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Fishing Notebook: Four men caught bagging steelhead
Sunday, November 13, 2005

Law enforcement officers caught four people with 42 steelhead in a tote bag in the trunk of their car last week in Erie, according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission which said the suspects were soaking wet, covered in sand and had a landing net.

Officers worked from a tip about men taking too many fish and set up a plainclothes surveillance. The quartet received several of the 46 citations issued last weekend for various offenses, including snagging, fishing nursery waters, fishing with a suspended license, litter and fishing an illegal device.

Adventurous fashion

Venture Outdoors is hosting an outdoors wear fashion show from 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Society for Contemporary Crafts in the Strip District. Admission is $50, or $40 for members. Beer, wine and refreshments are included. Proceeds go to Venture Outdoors. For more, visit www.ventureoutdoors.org.

Elite picks

Three Pennsylvania anglers will compete in Bassmaster's new Elite series, an $11 million, invitational tournament trail that begins in March on Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas, and can lead to the CITGO Bassmaster Classic.

Joining big names such as reigning CITGO Bassmaster Classic champ Kevin Van Dam and Mike Iaconelli will be Rick Ash of Pottstown, Paul Hirosky of Guys Mills and Randy Yarnall of Womelsdorf.

Kinzua video

The state is selling videotapes of the collapse of the Kinzua Viaduct in McKean County in 2003 when a tornado toppled the historic structure, once the highest and longest railroad bridge in the world.

The documentary "Tracks Across the Sky" chronicles the difficulty in building the viaduct more than 100 years ago, the tornado's destruction and efforts to see the viaduct's remains and surrounding state park restored as a tourist attraction, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which is selling the $19.95 tape.

For more, visit www.dcnr.state.pa.us, and click on state parks, then Kinzua State Park. Or call 1-800-770-2111 or visit www.mediasales.psu.edu.

First published on November 13, 2005 at 12:00 am