May is an incredible month for fishing. Winter ice has left the country’s northernmost reaches and warming waters trigger spawning frenzies and migrations of many anadromous fish.
Shrimp — great as food or beautiful as bait. When someone has a day to fish in southern Louisiana and wants a pack of fillets from scrumptious inshore saltwater species, shrimp, dead or alive, is often the bait. Just about everything swimming in the ocean and its estuaries loves shrimp.
Matt Knox, longtime Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Deer Program manager, is retiring.
How hunters and conservationists are made is an often-deliberated topic. While a predisposition for hunting created over millennia may be baked into the DNA of every human, today’s conservationists are nurtured and grown.
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Thirteen clubs, with a total of 136 youngsters and just as many coaches and parents, dealt with hot humid conditions.
Regulated sport hunting not only has resulted in the restoration and preservation of many iconic African species and their habitat, but it also supports many rural economies.
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER: Mark Faulhaberof the Rappahannock River Fishing Report says the shad bite is winding down. The better bite is holding in deeper water. Striped bass are still plentiful for catch and release. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass have moved into shallower wa…
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RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER: Mark Faulhaber of the Rappahannock River Fishing Report says yellow perch and snakehead are feeding in Port Royal. Simple paddle tails and flukes are the go-to. Shad are still hitting in deeper water. Silver with green spoons seemed to produce best. Black crappie are also…
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RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER: Mark Faulhaber of the Rappahannock River Fishing Report says the shad run is at its peak. Trophy striped bass are still in the area for catch and release until the season opens in May. White perch are hitting small underspin jigs. The yellow perch bite is good in the shal…
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Shrimp — great as food or beautiful as bait. When someone has a day to fish in southern Louisiana and wants a pack of fillets from scrumptious inshore saltwater species, shrimp, dead or alive, is often the bait. Just about everything swimming in the ocean and its estuaries loves shrimp.
High school sports highlights from around the Fredericksburg area.
Wake Forest is the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament and the Southeastern Conference had a record-tying 10 teams picked to play in regionals. The 64-team tournament opens Friday in 16 regionals. Winners advance to eight best-of-three super regionals. Those winners move on to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The top eight national seeds are assured of hosting super regionals if they win their regionals.
After his career at Penn State fell short of expectations, Devyn Ford is joining another traditional powerhouse.
DESTIN, Fla. – Josh Brooks inherited 15 head coaches when he succeeded Greg McGarity as Georgia’s athletic director in January of 2021. Twenty-eight months later, he has replaced eight of them. That’s right, more than half. This is not to say that Brooks is a ruthless, win-at-all-cost department head. There are arguments to the contrary. And some of those coaching changes were not initiated by ...
Oklahoma will seek its third straight national softball title and seventh championship overall at the Women’s College World Series. The Sooners set the NCAA Division I record with their 48th consecutive win in an 8-7 victory over Clemson on Saturday to win the Norman Super Regional.
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A New Hampshire stadium is being recognized for playing a largely unheralded role in helping racially integrate baseball. Much of the attention has been on Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But a year earlier, Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella and Cy Young award-winning pitcher Don Newcombe helped make the Nashua Dodgers, a minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the first racially integrated baseball team in the United States.
Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and Caleb Martin gave Miami 26 points and 10 rebounds in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to help the Heat beat the Celtics 103-84 and turn back Boston’s attempt at an unprecedented comeback. The Heat recovered after blowing a 3-0 lead in the series and advanced to the NBA Finals for the second time in four seasons. They will face the Western Conference champion Nuggets. Game 1 is in Denver on Thursday night.
William Karlsson scored two goals and had an assist as the Vegas Golden Knights advanced to their second Stanley Cup Final with a 6-0 rout over Dallas. The Stars had extended the Western Conference Final to six games after losing the first three. William Carrier, Keegan Kolesar and Michael Amadio each had a goal and an assist for the Knights.
Ryan Blaney pulled away late to win the rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 on Monday at Charlotte Speedway, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the Memorial Day weekend’s top races in the United States. Josef Newgarden won a record-extending 19th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday for Team Penske. It marked the first time Team Penske has earned a sweep of the two races in the same year.