Swindle Still On Top At Angler Of The Year At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship

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Published: 17 September 2016

Swindle Still On Top At Angler Of The Year At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship

ONAMIA, Minn. — Another impressive day of hefty smallmouth astonished fans during the second round of the $1 million Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Minnesota’s famed Mille Lacs Lake.

On Thursday, the Top 50 qualifiers from the Bassmaster Elite Series produced 23 limits exceeding the 20-pound mark. Today’s field did one better by bringing 24 limits to the scales exceeding 20 pounds.

While that’s an impressive turnout yet again, the angler who catches the heaviest three-day limit of bass does not win this tournament; rather points are the key to victory this week.

Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., held onto his Angler of the Year lead after weighing 15 pounds, 13 ounces, which brought his two-day total to 25-6. He improved on Thursday’s performance, but Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas, is within 28 points of Swindle in the AOY race.

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Waterfowlers Anticipate Banner Year

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Published: 09 September 2016

By Louie Stout

Waterfowlers Anticipate Banner YearIt’s going to be a great year for goose hunters.

That’s the reports coming in from waterfowl managers monitoring goose production throughout the flyway and Indiana is no exception.

Those surveys include more than the birds hanging out at city parks that we already know about.

Indiana DNR waterfowl biologist Adam Phelps said banding projects here and elsewhere indicate gosling production last spring was as high – or higher - as he’s ever seen it.

“It’s going to be a great year for goose hunters,” said Phelps. “And this year, hunters can hunt geese into February.”

The northern Indiana early goose season opened Saturday dates and runs to Sept. 11. Other seasons are Oct. 22 to Nov. 20, and Dec. 10 to Feb. 12.

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