Free Fishing Days are June 2-3. No state fishing license or permits required. Some city permits may still apply.
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Canton: May 22. Elevation 6 ft. below normal, water clear. Channel catfish and bluegill good on worms and crickets along the dam. White bass and striped bass hybrids good trolling crankbaits and drifting slabs.
Young baseball enthusiasts can be part of history in June and gain experience learning from the area’s own semi-pro winning team, the Liberal Bee Jays, by attending one of three baseball clinics and connected activities, all sponsored by Epic Touch and Epic PCS.
Goodwell, Okla. — The Belly Open golf tournament has been an Oklahoma Panhandle State Univ. summer tradition for well over 20 years and it won’t stop now, but it has been rescheduled and will return revitalized in April 2013.
The Senate Tourism and Wildlife Committee voted May 15 to confirm longtime Wildlife Commissioner John D. Groendyke of Enid to serve a sixth term as a member of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. Groendyke was reappointed by Governor Mary Fallin and is the longest-serving Wildlife Commissioner in the history of Oklahoma.
The popularity of archery among school-aged students continues to grow through the National Archery in Schools Program and even through books and movies that are popular among youth such as The Hunger Games, and The Avengers. So popular has the sport become among Oklahoma’s youth that they even were part of the largest archery tournament [...]