Again I know some of you have seen this already, but I am going to spread it around, again. If there is one thing I have learned in the past couple of months, it is that you cannot repeat “stuff” enough! We have a new lake map available, this one for Conestoga Reservoir. Look here for a bigger version: Conestoga Map. You will recall that we did a complete Aquatic Habitat Rehabilitation project at Conestoga. That project took time, a …
Read More »Don’t Forget
I am always brain-storming blog ideas. Sometimes I even write a few down before I forget them. I was wondering what light-hearted thing to blog about today. . . but wait, Sunday is Mother’s Day! I am betting in the past few weeks you like me have spent some time reflecting on family and good times past. You are anxious for more good times ahead too, more time with family, but remembering helps right now. I know I have shared …
Read More »Right Size Jig
It is hard to write a blog about fishing jigs. Jigs come in an infinite variety of sizes, shapes, styles, colors, bodies, etc., etc. Likewise, jigs can be fished in a variety of ways for a variety of species of fish. You can catch anything that swims on a jig. Furthermore, if you learn to be a good jig-fisher, you will flat out be a good fisher. Period. Many of the best sticks I know are great jig fishers. So, …
Read More »Here is What you Gotta Know
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 have not been fishing for a while, or maybe never before. So, let me go back to the very basics and compile a bunch of …
Read More »“Back” to Nature
From what I am hearing and seeing, Nebraskans are doing a pretty good job of this! https://youtu.be/VSN_L2uqugI 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.
Read More »Spurs on the Necklace
If you have followed my blog for a year or three, you know this time of year I am distracted. Distracted by gobbling turkeys. Yep, I am pretty much all fishing, all the time, but when the turkeys are gobbling, I am gone. I love everything about wild turkeys. They are beautiful birds and provide hours of entertainment every spring. I love just watching their interactions and antics. They are a challenge to hunt, and when taken they are great …
Read More »Some Muskie Love
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 destinations. Merritt is an irrigation reservoir, but unlike some others, it fills every year because of the ample flow of the Snake River. It consistently …
Read More »Something to Listen To. . .
I know what you have all been doing the past few weeks. While you are “working at home” you are watching a lot more TV, listening to a lot more radio. By now you have seen all the same stupid movies a couple, three times. Sports TV is worthless, but still better than sports talk radio is right now. Sure, you can listen to music, but that gets old too. The best solution would be the sounds of nature; there …
Read More »Fight!
When I am in the office, which has not been much lately, at the bottom of the stairs is a mount of two Tom turkeys fighting. I love that mount, love that I walk by it at least a couple times every day. It reminds me of a story. . . . My sister married a guy from Pennsylvania. Rick loves to hunt, still does, but at the time had been unsuccessful hunting turkeys in the spring. Of course our …
Read More »Fly Fishing Guide
Haven’t posted anything from Hank Patterson for a while. This is a good one, and I believe, a little teaser of more to come. Of course you know, what makes things like that humorous is that there is at least some truth to it! If you know a fishing guide or two, especially a fly-fishing guide, I will bet at least some parts of that video reminded you of them! Yes, Seth, I am thinking of you! Man, do I …
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