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Parasites found on Lake Cumberland striped bass; fish still safe to eat

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Fisheries biologists at Lake Cumberland found a parasitic copepod is the cause of unusual sores on the tongue and mouth of striped bass in the lake. “When we sampled the lake’s striped bass fishery in mid-December, every fish we handled was infested,” said John Williams, southeastern district fishery biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish [...]

Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Blue Water Trails

Tygarts Creek looking downstream of the KY 182 bridge at Carter Caves State Resort Park. This bridge serves as both the take-out for a 12.5 mile float from Olive Hill through the upper part of Tygarts Creek Gorge and the put-in for the 9.5 mile float downstream through the lower part of the gorge to Iron Hill, Kentucky. The splendor of Tygarts Creek Gorge rivals anything found in Kentucky. The creek holds good populations of muskellunge along with spotted and smallmouth bass. Carter Caves State Resort Park offers accommodations and plenty of hiking and cave exploring day trips to complement the floating.

Moving water throughout the millennia left an indelible mark on Carter County, Kentucky. Water flowing through the ground melted the porous limestone bedrock prior to the creation of the Ohio River, creating a series of labyrinthine caves. The most scenic and unique of these are now contained within the boundaries of Carter Caves State Resort [...]

Squirrel Season Is First Hunting Season Of The Fall

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The first hunting season of the fall opens in about two weeks. Kentucky

Kentucky Afield Outdoors

Although the weather right now is scorching, squirrel hunting seasons open next month and archery deer season opens in September. The 2011-2012 Kentucky Hunting and Trapping Guide will be available next week wherever hunting licenses are sold. Hunters are strongly advised to get their free copy to keep up with season dates, bag limits and new hunting regulations. The American woodcock and September Canada goose seasons also changed for 2011, and the number of public dove fields expanded substantially over last year. The 2011-2012 Kentucky Hunting Guide for Dove, Wood Duck, Teal, Woodcock, Snipe and Crow will be available in early August.

The first fall hunting season in Kentucky opens in less than a month. Here are some highlights of what

Indiana DNR launches iPhone app

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People who enjoy any of the DNR’s wide variety of properties across Indiana and own an iPhone can benefit from a new phone application. The application can be downloaded at no cost to the user at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/indiana-dnr/id395591679?mt=8.