I have been “out and about” on a couple of trips in the past few weeks. Those trips were for events where my attendance was requested. Pretty much everywhere I go, all the time, the fishing gear goes with me and I work in at least a little time for myself on the water. Yes, that is my job too, but it is also who I am! It has always been that way. In an earlier blog post I mentioned how …
Read More »Tech Committee Meetings
I try not to bore folks too much with my day-to-day job activities here on my blog. But, I want to share with you one thing I did last week. . . . The corollary to the fishing is always better in some other state (Grass is always greener), is “Why don’t you do what the biologists in _______________ are doing?” (fill in blank with whatever state you choose where the fishing is better). I hope folks understand that we …
Read More »It’s a Fish Eat Pigeon World
I have tried to post something “lighthearted” the past couple of weeks for my Friday, weekend, blog post. Let me take it a completely different direction today, more along the lines of a horror story! If you have been reading my blog for any time you know as a fisheries biologist and life-long fisherman, predator/prey relationships fascinate me. I often say it is a “fish eat fish” world. Well, sometimes fish eat a whole lot more! That video clip comes …
Read More »2016 High School Bass Fishing Championship
Need to get a report up here today on the 2016 High School Bass Championship this past Saturday. Here’s the bare bones: North Platte’s Pavelka, Rowland Repeat as State High School Fishing Champs LINCOLN – Grant Pavelka and Tyler Rowland of North Platte High School caught a five-fish limit weighing 15.85 pounds to capture the Nebraska High School Fishing Championship for the second year in a row. The event took place July 23 at Elwood Reservoir Wildlife Management Area north …
Read More »PokeThis
I try to keep my Friday blog posts a little light-hearted and once in awhile maybe even funny. However, I realize my sense of humor is a little warped. It always amazes me that sometimes even those casual, weekend blog posts draw negativity. Well this one will probably draw some “fire” too. I likely will be accused of being old-fashioned and “out of touch” with modern technology. . . . My wife and I went for a walk the other …
Read More »The Don
Things have been a little melancholy around the Fisheries Division of the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission the past week or so. Our Division Administrator of the past 22+ years, Don Gabelhouse, retired on July 8. We are happy for him, he will have more time to fish, but we hate to see him go. As a state agency charged with the stewardship of our state’s fisheries resources, we hear from a lot of folks with a lot of opinions …
Read More »Work, Work, Work
This news release went out last week, but I want to repeat it here, and add a couple of photos and some more details. Accessible fishing features added at Duck Lake on Valentine NWR LINCOLN – Anglers and other visitors to Duck Lake on the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge will notice some improvements this summer. A handicap-accessible parking pad and walkway were completed earlier this year. The walkway leads to an accessible fishing dock that was put in place several …
Read More »Game and Parks to Offer Two Free Workshops for Educators
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Project WILD program is now accepting registrations for two free workshops for educators. A workshop focused on birds will take place on July 21 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hastings Museum in Hastings. Nebraska is home to more than 450 species of birds. Birds can be found in nearly every kind of habitat in Nebraska and are also easy to see and fun to watch. For these and other …
Read More »Dog Days Adventure Report
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog with some ideas about catching fish right through the heat of the summer. I said there that I may not do as much fishing in the heat and humidity, but I fish all the time, 12 months each year. I got to thinking on some recent trips about some of those Dog Days fishing tips and darned if they don’t work! It is the peak abundance of natural prey that makes …
Read More »Carp-O-Rama, Maloney
Just a reminder that this coming Saturday, July 16, is our “Carp-O-Rama” event at Lake Maloney south of North Platte. I have said it before, will say it again now. We basically show up at these events and have fun. Bring the kids and have fun with us! If you do not have tackle, do not worry, we got that, and the Nebraska Fish & Game Association folks will have the bait. We will offer some expertise too if you …
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