There’s no denying that I have an affinity for flowing water, rivers and river ecosystems in Nebraska. In fact, I pretty much grew up playing in the waters of the Platte River in southern Sarpy County. And, do you remember this pic from a previous blog post of mine fishing north-central Nebraska’s Snake River this …
Here are the answers to that question. The Nebraska State Parks come front and center on my Weekly TV Outdoor Report this week. Tune in, find out where I will be taking you on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6, Thursday, 6 p.m. during sports. Here’s a photo hint. You can also catch my outdoor segment on Saturdays …
The signs are here to start checking your spots in the woods for morel mushrooms. The soil temperature is reported to be running at about 50 degrees in the Omaha area according to an article in today’s Omaha World-Herald Newspaper http://www.omaha.com/article/20120322/NEWS01/703229927#spring-freeze-a-scary-proposition . My neighbor’s tree is flowering. And, with the recent …
Just sharing a pic from one of my fishin’ buddies. Here is WOWT-TV/Channel 6 Meteorologist Jim Flowers of Omaha, NE and his 23-inch, 7 lbs. 10 ounce largemouth bass caught last Saturday on a red eye shad lure from Lawrence Youngman Lake at 192nd & West Dodge Road in Omaha. …
Yep! We’re gonna be checkin’ out a new lake and then goin’ to the dogs with my outdoors-related broadcasts this week. I’m tellin’ ya’ — don’t miss either one! On my Weekly TV Outdoor Report, come along for the ride on the water as I give you a special glimpse of the new, 637-acre Lake …
This afternoon actually I head to the Capitol City of Lincoln, NE to join Game and Parks Fisheries Biologist and Fish Guru Daryl Bauer for dinner and then to do a joint presentation at U.N.L.’s School of Natural Resources. You know Daryl from his blog: http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/category/barbs-and-backlashes/ Daryl and I will …
Here’s what’s on my outdoor broadcast agenda this week. On television, I’ll be highlighting the spring rainbow trout stockings on my Weekly Outdoor Report airing live on Omaha TV station WOWT/Channel 6, Thursday at 6 p.m. during sports with Ross Jernstrom. The report can also be seen later in the hour-long, 8 a.m. …
Just received word from our parks division that Lake Wanahoo near Wahoo, NE in Saunders County will have an opening date of April 28th. Here’s an aerial photo of the 637-acre reservoir from our good friends at the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District. Look at the tremendous fish habitat! I’ll have …
It’s truly time to take a trip to see all of the sandhill cranes, waterfowl and bald eagles on their spring migration stopover in Nebraska’s central Platte River Valley between Grand Island and Kearney. I never grow tired of seeing this awesome spring wildlife spectacle, especially all of the sandhill cranes! AND, …
Sharing this neat pic below of two of the 12,000 nice, skillet-sized rainbow trout stocked at the Two Rivers SRA Trout Lake near Waterloo, NE that await you anglers there when the lake opens at 7 a.m. this Saturday! Photo courtesy of the Grove Trout Rearing Station staff, thanks guys! Also, …
Greg's e-mail address: greg.wagner@nebraska.gov
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