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Winter Trout Stockings

Some of you have already seen this news release: Additional Trout Stockings Begin Dec. 2 by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission on Friday, November 30, 2012 at 8:38am · Another round of rainbow trout stocking begins Dec. 2 in Nebraska. Two Lincoln lakes – Holmes and Bowling – will get 3,000 …

Thanksgiving Adventure Report, 2012

My family and I made it back “out west” for the long Thanksgiving weekend.  We had a “typical” Thanksgiving weekend, lots of family time, lots of food and feasting, some game-playing, lots of football-watching and yes, some hunting and fishing too.  Let me give you a report, tell some stories …

Weather Geek

If you are an outdoors-person, a hunter, angler or trapper, you probably are a weather geek.  If you are not, you should be.  Spend any time in the field, especially in Nebraska, and you will realize that the weather and changing weather conditions will have a dramatic impact on fish …

Happy Thanksgiving. What’s to eat?

Look around at waist lines, maybe even your own, and you know that Americans, Nebraskans, like to eat!  Feasting is a big part of all of our holiday celebrations but probably as much a central part of our Thanksgiving celebration as any other holiday.  As I sit writing this days …

Could it happen again?

I like history, especially American history, especially Nebraska and Great Plains history.  Last night I was doing a bit of channel surfing when I remembered that the Ken Burns documentary, The Dust Bowl is now showing on Nebraska Public TV.  If you have watched any of the documentaries by Ken …

Mystery Tackle Box III

Maybe you are tired of my blogging about the Mystery Tackle Box offer, http://mysterytacklebox.com/home-b?utm_expid=58159875-1 .  Sorry, but their commercials are just too funny. Hey, my ‘fridge looks just like that!  I resemble that remark. Come to think of it, I suppose if someone were looking for good gift ideas for …

Mixed Bag Capital of the World

I am old enough to remember “back in the day” when NEBRASKAland magazine used to have little advertisements in the magazine that bragged about Nebraska being the “Mixed Bag Capital of the World”.  That was mostly a reference to our diverse upland game hunting opportunities, but I believe it is …

Big Fish Story

Right up front I am telling you this is NOT a story about a Nebraska fish.  But . . . the story is unbelievable, the fish itself is even more unbelievable, and Al Lindner, one of my fishing heroes was involved. I will also tell you that I would embed …

Why Hunt, Fish and Trap?

It is the eve of Nebraska’s 2012 rifle deer season.  In spite of some unknowns due to this year’s drought and severe EHD outbreak,  http://www.outdoornebraska.ne.gov/hunting/EHD.asp , I know that there are a lot of men and women who are excited and anticipating their annual deer hunt.  Thinking of that, I …

State Record Update, October 2012

I have a few state record applications sitting on my desk; time for an update.  This update will be of fish that were stuck in the side with pointy objects. First is a rock bass that was taken by underwater spearfishing back on June 2.  The fish was a rock …

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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