OLIVER LAKE NEWS
Lake News From Lakes Online, Affiliates and Authorities
Date: 11/6/2009
Lynette Bellomy and coworkers were sifting through boxes from an estate sale. Lynette would have normally thrown away that box of magazines, but …
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Date: 7/15/2009
Concern about protecting the public from possible exposure to mercury from eating fish led tothe issuance of nine new fish consumption advisories for bodies of water in Alabama in thefollowing counties: Barbour, Covington, Escambia, Greene, Russell and Shelby. Advisories forthree other bodies of water also were modified …
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Date: 6/29/2009
EPA’s Watershed Academy sponsors free Webcasts to help build the capacity of watershed practitioners from around the globe. On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, the Watershed Academy will sponsor the first in a series of Webcasts about the Clean Water Act (CWA). This first Webcast will provide an introduction to the CWA including a …
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Date: 6/27/2009
With the arrival of peak-boating and boat-selling season, last week, the U.S. Senate passed S. Res. 199, introduced by Senators Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), declared July 1, 2009 National Boating Day. The resolution recognizes the important role recreational boating and the boating industry play in the …
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Date: 6/26/2009
(June 26, 2009, Washington, DC) - Recreational boaters may want to think twice before reaching for that cold beer this weekend. The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, launches Operation Dry Water the weekend of June 26 - 28, 2009. Operation Dry Water …
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OLIVER LAKE FISHING NEWS
Lake News And Reports From Local Fishing Experts
Date: 6/5/2009
On Saturday, June 6 Alabamians will have the opportunity to fish for free in most state waters. This Free Fishing Day will kick off National Fishing and Boating Week which runs through June 14. Approved by the Alabama Legislature, Free Fishing Day allows residents and non-residents to fish without a fishing license for a …
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Date: 5/16/2009
West Point bass were biting in tihe Walmart Bulldog Division on West Point Lake near Lanett, Alabama. Saturday. The lake is known for big bass. Marcia Arnold, from LakesOnline.com, was there to photograph the returning fisherman. See the photos in the Gallery. Winners are listed at bfl.flwoutdoors …
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Date: 3/17/2009
BASS announced today that the 2010 Bassmaster Classic will return in
February to Lay Lake in Shelby County, Ala., site of three previous
Classic competitions — 1996, 2002 and 2007.Fifty-one Classic
qualifiers will hit the Coosa River impoundment Feb. 19-21 for the 2010
Classic title. As previously announced …
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MEDIA ARTICLE SOURCES
Fishing News From Local Media Providers
Date: 11/9/2009
About 100 people gathered on the Tallapoosa County courthouse steps in
Dadeville this morning as the sheriff auctioned Lake Martin property
owned by HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy.
It was over instantly, as shareholders paid $7.4 million for the house and two lots and $435 …
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Date: 11/5/2009
A Jefferson Count Circuit Court judge denied Richard Scrushy's attempt
to block the sale of his assets this morning, paving the way for the
sale of his $7 million Lake Martin home to be sold at an auction Monday.
Judge Allwin Horn held a hearing this morning to hear various motions
from lawyers for HealthSouth …
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Date: 10/5/2009
A deal to build a wood pellet mill in Jackson is dead, says Mayor Richard Long,
although the city is looking for someone new to build a similar mill on the same
property, which it spent $500,000 to prepare. "They have given it just
about all the time they could give it and I would say they're not coming," Long
said …
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Date: 9/26/2009
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans houseboats, cigarette boats and some other large boats from three lakes in east Alabama.The court ruled Friday that the law passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2006 is not vague and provided sufficient notice to the public concerning what …
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Date: 7/27/2009
"I'm gonna tell you, this has got to be the coolest show I've ever done here tonight," Alan Jackson said Saturday (July 25) to some 35,000 fans who traveled by boat to attend his concert on Lake Martin near Alexander City, Ala.In addition to the crowd estimate, law enforcement agencies also reported that more than 4,000 …
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Date: 7/10/2009
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby has offered an amendment to a federal appropriations bill that finally could make the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report how it allocates water along the two river basins that have been the subject of tri-state water war.
For two decades, Alabama, Georgia and Florida have wrestled in court over …
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Date: 7/3/2009
Local law officials are stepping up their traffic and boating enforcement this holiday weekend.
In addition to the typical weekend complement of Columbus patrol officers, there will be a contingent of officers devoted strictly to dealing with traffic enforcement, said Maj. Julius Graham with the Columbus Police …
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Date: 5/24/2009
In 1959, just 12 officers patrolled the state's waterways. Today, the Alabama Marine Police Division is celebrating its 50th anniversary with more than 100 officers - and more control over water safety.
"We're like a state trooper, but on water, not on the highway," said Marine Police Capt. John Clifton, district …
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