Auction of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff's goods raises $1m Nov 15, 2009
In all - about 200 items were sold, from furs and fishing tackle to dog bowls, vases and Hermes handbags. The sale brought in $942,650 - nearly twice the $500,000 initial estimate. (BBC News -- Americas)
Juncos are native sparrows Nov 15, 2009
During banding operations, he and his associates have found assorted fishing tackle in many of the Chippewa nests, indicating that eagles sometimes latch onto the one that got away. . (Forest Republican, WI)
Some industries growing despite nationwide slump Oct 26, 2009
Jennifer Gorce went from shipping fishing tackle in Denver to drawing blood from patients at a local hospital, taking refuge in one of the few U.S. industries still hiring amid the economic slowdown ... The former employee of Eagle Claw Fishing Tackle Co. found a job in housekeeping in September last year at Centura Health. (Honolulu Advertiser)
The Young Couple and the Sea Oct 22, 2009
If I had a desalinization machine, some fishing tackle, and maybe a lime tree for vitamin C, I think I'd be OK with living on this spot for the rest of my life. Walking back to the dinghy, I step into the brush at the back of the beach to take a leak. (Slate)
Drawing Blood Beats Shipping Fishhooks as Some Industries Defy Job Slump Oct 19, 2009
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Jennifer Gorce went from shipping fishing tackle in Denver to drawing blood from patients at a local hospital, taking refuge in one of the few U.S. industries still hiring amid the economic slowdown. Gorce, 30, who landed work last month in a blood-analysis unit at Englewood, Colorado-based Centura Health, has advice for anyone out of work: Try getting your foot in the door in the health-care industry. (Bloomberg -- US)
Wild Meat Raises Lead Exposure Sep 30, 2009
Earlier this year, the announced a controversial plan to ban lead ammunition and fishing tackle in the parks, which said will benefit humans, , and ecosystems inside and outside park boundaries ... Our goal is to eliminate the use of lead ammunition and lead fishing tackle in parks by the end of 2010, Wenk said when announcing the proposal in March. (Scientific American)
Pixee lures: Alaska favorite endures Sep 14, 2009
KETCHIKAN -- Don't look now, but just about every fishing tackle box in Alaska is inhabited by Pixees ... And which, combined with the Pixee's general popularity, makes it an important item for fishing tackle shops to keep in stock. (Anchorage Daily News)
Opp's Lew Childre kept Alabama at heart (3) Sep 14, 2009
While Childre was enjoying years of popularity, he built a home south of Foley where he developed a fishing tackle business. This business would later enjoy tremendous success. (Atmore Advance, AL)
Central Open Division Heads to Texas Aug 25, 2009
Through its industry-leading publications Bassmaster Magazine, BASS Times and Fishing Tackle Retailer and comprehensive Web properties in ESPN360. com, ESPN's broadband sports network, Bassmaster. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Saltwater kayaks provide inshore thrills Aug 25, 2009
As an indication of just how seriously the fishing tackle industry takes this relatively new product category, the Hobie Cat Mirage Pro Angler won Overall Best of Show at the 2009 ICAST fishing tackle show. Though kayaks come in various sizes and shapes. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Inventive anglers Aug 20, 2009
The PopNet, Campbell's lightweight and portable pier net that folds down to a third of its operating size, has been around since 2001 ( ), but in the days leading up to last month's ICAST show, the fishing tackle industry's major annual convention, he sold the rights to his invention ... Wisconsin-based fishing tackle giant Frabill Inc., which specializes in landing nets among other things, wanted the PopNet, and Campbell, who had showcased the item at previous ICAST shows, was happy to oblige. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Georgia man lands huge fish from Ocmulgee River Aug 20, 2009
To be eligible, it must be landed using sport fishing tackle, said the DNR. Bush hooks, trotlines, jugs, baskets, and nets, while popular methods of fishing, are not considered sporting tackle. The Ocmulgee River, considered perfect for canoeing and fishing, flows from the piedmont region of Georgia below Lake Jackson to Macon, then winds southeast through the upper coastal plain where it joins the Altamaha River east of Lumber City, said the DNR.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Peace, love and rock 'n roll Aug 16, 2009
"HeadquartersTwo Old Hippies will be based in Spirit Lake, where Tom grew up and his father, Berkley, started the family's successful fishing tackle business."The town supported dad when he started his company ... "What Bedell does remember ''is being very proud of Tom when he started a guitar business as about the same age I was when I started the fishing tackle business."Tom Bedell s only daughter, the namesake of the Sami Bedell Performing Arts Center, also laughed when she was asked if she... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Your Fishing Reports Aug 15, 2009
These are top end Bonnethead shark that hurt fishing tackle if played incorrectly. Large sand bar sharks are in the sounds. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
Tackle your accessories on the open sea Aug 13, 2009
And one last piece of advice: know when and when not combine crafts, because jewelry out of fishing tackle might be a good idea, but perfume out of fish oil is probably not. Tanna Peters is a crafter and designer from wonderful, rainy Southeast Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
