The Ledger - Auction items include a guided three-day, two-night camping/fishing trip to the Everglades with Capt. Ron Tomlin of Lakeland The Lakeland Sail and Power Squadron will teach its Boat Smart course beginning April 3 at West Marine in Winter Haven.

Body of missing sailor found
Boston Globe - The crew of a fishing boat working Thursday in nearby waters found the body of the Gold Leader’s captain, Tomas Nirid Demandaco Jr., 51, Sato said.

Oil tanker sinks off Vietnam
CNN - Fourteen crew members were unaccounted for, but one sailor was rescued by a fishing boat, the agency said. Vietnamese forces have launched “emergency measures” to prevent an oil spill, the agency said. E-mail to a friend

Calls for Ishiba to quit seem to be fading
Daily Yomiuri On-Line - Calls for Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign to take responsibility for the recent collision between a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and a fishing boat have shown signs of dying down. A letter from the family of two missing fishermen

Fishing season to open in Wyandotte County
Kansas City Star - After much delay, spring will unofficially arrive Saturday at Wyandotte County Lake.That’s when the fishing But we plan to run a boat through that section of the lake to break it up and we should be fine.“

And the lesson is: Never tease a croc
News.com.au - Mr Mashiah’s fishing mate, Doron Aviguy, 22, snapped the pic from a bigger boat nearby. The two Israelis were working as fishermen when they came face-to-face with the croc on Friday morning.

Outdoors enthusiasts to soon pay more for licenses
Macon Telegraph - Holbrook said the new system, along with the added fees, is scheduled to be in operation by late this summer for boat registrations and by late fall or early 2009 for hunting and fishing licenses.