Today is photo day, which means that I am taking out the bad, leaving in the marginal, and briefly celebrating the good. During these times I always seem to find a photo that I had forgotten about. The photo below is this session’s lost image. I was fishing at a …
More heat, and more fish. Yesterday I had the opportunity to bass fish at Memphis SRA, a place close to my home that once shared more than 200 bass with my father and I during an afternoon largemouth trip many years ago. Yesterday, however, did not produce numbers of fish. …
You’re probably not going to like this post. Especially when I start off by saying it’s not that hot outside. Okay, okay, now that you’ve shaken your head and given the proper hand gesture, let me explain. Heat is a matter of acceptance. I have lived in Nebraska for more …
At NEBRASKAland, we strive to bring the nation’s best experts on board as much as we can in our publication each issue. Case in point: because we wanted to know about all the creepy, crawly creatures in NE, herpetologist and author Dan Fogell began working with us; because we wanted …
Years ago, I read Mitch Albom’s famed Tuesdays with Morrie, a nonfictional account of Albom’s conversations with an aging Morrie Schwartz. Through these conversations Albom was taught about life, love, and how to live. Fast-forward to my Tuesdays, Wednesdays, late-night emails, and early-morning monologues with writer Jon Farrar. During one of …
Don’t read this if you have no desire to find out what a day in the life of an outdoor writer/photographer is. However, if you do, this has been my day thus far: 1) Looked for a digital camera card that I couldn’t find yesterday. 2) Listening to Eric Fowler’s …
By Jeff Kurrus About 10 years ago, while dove hunting during the Christmas holidays in Tennessee, a group of friends and I got on a hot streak shooting dove that were feeding in a sorghum field. Over a 5 day stint, I limited out each day, shooting no more than …
I make this statement knowing that snakes and spiders and other creepy crawlies have no effect on me. What I fear instead are raccoons trying to eat me when I’m squirrel hunting from the ground, people hiding in the woods while I’m walking in at daylight jumping out and yelling …
So far, the ultralight experience is going quite well. Madeline, a few months past her second birthday, demands many more fish to be caught than a bass fisherman can manage. Therefore, combined with my recent desire to fish different this year, we have been panfishing together this early spring. Ultralight …
Okay, here’s your task for the week. Compile a list of all the people you have fished with and send me your results. Spending the last 5 minutes doing the same, I came up with 41 people after compiling a similar list a few years ago and remembering even more. …
