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Mystery Tackle Box

OK, so I found this video on the internet; it is goofy and I kind of like that.  I thought you might too. That “KVD” guy kills me. If you are interesting in signing up, subscribing, here is the website, http://mysterytacklebox.com/ . I do not know if I would recommend …

Sandcats

THE news this summer and THE topic of discussion has no doubt been the hot, dry weather.  As I often say we live in the Great Plains, a land of extremes, and we have seen hot, dry summers before, maybe not quite as extreme as this one, but hot and …

Plains Topminnow

I want to repeat a story here that I saw in the July 2012 edition of the Central Loess Hills Newsletter, Vol4 Issue1 (2) .  It is a story by a University of Nebraska-Kearney student, David Schumann.  No, it is not a story about some glamorous game fish that we …

Fly-Tying Workshop

This news release went out a week or two ago, but I want to repeat it here as a reminder: Fly-Tying Workshop Aug. 25 at Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium The Cornhusker Fly Fishers club will conduct a free fly-tying workshop Aug. 25 at the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium Outdoor Education Center. All material and …

$6 Million Dollar Trout

Our fisheries guys that work in our 5 state fish hatcheries do an excellent job.  Most years they produce every fish our fisheries managers need for stocking in waters from one end of the state to the other.  The “research and development” boys out at our top secret Area 52 …

Fishery Renovation at North Platte I-80 City Lake

I am re-running a news release here.  I want to do that as a reminder of a project that is happening soon on one of our public waters.  This project is planned for next week. The North Platte I-80 City Lake will be treated with the chemical rotenone on Aug. …

International Man of Fishery

Pull up a chair, I got a story to tell.  One thing about my job is there are lots of surprises, sometimes you never know what to expect.  That is frustrating at times, but it is never boring.  This past week I ended up doing some things, talking to some …

It Has Been a Long, Dry Summer

OK, it’s Friday.  Let me deviate a bit and lighten things up (warning: I have a warped sense of humor). I imagine like me and my family, many of you have spent quite a bit of time watching the Olympics over the past couple of weeks. I also spent some …

Big Blue

I was recently asked about a new state record blue catfish that someone had heard a rumor about.  I told him that I had heard nothing; which does not necessarily mean anything, but all of Nebraska’s state record fish applications come across my desk and I had not seen or …

A Variety of Updates, August 6, 2012

This is going to be a blog post with a few little tidbits of information about a variety of things. Here we go. . . . Burchard Reservoir I have been getting quite a few inquiries about the status of the Burchard Reservoir project.  If you need a reminder about …

Welcome to Barbs and Backlashes

Daryl is a lifelong resident of Nebraska (except for a couple of years spent going to graduate school in South Dakota). He has been employed as a fisheries biologist for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for 20 years, and his current tour of duty is as the fisheries outreach program manager.

Daryl loves to share his educational knowledge and is an avid multi-species angler. He holds more than 70 Nebraska Master Angler Awards for 13 different species and holds more than 20 In-Fisherman Master Angler Awards for eight different species.

He loves to talk fishing and answer questions about fishing in Nebraska, so if you have a question, e-mail Daryl.

Daryl's e-mail address: daryl.bauer@nebraska.gov

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