Efforts are underway at the Minnesota Capitol again this year to reduce the deaths of loons and other waterfowl by banning the sale and use of small lead fishing tackle. A bill in the state House, ...

Back in 2003, Brad Yaritz of White Bear Lake read a magazine article about loons dying after eating lead. From fishing tackle. “That really stuck with me, for years,” said Yaritz, who at the time had ...

OTTAWA, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Canadian environment ministry announced Tuesday it will soon issue a ban on lead fishing sinkers and jigs to protect wildlife. Environment Minister David Anderson said the ...

A bill designed to ban more types of lead fishing equipment to reduce further health threats to Maine loons got key approval from the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Wednesday. The ...

In late January, state Rep. Peter Fischer, DFL-Maplewood, introduced a bill that would ban some small fishing tackle made with lead — similar to legislation he raised last session in concert with DFL ...

As of January 1, lead fishing sinkers and lead jigs weighing less than one ounce will be prohibited in all freshwaters of the Commonwealth. This includes lead sinkers and jigs (weighing less than an ...

A deerfly was dining on my sandalled foot as I watched fishing line twist slowly into the lake. A loon yodeled. I shooed away the fly and enjoyed the loon. Finally, the line stopped slipping off the ...

If you like to fish in Massachusetts lakes and streams, there are big changes coming. The state is banning some of what's in your tackle box, because it can hurt the environment. The short answer is: ...

MINNEAPOLIS — With the Minnesota fishing opener just a week away, the state is once again pleading with anglers to get the lead out of their tackle boxes for the health and safety of loons, swans and ...

It was the crappie hole off Hay Island, where the fish tended to be deeper, suspended off the bottom maybe 30 feet under the ice in 60 feet of water. The problem was getting the jig down to the ...

MOULTONBOROUGH - Loon preservation groups and lake associations in the state are for the second year in a row backing legislation to gradually eliminate lead fishing jigs, which they say are ...

Supporters of legislation that would ban small lead fishing jigs and weights in Minnesota say it will prevent needless loon deaths due to lead poisoning. Opponents say that nontoxic alternatives to ...