I have finally caught up with all my “chores” after being “out” most of last week. Time to give you a report on my latest adventures in our great state. My family and I headed west to spend the Independence Day holiday with family. We spent several days in Valentine, …
If you subscribe to NEBRASKAland magazine, http://www.outdoornebraska.ne.gov/nebland/subscriptions/nebland_subscribe.asp , you have already seen the new liftout that was included in the July 2012 issue, Fishing the Metro. I want to mention this booklet here because I believe it was very well done by Jeff Kurrus, and because I believe it will be …
I will tell you that Independence Day, or the 4th of July, has always been my favorite holiday. Maybe that tells you that I have a pyromania streak in me? Anyway, we have big plans for spending the holiday with family and I imagine most of you do too. Be …
Last week I got a chance to return to fish some “old” waters on which I used to spend a lot of time. Let me give you a report and tell you about it. The water I am referring to was Elwood Reservoir. Back a few years I worked out …
I am going to post a link here that will take you to a video you have to watch (I could not figure out a way to embed it in my blog, sorry. Click on the link, you will find it interesting). The Skisherman short film Now, I am not …
I want to throw up a quick post to share some of my pictures from our big Carp-O-Rama event at Pawnee Reservoir this past Saturday. We started off the event with a thunderstorm, but it passed through relatively quick and the rest of the morning was beautiful. Estimates are that …
Time for the first update on state records for 2012. It took awhile for the first state record applications for this year, but since that one showed up there have been several more come across my desk. So, let’s take ‘em as they have come. . . . First off …
I have a nephew that is a trout bum. I say that with complete respect, pride and a little bit of jealousy. He is guiding fishermen on the Nushagak River in Alaska as I write this. Before he headed north for the summer he posted this poster on his FaceBook …
I believe it has been about 7 years ago that we started this little “Carp-O-Rama” event out at Pawnee Reservoir northwest of Lincoln. We wanted an event to draw some attention to common carp, a fish worthy of pursuit, a fish that is definitely a challenge to catch and a …
Southeast Nebraska fisheries biologists have been doing some extra sampling and work with flathead catfish in Branched Oak Reservoir for the past several years. Please take some time to review a couple of previous blog posts about that work, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2010/08/flathead-tagging/ , http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2011/07/field-work/ . This year that has been taken to …
