Many of you will remember that we started an angler access and renovation project on Standing Bear Reservoir this spring.
Barbs & Backlashes
Algae Mats? EEEEWWWW!??????
I wanted to point out that a person does NOT have to have a boat to catch fish, a lot of fish, big fish.
Catfish Are Predators Too!
Have heard or seen comments from several anglers recently surprised at catching catfish, some of them big catfish, on artificial lures! That really is not unusual.
Hybrids – More Sunfish
Fish identification can be a challenge and hybridization makes it even more difficult.
State Record Update – Spring 2023
Back in April, Chuck Hensel from Valentine was fishing Merritt Reservoir. He caught a common carp that beat the old state record by over four and a half pounds!
Flats and ‘Skies
You know I love big fish, big fish of any species, but especially big, bad, predator fish. … Two of our largest, apex predator fish would be flathead catfish and muskellunge.