Indiana Amendment Deserves Consideration

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Published: 02 November 2016

By Louie Stout

When Hoosiers go to the polls Nov. 7, they’ll be making another important decision besides Trump vs. Hillary.

And this decision won’t be a matter of selecting the lesser of two evils.

That’s because you’ll be asked whether the state constitution should be amended to declare hunting, fishing and trapping as constitutional rights.

It will read: Shall the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended by adding a Section 39 to Article 1 to provide that the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife shall be forever preserved for the public good, subject only to the laws prescribed by the General Assembly and rules prescribed by virtue of the authority of the General Assembly to promote wildlife conservation and management and preserve the future of hunting and fishing.

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Gerald Swindle Wins Second Angler Of The Year Title At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship

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Published: 19 September 2016

Gerald Swindle Wins Second Angler Of The Year Title At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship

Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., wins the 2016 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year at Mille Lacs Lake held out of Onamia, Minn., Sunday. - Photo by James Overstreet/Bassmaster

ONAMIA, Minn. — Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., clinched his second Angler of the Year title since 2004 at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota.

A total purse of $1 million was paid out to the Top 50 Bassmaster Elite Series pros, along with berths to the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro. Swindle collected $100,000, and the remaining 49 anglers earned shares of the remaining $900,000.

The Top 39 anglers at this event will be competing in the Classic next March on Lake Conroe near Houston, Texas.

Swindle, a 15-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier, struggled to catch competitive limits on Mille Lacs Lake during the first two days of the championship, but he figured out the fish on the final day of the championship today, bringing in a five-fish limit of smallmouth bass that weighed 22 pounds.

“The last thing I wanted was to win this title without catching the kind of fish that Mille Lacs is known for producing,” Swindle said. “I left the docks this morning with the full intention of going out and catching them how I wanted to catch them. I threw a jerkbait and a vibrating jig and had an awesome day. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut.”

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