I found some interesting bits of news from around the country while surfing the outdoors Net this morning:

Here’s a sampling:

In Maryland, an angler has landed an 11.18-pound largemouth bass that will rank as the new state record for tidal water bass.

In Alabama, a grand jury is set to investigate last year’s Monster Pig fiasco. You remember that one, don’t you? That was the incident when the 11-year-old kid killed a 1,000-pound wild hog that turned out had been someone’s pet. This is a very interesting story that sheds a lot of light on just how dirty that operation really was.

In Massachusetts, A 27-year-old man fell through the ice while walking home in the dark and survived only because his neighbor executed a rescue mission in a canoe. Everyone should have a friend like that.

In Mississippi, a visiting out-of-state hunter killed a banded pintail duck. Conservation officials who examined the duck say it was actually banded and released in Japan. That’s unbelievable.