Here’s what’s worth reading today, Wednesday, June 26, 2019:
Toyota ShareLunker program produces tens of thousands of big bass offspring in 2019: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker Program is having a banner year in its efforts to create bigger, better bass in Texas. After successfully spawning three of the five 13 pound or larger Legacy Class largemouth bass loaned to the selective-breeding program in 2019, the department’s hatchery staff produced more than 92,000 offspring to stock in Texas public lakes.
Fly fishing and guide academy brings local touch to sport fishing industry: Bristol Bay’s world class sport fishing draws visitors from thousands of miles away. It’s not only fishing that brings people to the area’s rivers and lakes — many come from far away to work in the industry. But some of those staffing area lodges have been fishing these rivers their whole lives. Triston Chaney is from Dillingham, and he’s about to start work as a fly fishing guide at Bear Trail Lodge in King Salmon. “Where else in the world can you go out in one day and catch 10 different species of fish,” Chaney said.
Happy day oh my pic.twitter.com/IZBh75Zp9F
— Henry Winkler (@hwinkler4real) June 16, 2019
Henry Winkler is catching fish — and he’s definitely tweeting about it: Henry Winkler is clearly having a few happy days — forgive the pun — at a favorite fishing spot since last weekend. Starting on Father’s Day, the 73-year-old former “Happy Days” star has posted six tweets about what looked like more than one big catch on a multi-day fishing trip.
Virginia cardiologist shot and killed while on vacation in Belize: A trip to Belize turned deadly for a prominent Virginia doctor. According to the Roanoke Times, the body of 53-year-old Gary Swank, a cardiologist at Virginia Tech’s Carilion Clinic, was found floating face down with several gunshot wounds over the weekend in a lagoon in San Pedro. Swank, who also taught at Virginia Tech’s medical school, was traveling in the Central American nation with his wife and children, neighbors told local news station WSLS. The avid fly fisherman had chartered a day trip with a local tour guide, 53-year-old Mario Graniel, who was also fatally shot on the fishing expedition.
Missouri scientists fight to save A fish with teeth like an alligator: On a hot morning in Cape Girardeau, two men pulled up nets from a lake in hopes of catching alligator gar, one of the largest and most feared fish species in North America. They’re scientists with the Missouri Department of Conservation, which has spent 12 years trying to restore the alligator gar’s dwindling population in the state. Its numbers in Missouri have fallen partly because the state doesn’t have strong regulations to prevent overfishing of the species.
Zimbabwe president says selling rhino horns and ivory are key for conservation: Zimbabwe must be allowed to sell ivory and rhino horn stockpiles valued at $600 million to fund environmental conservation efforts in the southern African nation, according to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. “The stocks are from natural attrition of those animals,” he said on Monday at a two-day meeting of regional leaders being held in the resort town of Victoria Falls, on Zimbabwe’s border with Zambia. If given permission to sell the stockpiles, the money raised “would be able to finance conservation efforts for the next two decades.”
The joy of being all alone outdoors: I enjoy being alone in the outdoors. Each year, I go on multiday hiking and camping trips on my own. I plan extensively for these trips and get excited for the meals I’ll make for myself, the trails I’ll explore, the other campers I might meet, and all the time I’ll have to decompress, meditate, read, and write. Going solo means I get to do all this without worrying about whether a companion is enjoying the trip or concerning myself with anyone else’s logistics.
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