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Siouxland Flyfishers

I should have made this post a week ago.  Last Saturday I was invited to speak to the Siouxland Fly Fishing Club in Sioux City, Iowa.  Normally, when I have programs and speaking engagements like that, I try to mention it in my blog so folks can attend AND I …

Cover Boy

Several weeks ago I was approached by some of our NEBRASKAland magazine staff about writing a story on the Lake Ogallala trout fishery.  If you have been reading my blog over the past year you know I have gushed about the trout fishing and Lake Ogallala and associated waters many …

Special Regulation for Wanahoo Pike

There was a short news release about a special pike regulation that will be enacted on the new Lake Wanahoo when it opens on April 28, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2012/03/lake-wanahoo-catch-and-release-pike-regulation/ .  Part of our challenge with this new regulation is going to be getting the word out.  You ain’t going to find this …

Walleye Spawn Update

As I blogged about earlier this week, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2012/03/news-items-march-28-2012/ , our field crews began collecting walleye eggs this week.  Let me give you an update on how that annual project is progressing as of this morning. We started collecting spawning walleyes at Sherman Reservoir last Monday, March 26 and we started …

Some News Items, March 28, 2012

I have several news items I need to mention today.  Now, I know that by now many of you have already seen some of these news releases and know all about it.  However, after blogging for a few years, I have learned that it never hurts to repeat things, to …

How many?

Many of you will recall that a couple of weeks ago I helped with a northern pike tagging project at the new Wanahoo Reservoir in eastern Nebraska.  First of all, just a reminder, Wanahoo is NOT OPEN YET.  The opening date has been set for April 28; you will have …

HUSKERland Muskie Hunters Poolside Demo and Pizza Dinner

A week from today is one of the biggest events our Nebraska chapter of Muskies Inc. puts on every year.  The HUSKERland Muskie Hunters will be hosting their sixth annual poolside demo and pizza dinner. This event is a lot of fun and I will guarantee you will learn something …

Yes, Nebraska has muskies too!!!!!!

Where I’ve Been, March 21, 2012

I have been “out and about” some in the past week or two; need to let you know what I have been doing.  First of all, with the exceptionally warm weather we have been having, who can stay in the office?????  I am always saying that early spring is one …

Shakespeare Promotion

Shakespeare is offering a fishing permit promotion again this year. Here is the website for more information, http://www.shakespeare-fishing.com/rbff-license.html .  And here is the claim form, http://www.shakespeare-fishing.com/images/SKPLicense_ClaimForm_2012.pdf .  Forty dollars of Shakespeare tackle is nothing, I spend that much money on fishing tackle of some sort almost every time I walk …

This Is a Test

“Take me fishing”, http://www.takemefishing.org/ has been running a new campaign this spring.  I heard one of their “spots” on the way to work one morning last week.  Anyway, this is clever, and it makes a good blog post for the weekend. Go fish, find someone else and take them fishing.  I …

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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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