The 14th annual Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k presented by MARTIN’S, named one of the country’s top ten running races by USA Today, began accepting online entries at 12 a.m. this morning for the April 13, 2013 event at www.sportsbackers.org. Registration is also open for the Virginia 529 Kids Run and the YMCA 10k TrainingContinue Reading [→]
post
0
Hiking Shenandoah National Park
With 46 (and counting) titles to his name, Johnny Molloy might be the most prolific outdoors guidebook writer on the planet. If there’s an official statistic on the subject, I’m not sure where it resides. But I know Molloy has got to be in the conversation. I profiled the Johnson City, Tenn.-based writer this pastContinue Reading [→]
post
0
Squirrel contraception?
The OutdoorHub is one of my favorite sources for news related to hunting, fishing and all other outdoors pursuits. Everyday it seems they find something interesting to pass on. Take for instance this bit about squirrel birth control. I’m sure you suburban readers would agree that the squirrel population is robust — in some placesContinue Reading [→]
post
0
Urban coyotes
Urban coyotes are on the rise all over the United States. It’s a topic I’ve written about many times in T-D columns. Coyotes are confirmed in every county in the Commonwealth, but it still seems to surprise people when you tell them that, no matter where they live, they share the place with coyotes. Still,Continue Reading [→]
post
0
The 2011 Bassmaster Classic
The 2011 Bassmaster Classic starts this coming Friday on the Louisiana Delta. All the festitivities associated with the event will held be in New Orleans. The map above should give you an idea about how big an area these guys have to fish. I had a great time talking to both John Crews and RickContinue Reading [→]
post
0
More on Hot Ditch, saltwater angler registry
A nice speckled trout pulled from the Hot Ditch. There’s a lot going on in today’s column. Let’s start with the Hot Ditch and the efforts by VIMS and Dominion to get anglers to keep fewer big specks in that area. Click here for information on the game fish tagging program. Here’s a cool videoContinue Reading [→]
post
0
More on menhaden
There’s a great book on menhaden, its history, biology and current politics. It’s called The Most Important Fish in the Sea and it’s by Bruce Franklin. The Virginian-Pilot wrote a scathing editorial on the GA’s handling of this issue recently. Our own T-D Editorial board gave the GA a “thumbs down” on the same issue.Continue Reading [→]
post
0
The South River Project
For today’s column, I wrote about the effort to turn part of the South River upsream of Waynesboro into a trophy brown trout fishery to rival Mossy Creek. The News Virginian of Waynesboro has covered the opening of the new trophy section extensively. Click here to see their coverage. The section in question has specialContinue Reading [→]
post
0
More on the citation sensation
Stephen Miklandric caught this 42-inch citation muskellunge on the New River. Here are the trophy brown and rainbow trout he caught at Hemlock Springs. Here’s the spreadsheet Miklandric uses to track his fishing progress during the year. And finally, here’s a pic of a citation smallmouth he caught.
post
0
DGIF press release: More Chronic Wasting Disease found in western Virginia
VDGIF recognizes assistance of hunters, reports new CWD positive in western Frederick County The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wishes to recognize the excellent cooperation of hunters in sampling for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Frederick and Shenandoah counties this past November. To date, VDGIF has collected samples from more than 500 deerContinue Reading [→]