No record, buta winning day Aug 13, 2009
Kolodzinski is a seven-time member of the U.S. World Fishing Team and works as vice president of marketing at Frabill Inc., a fishing tackle manufacturer in Jackson, Wis. Sponsors of the event include Frabill and the Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies Inc.. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Teton, refuge ask hunters to use non-lead bullets Aug 9, 2009
The National Park Service announced this spring that it intends to eliminate the use of all ammunition containing lead and lead fishing tackle in parks by the end of next year. However, Kallin said he has seen no indication that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the elk refuge, intends to push for any ban on the use of bullets that contain lead. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
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"I couldn't resist," Willis said as he returned pulling a small cart filled with fishing tackle out on the pier. "I couldn't wait until tomorrow. They might not be biting tomorrow. Ain't nothing guaranteed in fishing.". (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Sea lions swarm long-abandoned Seal Rocks Aug 5, 2009
At Gus' Discount Fishing Tackle at Balboa Avenue and 38th Avenue in San Francisco, owner Stephanie Scott said, "It's the most incredible striper season that I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the sea lions are in competition with my customers." Anglers have pulled in a 50-pound white sea bass and caught a 40-pound striper right on Ocean Beach, she said. Before El Nio was first felt along the coast in late May, a strong upwelling of cold water brought nutrients that fed plankton and krill, prey for... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Outdoors: I made a trip to Cabelas (41) Aug 2, 2009
While I wandered the store waiting for a noon lunch upstairs, where the three of us agreed to meet, I decided to walk every aisle in the fishing tackle department ... Instead I wandered out of the fishing tackle and meandered my way upstairs to find the neatest aluminum fold-up table in the camping department that overlooks the indoor mountain with the taxidermy mount of a grizzly defending a freshly killed moose. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Set up camp at Lake Umbagog, a naturally diverse, watery world Aug 2, 2009
The loons are still ingesting lead from discarded fishing tackle, and their mercury levels are still high. Nesting barely above the water line in marshes and bogs, parents will stay rigid on the nest for four weeks, lest a raccoon or other varmint steal the eggs. (Boston Globe)
Lake Region Medical buys Irish med-device maker Jul 31, 2009
Over the past 62 years, has transformed itself from a tiny maker of fishing tackle to a $169 million medical-technology company ... He had planned to make fishing tackle products, but that market quickly proved too crowded. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
* Queen Elizabeth II attends swan counting ceremony ^kXuMIZ Jul 27, 2009
The swans face a variety of perils such as being shot, attacked by dogs or getting caught up in fishing tackle. The supply of swans to the royal household was once considered so important that in the 16th century anyone caught stealing swan eggs could face a year in jail and a hefty fine. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Story » Jul 16, 2009
By Ronell SmithEditor, Fishing Tackle Retailer. Updated: July 14, 2009, 11:41 AM ET. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Rocky boosting overseas presence Jul 10, 2009
The deal comes about a year after Rocky signed on to distribute hunting boots in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states through fishing tackle company Rapala VMC Oyj. The company said it s part of an ongoing strategy to put its sporting goods in stores throughout Europe. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Sandy Creek Park plans fishing day Jul 6, 2009
com Sandy Creek Park will host Family Fishing Day at 10 a.m. Saturday featuring basic instruction in angling and the use of fishing tackle ... Sandy Creek Park will host Family Fishing Day at 10 a.m. Saturday featuring basic instruction in angling and the use of fishing tackle. (Athens Banner-Herald)
'Trash' bass doesn't sit well Jul 5, 2009
I have nothing against Japanese bass fishermen, nor any of the great fishing tackle now originating in that country. I love Gamakatsu hooks. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Newport mulls answers to downtown parking shortage Jul 1, 2009
"I tried to do it exactly right. I don't want to go on vacation and get aggravated. I go on vacation so I don't get aggravated," Greenberg, 51, who runs a wholesale fishing tackle distributor in Shandaken, N.Y., said in an interview. Drivers navigating the warren of narrow, one-way streets of downtown Newport have long endured a frustrating, pound-the-dashboard fight for parking, particularly during the peak summer season when the city swells with tourists and the daily demand for spaces roughly... (Yahoo News)
Britain's queen orders count of swans Jun 30, 2009
This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden are particularly keen to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle. It is also an important year because Queen Elizabeth has decided to join her team of Swan Uppers for part of the census. (Yahoo News)
Police blotter Jun 27, 2009
Shane Rhuby, 900 block of Seventh Avenue Northeast, Wednesday reported the theft of fishing tackle and keys from his unlocked vehicle. Baxter police. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
• Community news Jun 20, 2009
