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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NOTE: THIS IS MY BLOG AND I OFTEN POST WHERE I HAVE BEEN, WHAT I HAVE DONE AND WHAT I HAVE CAUGHT. AT TIMES SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE OF A PERSONAL NATURE. THIS PARTICULAR POST WILL NOT BE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FISHING IN NEBRASKA. I WAS OUTTA STATE. SO, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ IT, DON’T. HOWEVER, IT WILL INCLUDE FISH AND FISHING AND I WILL MAKE SOME COMMENTS RELATING TO NEBRASKA NEAR THE END. My family and …
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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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There was a meeting of the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission last week in Omaha. Here is the fish part of the news release that dropped after that meeting: Commission adopts changes to sport fishing orders LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission amended sport fishing orders at its meeting Oct. 18 in Omaha. The amendments, which pertain to daily bag limits, possession limits, length limits and open areas and take effect Jan. 1, 2020, are: — The …
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A couple of weeks ago I gave a “heads-up” that we were finally getting some cutthroat trout stocked in Nebraska waters again. Many anglers have been looking hard for a cutthroat to complete their Trout Slam. At that time, the first of those stockings was made in the White River southwest of Ft. Robinson. We have stocked a few more thousand of those fish since then, here is the complete list: White River 1,000 Wood Reserve Ponds 600 Middle Fork …
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I have been promising that we have been raising some more cutthroat trout and will be stocking them again in Nebraska waters. I just got word that the first of those stockings has happened! A thousand 10-inch cutties were stocked in the White River in far northwest Nebraska today! Those of you still needing a cutthroat to complete your Nebraska Trout Slam, there are some more out there again! We have a few thousand more cutthroats at the Grove Trout …
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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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