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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.

Biologists from the Area 8 Fisheries Management office in Somerset conducted a survey of West Deer and Lower Deer Lakes on April 9th and 10th, 2013. The purpose of the survey was to assess the lakes warmwater fish populations as well as to update management plans for the lake.

Starting Saturday, May 4, Pennsylvania anglers will have a chance to fish for, and win, millions of dollars in cash and prizes in Cabelas Fish for Millions contest.

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.

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) today announced that the 2013 creel limit for Lake Erie yellow perch will remain at 30 per day and the creel limit for walleye will stay at six per day.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is reminding anglers, boaters and the general public that it will hold its annual Open House at the Linesville State Fish Hatchery on Saturday, April 6, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will hold its quarterly business meeting on April 15-16 at its Harrisburg headquarters, located at 1601 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg.

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) 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.

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![CDATA[ The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that it has temporarily lifted all seasons, sizes and creel limits on Fulton County Meadow Grounds Lake in anticipation of the lake being fully drained within the next several months. ]]

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is stocking adult trout in a variety of lakes and streams that are open to public angling throughout Pennsylvania in 2013 and has posted where and when those fish will be released at www.fishandboat.com.

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) Executive Director John Arway formally presented the agency's 2012 Annual Report to the House Game and Fisheries Committee today.

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Executive Director John Arway will present the agency's annual report to the House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday, February 19, at 1 p.m. in Room 60 of the East Wing of the Capitol Building.

The video from the Commission's Jan. 24 quarterly business meeting is now available on our website at the following location: http://www.fishandboat.com/images/video/commission-meetings/1-24-13meeti....

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is urging anglers and boaters throughout the Susquehanna River watershed to contact their members of Congress to demand action to fix the Susquehanna River.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's (PFBC) Boating Advisory Board will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, at the PFBC headquarters, located at 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg, Pa. 17110.

Anglers visiting the popular Section 03 of Penns Creek in Centre County can expect to have continued high quality angling and could see larger trout in coming years if a proposed regulation change approved today by the Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) Board of Commissioners becomes final next year.

In a move designed to increase public involvement, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has announced that it will provide a live video stream of its business meeting this Thursday.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will begin lowering the water level at Children's Lake in Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, on Jan. 11, in order to control vegetation growth.