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FISHING REPORT
Galveston Fishing Pier reported flat, sandy water most of the day. Fishing was on the slow side overall, but anglers throwing cut bait from the T-head had fair numbers of reds, including a mix of keepers and oversized throwbacks, along with a few sharks. If water greens, watch for a quick run of speckled trout. .
Fishing is escape from war
Von Hagen spent a year as a civilian contractor stationed in Iraq, where he refused to let the fighting disrupt his fishing. His favorite fishing hole? One of Saddam Hussein's private lakes. "I was stationed in Tikrit, Saddam's hometown," said Von Hagen, 38, who attended Hillsboro High and Western Kentucky University. "When I arrived, I discovered three fairly large lakes in a walled-off compound that contained about 30 of Saddam's palaces. Being a fisherman, I immediately checked them out and found that the lakes were full of big fish, mostly carp and shad." Von Hagen wrote home, asking for his fishing tackle to be shipped. "The biggest fish I caught weighed 25 pounds," he said. "I caught it on spinning tackle. Then I started fly fishing, catching fish weighing three, four pounds.
State debating whether to trout Batten Kill
ARLINGTON, Vt. -- A new debate is beginning about whether to stock the Batten Kill with trout that anglers could keep if caught or whether more steps should be taken to restore the famed stream. The Bennington County Regional Commission held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the state's proposed trout management plan, which calls for stocking the stream with 1,000 sterile rainbow trout in 2007 that could be taken home by anyone who caught them. The prohibition on keeping wild brook and brown trout from the lower stretches of the river would remain. The state's primary goal remains restoring and improving the habitat of the wild trout, it also wants to offer something for people who interested in recreation on the Batten Kill, said Ken Cox, district fisheries biologist for the Fish and Wildlife Department.
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