Maryland has designated Aug.3 and 4 as the days for its lottery for duck blind sites.
Applicants must arrive at the licensing locations between 7:30 and 8a.m. to be processed. Anyone arriving after 8a.m. will not be eligible for the drawing and will have to wait until all lottery applicants have completed their selection.
After Aug.5 licensing will take place at DNR Regional Service Centers throughout the state.
The licensing process has three changes from prior years: Applicants need a 2003-04 or 2004-05 Maryland resident hunting license; a Maryland drivers’ license or other photo identification to prove residency; and lottery numbers cannot be transferred.
Maps of shorelines that are licensed by riparian landowners are available at www.dnr.maryland.gov.
Near the District, blind site applicants can go to the Prince George’s County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro. Beginning Aug.5 licenses for Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties will be issued at the Wildlife and Heritage Service office, Tawes State Office Building, Annapolis.
In Calvert County, maps are available and applications can be made at the DNR Regional Service Center, Route 231 at Hallowing Point.
Maps are available in the morning at the Charles County site, Myrtle Grove WMA Office, 5625 Myrtle Grove Road, near La Plata. In St. Mary’s County, applicants can go to the Joseph D. Carter Building, 23110 Leonard Hall Dr., Leonardtown. Preview maps are available at St. Mary’s County Memorial Library, 23250 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown.
After Aug.5, licenses for Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties will be issued at the DNR center in Calvert County.
Disabled fish for bass — On July31 at 7p.m., Outdoor Life Network will broadcast disabled bass angler Mike Vanderveen’s victory at the 2004 PVA Grand National Championship.
Sponsored by the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the championship was in January at Lake Havasu, Ariz. It brought together 35 of the nation’s best disabled anglers.
A Vietnam War veteran who lost his legs, Vanderveen, of Dayton, Ohio, won the tournament on the last day with a catch of bass that weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.
Bass Classic begins next week — A kind of world championship of bass fishing, the Bassmaster Classic, is scheduled from July30 to Aug.1 on Lake Wylie, along the North Carolina-South Carolina border. The Classic features the 53 top anglers in the world in a three-day tournament. Caught bass will be kept alive in special aerated tanks on each competitor’s boat and then transported to nearby Charlotte Coliseum where they will be weighed.
This is the fifth time North Carolina has played host to this bass fishing championship. Its previous Classics took place on High Rock Lake (1998, 1995, 1994) and Currituck Sound (1975).
EVENTS
Freestate Flyfishers meet — Sept.1, 7:30p.m., Davidsonville (Md.) Family Recreation Center. Joe Evens presents photos and anecdotes from a week-long trout trip in the southern Andes. Information: Mike Price, 410/230-0080.
Surf fishing school — Sept.9-12, Oct.21-24, Outer Banks, Nags Head, N.C. Each session is scheduled to coincide with productive fishing periods. Pro guides Joe Malat and Mac Currin are instructors. Cost: $250. Contact Malat, 252/441-4767;joemalat.com.
• Look for Gene Mueller’s Outdoors column Sunday and Wednesday and his Fishing Report on Thursday, only in The Washington Times. E-mail: gmueller@washingtontimes.com
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