Have you ever seen someone shotgun a tuna’s heart? Well, now you have. Fishermen are a stout-hearted breed who like to go out in bad weather, try to tame the biggest fish possible, and filet them with their own hands, all in the name of filling the frying pan. We’ve seen some mighty peculiar fishing
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Maybe I am running out of stuff to blog about. Maybe I am just getting growly from all this coronoavirus stuff. . . . Judging from the activity I am seeing on our waters and the questions I am answering over and over and over again, we gotta bunch of folks fishing this spring that …
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From what I am hearing and seeing, Nebraskans are doing a pretty good job of this! And that is a great thing! Just make sure you do it a rod’s length apart! Have I ever mentioned that I prefer longer rods? Have a great weekend. Stay safe.
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What’s it like to swim with catfish that are bigger than you? Just ask this snorkeler. These giant catfish are the size of your body. It sounds terrifying, doesn’t it? When I was younger, I remember picking up a book on the history of Kentucky Lake at my grandparents’ house. Within that book, there was a section
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If you ever wondered how fast a mako shark is, or high one can leap, wonder no more. Mako sharks are one of the fastest, highest leaping predators in the sea, and this video shows exactly why. Once a mako has locked on to prey, it may as well give up because it’s as good
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Nebraska muskies have received some love recently; let me share a couple of articles with you: The first ran in Omaha Magazine and was written by Doug Meigs: The Fish of 10,000 Casts The second was in Nebraskaland: A 50-inch Minimum STORY BY JEFF KURRUS Merritt Reservoir has long been one of Nebraska’s top fishing …
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This is “in your face” fishing at its finest! There’s no denying the unbridled strength a heavy-weight sturgeon possesses. These Goliath fish, which are among the most ancient that still swim today, will test any angler’s fishing prowess when hooked. A pair of Idaho kayak anglers tussled with an 8-foot giant March 31 while fishing
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If your truck somehow ends up in the water at the boat launch, don’t do this. If it wasn’t bad enough that a beautiful SUV ended up in the water, it seems the only recourse they had was to pull it out (mostly full of water) with another truck that already had a trailer with
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Anytime that you find yourself in one of these situations, these simple pocket knife uses may just prove that it’s the best tool you have. Call it what you will, a pocket knife, a folding knife, or a simple multi-tool, but this uncomplicated and long-lived tool is something that most of us cannot live without.
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The state certified a recent yellowfin tuna catch as the largest Mississippi has ever seen. Michael McElroy III, of Hattiesburg, reeled in a 236-pound, 9.6-ounce yellowfin tuna to capture the new Mississippi state record. The fish was officially certified at the April meeting of the Mississippi State Commission on Marine Resources. The Sun Herald caught
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