Anyone in Boy Scouts before that deal imploded or had parents drag them around the country in an old summer vacation van should know how to use a compass. Understanding direction is key to navigating, especially in zero visibility. Most of us have a compass app on our smart phones, which means some of us can’t actually use a compass but can access one while checking Instagram to see how many fish everyone else has landed.
Do not know how many folks have heard about this, but I am betting if you have not, a bunch of you will be interested! Youth half-price lifetime permit drawing open now If you know a Nebraska youth who likes to hunt or fish, now is the time to enter them in our online drawing …
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Florida’s flathead catfish record falls again. They say that records are made to be broken and it is true, some do not last very long. After being broken in 2019, Florida’s flathead catfish record has been broken again in 2020 according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The FWC confirmed that Lavon Nowling’s
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I have a nephew who just had a baby. Well, actually, you know his wife had the baby. It is their first, a boy, they named him “Colter”. I like it. It reminded me of this meme I stole from the interwebs: I always said I thought a good name for a boy would be …
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The Rio Grande holds REAL monsters. The Rio Grande River. Most people simply think of it as the lengthy, 1,800-mile border between the United States and Mexico. This river often is not much to look at in spots due to low water levels, but appearances can be deceiving. This river holds real prehistoric monsters that
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Pennsylvania becomes the latest to record a new trout record. While many can agree that 2020 has been an awful year for many things, fishing is not among them. State records have been falling left and right, likely due to more people out on the waters during the Covid-19 outbreak. Pennsylvania has just become the
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Rob Gronkowski muscles in this bull shark like it’s nothing. Few other pro athletes are as popular as Tampa Bay Buccaneer tight end Rob Gronkowski is right now. The last few years, it seems like this guy is everywhere when he isn’t lighting up the football field. He is endlessly marketable, and has appeared in
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Well it’s here. You can even feel it in the air already. FALL! Many of you have been counting the days until you will grab your bow, shotgun, or rifle and head to the field. Nebraska is a great place for all of those outdoor activities and more. My problem is having enough time to …
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I have not done a blog post on a fisheries science topic in a while. Time to dust off the theme song, if you want, listen while you read, She Blinded Me with Science, Thomas Dolby. Got another link for you to follow. This one about some research that has been done on pallid sturgeon …
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It’s said that the bluegill is the gateway fish for most freshwater anglers. Let’s explore why that might just be true. Let’s face it, we’ve all walked up to the water’s edge at some time in our lives, probably soon after winter, and the first fish we saw sitting on a bed was a bluegill.
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