northampton County, has been temporarily lowered as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) prepares to make repairs to the lake spillway this summer.

Area 4 biologists sampled Frances Slocum Lake in the early spring of 2013 as part of a statewide muskellunge
study.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) today released the report, Angling for Healthier Rivers: The Link Between Smallmouth Bass Mortality and Disease and the Need to Reduce Water Pollution in Chesapeake Bay Tributaries.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has scheduled several opportunities in May and June for families to learn fishing skills and enjoy fishing.

As part of its quarterly business meeting held Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) presented various awards.

At its quarterly business meeting held today, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) authorized the acquisition of an access area along the Juniata River, added 42 new waters to the list of wild trout streams, proposed a regulation change to improve boating safety, and added two popular sections of Pine Creek to the list of waters open to year-round fishing.

Fisheries Biologists from the Area 2 office in Tionesta set five Pennsylvania-style trap nets which were deployed and retrieved throughout the week of April 16, 2012. The purpose of our trap net survey was to evaluate the status of the lake muskellunge and panfish populations and to determine the success of our stocking programs.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is alerting anglers and boaters that the Sportsmans access area at Mahoning Creek Lake in Wayne Township, Armstrong County, will be closed for the day on April 22 and April 29 as work is performed on the hydroelectric project at the dam.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is seeking individuals interested in a career as a fisheries biologist.

Anglers from across the state are gearing up to fish their favorite spots at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, which marks the traditional statewide opening day of trout season.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is reminding anglers that they still have about two weeks to provide public comments on the agency proposal to move two popular sections of Pine Creek into the Approved Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing Program.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) voted at a special public meeting today to keep its Oswayo and Bellefonte hatcheries open for at least two more years while the agency pursues a long-term funding source through the General Assembly.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that deficiencies in the dam at Colyer Lake, Centre County, have prompted the agency to initiate plans to completely drain the reservoir until the dam can be rehabilitated to meet current engineering and safety standards.

Young anglers and their adult mentors can get an early start to trout season by fishing one of 12 waters on March 23, the weekend before the regional opening day.

After waiting more than four years for their local lake to be refilled, anglers will once again be able to fish Opossum Lake, Cumberland County, beginning March 30, when the regional opening day of trout kicks off at 8 a.m. in 18 southeastern counties.