There have not been a lot of Trout Slam entries coming in, but there have been a few. Time to give an update and get certificates mailed out. . . . In case you forgot, the Trout Slam is an angler recognition program we initiated a couple of years ago. We started it to highlight our cold-water fisheries around the state. Those are some beautiful places, and there are beautiful trout in those waters. All a person has to do …
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I know some of you have wondered if we were ever going to send out Trout Slam certificates and pins again? We are, they will be coming soon. Not making excuses, but we do those things in batches and as long as I was receiving Trout Slam entries this fall, I thought we should wait to do the next batch. So, sorry to take so long. There will be twenty more anglers receiving Trout Slam certificates and hat pins. You …
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Been a while, too long, since I have given an update on our Nebraska Trout Slam. I am sure most will remember, but in case you do not, follow the link to learn what a Nebraska Trout Slam is. Briefly, it is catching one of each of the four species of trout found in Nebraska; brook, brown, cutthroat and rainbow. Get that done, register your catches, and you will receive a certificate and hat pin. According to my latest ciphering, …
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Certainly if you have spent anytime watching the news this week you are gloomy. Weather most of the week was that way too, and then it snowed again last night! How about a colorful brook trout to brighten things up? Nebraska does not have a lot of brook trout waters, but we do have a few! I have always said I love those places because they are some of the prettiest in the state, and so are the fish that …
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It has been way too long since I have given an update on our Trout Slam challenge. Yes, there has been less interest since the challenge was introduced, and there is good reason for that–I will explain in just a minute. However, folks are still out there catching trout, still making progress towards completing their Trout Slam! As of right now we have had 116 anglers enter 223 fish for the Trout Slam. There have been a few mis-identifications or …
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It has been a few months since I gave an update on our Trout Slam recognition program . With the weather cooling, one of the best times of year to catch our cold-water trout lies ahead of us. So, let me see if I can pique your interest to get out there and explore our trout waters. Entries during the summer slowed to a trickle, and there were several weeks where I did not see any entries at all. I am …
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It was a couple of months ago when I blogged about our first angler to complete the new Trout Slam, First Trout Slam Completed. Let me catch you up on where we are now: We have had four more anglers complete the Trout Slam, Timothy Engelland from Gering, and his wife Roxanne, Chris Nelson from Alliance, and Donald Elliott from Fremont. Congratulations to all, and yes, we finally got the hat pins and certificates, they will be coming in the …
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It was only a month ago that we introduced our new angler recognition program–the Nebraska Trout Slam. At the end of my blog post on the subject I challenged to see who would be first. Well, it did not take long! Alliance angler is first Nebraska Trout Slam recipient ALLIANCE, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has its first official Trout Slam angler. Justin Powell of Alliance was the first to meet the requirements of the new program, …
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I am always touting the diversity of fishing opportunities Nebraska has to offer; I believe that is one of the unique things we do offer anglers in the state. That certainly includes cold-water fisheries that are capable of supporting trout year-round. No, I am not talking about the urban and parks waters where we stock put & take trout in the fall, winter and early spring, I am talking about some of the prettiest places in the state where we …
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog ain’t about Nebraska. It IS about a lifestyle that includes family and fishing. Even though this particular post is not Nebraska-centric, I suspect many of you will be interested in the adventures anyhow. In fact, most of us have a list of waters in-state and out-of-state that we love to fish, let me drop the names of a few of them here. . . . My immediate family and I spent a week in Montana recently. …
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