If you have read my blog for a while, you know that most of the time I have fish and fishing on the brain. You also know that I love to hunt, but it is hard finding time to do it all. I fish hard in the fall when most folks are hunting. Spring turkey season is the one time each year that hunting distracts me from fishing. Once again this spring, I have been thinking about some things, things …
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Recently, it seems like it happens all the time–someone posting photos and misidentifying fish, or just plain not knowing what they have caught. I suppose it could be the result of more new folks starting to fish with all the cornonavirus craziness. Or, perhaps it is just more noticeable because of social media? A fish is not just a fish, you gotta have some identification skills. No, I do not expect everyone to be an ichthyologist. However, I do expect …
Read More »Discarded fishing equipment such as abandoned line, hooks, weights, etc. continues to be a major problem for the environment and a major threat to an array of wildlife in and around the water. It can maim and kill birds and other wildlife! Look what happened to this cormorant! Just yesterday at Carter Lake in northeast Omaha, avid birder Jim Ducey of Omaha, NE brought to my attention yet another graphic incident involving birds getting tangled up with discarded fishing tackle. This …
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