Outdoors briefs
BY Staff Reports
Sunday, December 30, 2012
New trout fishery to open: A
new winter trout fishery opens
in southwest Oklahoma on Tuesday,
the Oklahoma Department
of Wildlife Conservation has
announced.
Medicine Creek, in the city of
Medicine Park, will be the home
of a new winter trout fishery in a
half-mile stretch from Gondola
Dam downstream to the Oklahoma
49 bridge, essentially in
downtown Medicine Park. The
stream will be stocked roughly
every two weeks, as are other
Oklahoma winter trout fisheries.
The town sits at the foothills
of the Wichita Mountains,
home to the famous Wichita
Mountains Wildlife Refuge that
attracts tourists from across the
nation each year.
The new state-designated
fishery comes after the department
had to stop providing trout
at Quartz Mountain because of
the presence of golden algae in
the stream below Altus-Lugert
Lake. Golden algae is a microscopic
organism that, under
certain conditions, can produce
toxins that cause extensive fish
kills.
Calling seminar: A predatorcalling
seminar at Bass Pro
Shops returns again this January.
Scott Ruff will present the
“Coyote and Bobcat Calling
Seminar” at 7 p.m. Jan. 10 in the
upstairs seminar room at Bass
Pro Shops in Broken Arrow.
Ruff is an expert caller, videographer
and program presenter
with many years of multi-state
experience.
The event is free and open to
the public. Call 918-355-7600
for information.
Fishing competition on TV:
Tulsa-based Jack Link’s Major
League Fishing announced its
second televised event will premiere
on the Outdoor Channel
at 8 p.m. Thursday. The General
Tire Summit Cup episodes will
air six times per week.
Outdoor Channel produced
seven episodes of the Summit
Cup, held in late August on
Western New York’s Chautaqua
Lake. Each day of the six-day
competition comprises one episode
with the seventh episode
showcasing insider fishing tips.
Major League Fishing is a
partnership between Outdoor
Channel and 24 of the world’s
best anglers. The league features
made-for-television bass fishing
events designed to bring highlevel
challenges to participants
and entertainment and insight to
viewers.
Hearing on new regulations set:
A public hearing on proposed
new hunting and fishing regulations
is scheduled in Oklahoma
City the evening of Jan. 8.
The formal meeting will focus
solely on proposed regulation
changes with comments recorded
for public record. The meeting
begins at 7 p.m. at the Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation
headquarters auditorium,
1801 N. Lincoln Blvd.
Among subjects expected to
draw public comment are proposed
changes to deer season
limits and bait fish restrictions.
The public comment period
for the new proposed hunting
and fishing regulations comes to
a close on Jan. 11. The proposed
changes can be reviewed online
at the department’s website,
where a public comment section
also is available. The information
can be found at tulsaworld.com/wildlife.
Comments also may be
submitted in writing. Those
who send comments are asked
to indicated the specific rulechange
proposal to which their
comment applies. Comments
may be mailed to Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Conservation,
Public Comment Period,
P.O. Box 53465, Oklahoma City,
OK, 73152.