The Mini-Cassia Bassers will hold a fishing tackle yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon, June 27, on the lawn at the Burley Fire Department, 1235 Miller Ave., Burley. Blood drive scheduled. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
GooseIslandState Park second most visited park Jun 6, 2009
The park participates in the Loan a Tackle Program and lends out fishing tackle to visitors. Other activities include picnicking, boating (motors allowed), nature study, wildlife observation, and photography. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Condor Deaths Shows Lead Still A Problem May 20, 2009
Arizona has a voluntary effort in which wildlife officials give hunters non-lead bullets, but lead bullets and fishing tackle have been barred on National Park Service land since March, and a lawsuit filed by an environmental group aims to ban lead on condor habitat controlled by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. California's ban appears to have helped immediately. (KSBW 8, CA)
Calif. condor deaths shows lead still a problem May 17, 2009
In March, the National Park Service prohibited lead in bullets and fishing tackle, and the Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to force a lead ban on land it manages near the Grand Canyon. The Arizona Game and Fish Department gives hunters non-lead bullets hoping voluntary efforts work. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Layoffs inspire some to become their own boss May 10, 2009
Neither could Michael Hogan, who opened his own fishing tackle company after getting laid off from the Boston office of AT&T Corp.'s global markets group in 2004. Hogan, now 32, packed up his apartment in Fenway and moved to Falmouth where he launched Hogy Lure Co., which manufactures soft plastic fishing lures he designs. (Boston Globe)
Tattoos not for the faint of heart Apr 17, 2009
allergic reaction to used needles pulled from a fishing tackle box. bumps around the tattoo, called granulomas of the Oompa-Loompa family. (Montana Standard, MT)
Rare osprey killed on road Apr 1, 2009
Although known to eat small vertebrates, seabirds and crustaceans, osprey feed chiefly on fish, and some have died after ingesting fishing tackle. The death comes weeks after the Herald revealed the high mortality rate of sea eagles at Homebush Bay. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Virginia Reel Mar 28, 2009
A local fishing tackle collector is conducting research on a fishing reel made in Flat River in the 1940s. The US patent Office issued Patent No. 2,501,039 on March 21, 1950 to Joseph Frisk, Harry H. Peterson, and Orbria L. Hise for a bait casting reel. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Group sues to protect condor Mar 26, 2009
The National Park Service announced an effort earlier this month to eliminate the use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle in parks by the end of 2010. California passed a law that went into effect in July prohibiting hunters from using lead ammunition in the condor's historic range, which covers 20 percent of the state. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Regional news: Hunter bolts antlers on doe Mar 17, 2009
Park service wants to get the lead out The United States National Parks Service announced Tuesday it would begin taking action to phase out the use of lead ammunition and lead fishing tackle in parks under its jurisdiction by the end of 2010. The announcement brought forth opposition, especially in the hunting and firearms industry. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
For sale: nagging wife Mar 13, 2009
" The couple only married last year, and Bates said his 40-year-old wife whom he advertised in the magazine's Free to Collect section, along with some of his fishing tackle initially gave him "a bit of an ear-bashing. " But he said: "She's seen the funny side of it now though. (iAfrica.com)
Simple pleasures pass winter hours Feb 22, 2009
Then too, this is a good time to get fishing tackle ready for open water fishing. If you are pouring lead jigs, be sure to have good ventilation near your lead pot. (Forest Republican, WI)
On the job with ... Michael Clark, taxidermist Feb 18, 2009
In addition to mounting deer, Clark's Taxidermy offers some fishing tackle and many types of bait including wax worms, minnows, nightcrawlers and chubs, to name a few, with part of his shop housing tanks in the floor for the minnows and chubs. Clark said he finds his job rewarding when the customer returns to the shop to pick up the finished product. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
More charges to come in kangaroo attack: police Feb 17, 2009
Officers searched the mens Suzuki and failed to locate a knife, however, they believe a fishing tackle box in the vehicle was missing a knife. Police photographed and filmed the kangaroos body, but yesterday they admitted when they returned to the area the body itself had been removed. (The West Australian)
Hackney, VanDam, Martens Feb 17, 2009
Fishing Tackle Retailer tells you what baits and tackle are catching fish (and fishermen) all over the country. Keith Alan's blog. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
New business liceses Feb 16, 2009
JAN. 2 Dean T. McElwain, Blue Luna, 124 S. Main St., Butte; coffee house with prepared food JAN. 5 Alvin Hess, Facility Services, 3200 S. Colorado Street, Butte; building maintenance management Richard Hansen, Montana Tackle Co., 405 W. Park Street, Butte; assemble fishing tackle Mark McArthur, Mark McArthur Carpet Installation, 2250 West Drive, Butte; floor installation carpet and vinyl Ray Wilson, Billionaire , 1002 Iowa St., Butte; "computer operated for toys, goodies, lottery cards."... (Montana Standard, MT)
