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EPA may ease rules for water transfer
Fishermen scored a victory this year when they successfully argued sediment and heated water flowing out of the Schoharie Reservoir was ruining trout habitat in a world renowned fly fishing stream, the Esopus Creek. The New York City De-partment of Environmental Protection was ordered to pay as much as $5.75 million in civil penalties, and it had to get a Clean Water Act permit for its Shandaken Tunnel piping system, which transfers water from one part of the Catskill mountains to another. The permit requires the city to develop strategies for protecting trout habitat in that portion of its vast upstate drinking water collection system. The Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of undercutting the basis for the argument used successfully in the case by Trout Unlimited, Riverkeeper and the New York Attorney General.
Excellent Bass Fishing, Trout Fishing and some Walleye Fishing on ...
The "Grand River Rafting Company" offers guided drift boat fishing on platformed rafts down the Grand River in Paris, Ontario. Fishermen will find abundant smallmouth bass, fall/spring rainbow trout… as well as pike, walleye and big carp. All trips are very reasonably priced. A five hour guided fishing trip for two with lunch is $200 total with a platform raft. Drift boat rafting is the most satisfying experience for fishing the Grand & Nith Rivers. Two fishermen can stand on the platforms and do trout fly fishing or fly fishing for bass with lots of space. Or for those that bait cast, they can sit in deck chairs elevated above the water level to easily see striking fish. The best thing about raft platform fishing is that the speed of the raft allows excellent casting opportunities at each fishing pool.
Fishing's good as Coho Derby opens
Jay Torke of Kohler and his five-member team, Untouchable, led the pack Saturday, the first day of the two-day team competition in the Coho Derby headquartered at The Wharf, 733 Riverfront Drive. "We brewed a gallon and a half of coffee and drank it all," said Torke, whose family owns the Torke Coffee Roasting Co. in Sheboygan. "That's definitely helping us catch fish." Untouchable is leading 42 teams in the Super Derby tournament with 124.55 pounds of fish in the 36th annual Coho Derby, said Grace Brown, co-owner of The Wharf with her husband, Jeff, both organizers of the competition. Torke, 30, said his team caught 14 fish, but were only allowed to weigh 10 nine king salmon and one lake trout. He talked a bit about the team's strategy. "We looked at the northeast wind that's been going the past few days, kind of figured that the fish would be deeper, so we started deep and found a few and kind of worked that area," Torke said.
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