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HARRISBURG, PAPERMIT NO. 529

IKE

EIFER

Representative

139

District

Spring Sportsmen’s Newsletter

Dear SportsEnthusiast

As your state representa-tive, I want to take the op-portunity to update you onsportsmen’s issues in the Leg-islature.In representing thousandsof sportsmen and sportswomenin the 139

District, I realizethe issues we debate in Har-risburg directly impact you.From issues concerning theSecond Amendment to hunting and fishing licenses, the stateHouse has considered legisla-tion on all of these topics inrecent years.Good luck in all your sport-ing endeavors for the year, and Iam hopeful that this newsletteris helpful and informative. Your State Representative,Rep. Mike Peifer139th Legislative District

2010 Trout Season

Opening Day:

Saturday, April 17

Time:

8 a.m.

Minimum Size:

Seven (7) inches

Fishing Hours:

24 hours a day, afterthe 8 a.m. opener

April 17April 3

Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has labeled the Susquehanna River “increasingly impaired,” and recently called on the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pinpoint thesources of pollution contributing to the demise of the river’s smallmouth bass fishery. A water quality study coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey with funding assistance from the PFBC found elevated watertemperature and low dissolved oxygen concentrations during the critical May through July developmental period for smallmouth bass.These are critical stress factors.Problems were first detected in the middle reaches of the river in 2005, when PFBC biologists found unusually high numbersof dead or distressed smallmouth bass. They later determined that the affected fish were suffering from common secondary bacterialinfections. This issue has been detected in subsequent years as well.

Creel limits

Regular season (opening day through Labor Day) – 5 (combined species)Extended season (Jan. 1 to Feb. 28) & (day after Labor Day to Dec. 31) – 3(combined species)

Regional Opening Day:

Saturday, April 3

Regional Opening Day counties:

All waters in Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware,Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton,Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and York counties.

Streams on county borders that are part of Regional Opening Day:

Mahantango Creek, between Northumberland and Dauphin counties. This is the ONLY streamin Northumberland County opening on the earlier date.• West Branch Mahantango Creek, between Snyder and Juniata counties. This is the ONLYstream in Snyder County opening on the earlier date.• Two streams in Carbon County – Lizard Creek and Mahoning Creek.

Dates to Remember

May 1 _________Opening Day - Walleye & Sauger May 22 ________Fish for Free Day May 22-28 _____National Safe Boating Week June 5-13 ______National Fishing and Boating Week June 6 _________Fish for Free Day June 12 ________Opening Day – Bass

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