Stewardship; Public and Private Initiatives; Regional
Nebraska Walleye Association
It has been a while since I linked up with the Nebraska Walleye Association (NWA), but we finally got our schedules together. The NWA folks will be hanging out at the LaVista Cabela’s all this weekend, and I plan to meet up with them in the meeting room at 1:00 on Sunday. Oh yes, I …
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Fits and Starts
If you have lived in the great state of Nebraska for any length of time, you know that spring is a frustrating time. It comes in “fits and starts”. I laugh at the wild swings in weather, and the wild swings in the mental health of those hoping for warm, sunny days. Ha. We are …
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Missouri Deer Hunters Donate 289,000 Pounds of Meat
Hunters in Missouri have something extra to be proud of this year. It’s a program that began in 1992. Since then, Share the Harvest has brought in over 4 million pounds of meat to help feed the hungry, and 2017 proved to be a giant year for the program. During the 2017 season, more than
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Boat Safe
I got a reminder from our Boating Law Administrator that this week is the National Association of State Boating Law Administrator’s Spring Aboard Campaign to remind folks to complete a boating safety course! Yes, somewhere in my wallet is a boater safety card. . . . If you check the 2018 Boating Guide, right up …
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Brackets
I believe if you been reading my blog for anytime, you know I am a huge Husker fan! It is in the blood. Yes, I am a fan of any Husker sport. But, as far as just sitting down and watching a sport in which I have no rooting interest for either team, I have …
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Sturgeon Identification
I have seen some reports already this early spring of sturgeon being caught, mostly from Nebraska’s Missouri River. I am confident a lot of the anglers catching those fish, especially the old “river rats” are very aware of what they are catching and their sturgeon identification. On the other hand, I realize there are new …
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Hunting as a Means of Wildlife Management
At first blush, the process presents as counter-intuitive. How can preservation arise from elimination? That is the question raised by opponents of hunting when they argue against the notion that hunting contributes to wildlife conservation.
Pit and Pond Management Workshops
There are a couple of workshops coming up on managing small waters, pits and ponds: Lake and pond management workshops scheduled in Omaha, Lincoln LINCOLN, Neb. – Free workshops are scheduled in Omaha and Lincoln this spring for anyone who makes decisions about lakes and ponds or wants to learn more about protecting them.
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Tweener Time
Let me tell you from the phone calls, e-mails, messages, and “chatter” I have heard this week, I have come to the conclusion that there are a darned lot more people that need to learn how to ice fish! It happens every year, the ice starts melting, we get some open water and warm afternoons, …
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A Sandhills Perch Safari
My son and I made it out to the glorious Nebraska sandhills for another ice-fishing trip this past month. I have been swamped with “important” stuff to blog about since then and have not been able to tell you about it. Time to change that. We love ice-fishing Nebraska’s sandhill lakes; they truly are some …
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Bighorn sheep capture
When I received the call from my co-worker, Justin Haag, about coming to the Panhandle to take photos of the bighorn sheep capture, I was more than ecstatic. I had always wanted to see how this process takes place and get close to the sheep. Along with that, who doesn’t want to travel to one.
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First Trout Slam Completed!
It was only a month ago that we introduced our new angler recognition program–the Nebraska Trout Slam. At the end of my blog post on the subject I challenged to see who would be first. Well, it did not take long! Alliance angler is first Nebraska Trout Slam recipient ALLIANCE, Neb. — The Nebraska Game …
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Quick News Items, March 1, 2018
I just got a blog post up yesterday with a major news item, spring trout stocking, but I need to get another one up today with a couple of minor news items. No, these will not impact as many people, but if you were planning a late ice, ice-fishing trip into the north-central sandhills…
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Spring Trout Stocking, 2018
Man, we had a couple of warm days this week and my phone started ringing, “when are the trout going to be stocked?” Personally, I would rather we had ice to fish for another month, but if you wanna know: Rainbow trout stockings scheduled this spring LINCOLN, Neb. – Catchable-size rainbow trout are being stocked …
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Application Period for Archery Paddlefish Permits
Again I am blogging about something you might have already seen, but I want to spread the word as much as possible and there is something upon which I especially would like to comment. So, as I have often done, starting with the news release: Archery paddlefish applications accepted March 1-14 LINCOLN, Neb. – The …
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Sport Show
Earlier in the week I noted that I would mostly be talking about Nebraska fish and fishing this week. A large part of that will be the big show, the Omaha International Boat, Sports and Travel Show. If you have not seen the video already, here it is: Like every year, our Game & Parks …
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Meet Nicole Stone and Watch Her Pull 64 Walleyes Out of 1 Hole
Nicole Stone can ice fish, and when she pulls 64 walleyes out of one hole in the same day, you’ll be a believer! Nicole Stone is a former Wide Open Spaces writer that is a native of the North Star State. She grew up fishing in central Minnesota before the age of 6. She has
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Talk, Talk, Talk
Got a busy week ahead, a week where mostly I will be talking about fish and fishing in Nebraska. Oh sure, I will try to hit the ice if I have time, but I have a couple of events on the calendar this week. The first is in York tomorrow evening, a fund-raiser for York …
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