I have mentioned our Youth Fishing Program before and have encouraged folks to check it out and get involved, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/education/programs/youth_fishing/ . So, yes I am going to be redundant and do that again here. I also want to say a big “THANK YOU” to those of you that have become …
Bass Pro Shops in Council Bluffs is having a fall fishing promotion the next couple of weekends, http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&appID=94&template=listallevents.cfm&storeID=42#64966 . I will be there tomorrow and Sunday to do a couple of seminars; here are the topics and schedule: I know it is a fall weekend and folks are busy; if …
This coming Saturday, September 22, 2012 is the annual “National Hunting and Fishing Day”, http://www.nhfday.org/ . We do a lot of promotional events designed to introduce and recruit folks to various outdoor recreation activities, especially hunting and fishing, but it seems like many of those events occur in the spring …
I know many of you already participate as one of our volunteer youth fishing instructors and many of you have probably already seen this newsletter. I also know that there are other of you reading this that would be interested in this program and would be interested in becoming volunteers …
Another goofy “Mystery Tackle Box” commercial for you: And if you are interested in signing up for the mystery tackle box, http://mysterytacklebox.com/ . Just remember, you can never have too many fishing baits and lures, and YES, it is worth the wait to get a new one!
A few weeks I offered some comments about fishing after dark and observations of other anglers and their apparent fear of the dark, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2012/07/watcha-sceered-of/ . I offered up my opinion that in many fishing situations after dark, I believe a person is more likely to catch fish and more big …
A handicap fishing pier project for Bowling Lake is in the planning stages. Please notice that there is a fund-raising component to this project. If you would like to contribute please contact the Anglers of the Blue Moon!
My family and I did not have any big plans this past Labor Day weekend, but we did have a couple of small “adventures” close to home. Let me share one of those with you. . . . I love frog legs! I ain’t going to tell you that they …
You all know where my biases lie, but let me once again say that fish & wildlife and outdoor recreation are VITAL to Nebraska! This is very important not only economically and because we appreciate our fish & wildlife resources and outdoor recreation, but also because hunters, anglers, and trappers …
You might recall that a few weeks ago I met a TV news team from China on the Platte River, showed them around and talked about the drought, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2012/08/international-man-fishery/ . At that time I speculated on what I might sound like in Chinese and how much of my interview on …
