If you spend any time on the interwebs, you know there are certain questions and discussions that come up all the time. Some mentioned so often that they become annoying: Sure, I realize folks are always looking for the hottest bite. I also know that to experience that, you need to spend time on the water, not on the internet. By the time you hear about a hot bite. . . . You are too late. I do however spend …
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Not a big topic to post on today, but I have had several little things come to mind. . . . Happy New Year! Yes! Finally! I celebrated New Years 2024 on January 11! Yes, that means I have been on the ice! However, the conditions were brutal, windy, cold, snowing. I did not fish long and everything was a little more difficult when conditions were like that. However, you bet I caught fish! Dried off several small bass, largemouth …
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(EDITORS NOTE: I am hearing a few whispers about folks starting to venture on the ice, in Nebraska. For most of us, we are NOT there yet, but hopefully we are getting close enough for me to do my annual reminder about ice safety. Do not need to re-write that post, am simply going to dust off a previous one and run it again. . . . ) Believe it or not, I know there have been some folks on …
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I sure enjoy ice fishing when the thick, solid ice arrives on frozen lakes and ponds in Nebraska, but I admit I don’t do much of it. Nevertheless, when there’s an invitation to go with seasoned ice-fishing veterans, you can bet that I will have my fishing permit, grab my current fishing regulation guide and jump at the opportunity. Hey, there’s fish to catch! Such was the case several years back when Ty Stromquist of Norfolk and his dad, Alan …
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If you have followed my blog for a while, you know that my first day on the ice each year is a day to be celebrated! In fact, I proclaim that day each year as “New Year’s Day”. It is the first day of the new ice season, first day of the next year’s season. I celebrated New Year’s Day 2023 on “black Friday”. Yes, I know that was a couple of weeks ago. I did not blog about it …
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A recent spurt of frigid temperatures has iced over some Nebraska water bodies. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission warns anybody venturing onto the ice to be cautious. Warmer temperatures will be arriving quickly, but in light of two recent drownings in eastern Nebraska in which persons went through the ice, Game and Parks offers the following safety tips: • Never go out alone. Have a buddy. • A minimum of 3 inches of clear, blue lake ice will support …
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Ice fishing. Tis’ the season for it. I sure enjoy ice fishing but admittedly I don’t do much of it. I don’t quite have all the equipment needed for it. So, I guess you would consider me an amateur ice angler. Nevertheless, when there’s an invitation to go with seasoned veterans of the hard water fishing lifestyle for a day, you can bet that I will jump at the opportunity. Such was the case a couple years ago in January …
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Unfortunately, it has been a relatively warm winter. Yes, since the first of January, I have been on the ice a number of times; however I would not say ice conditions have been great. From what I am hearing, that is still the case in much of Nebraska. The high winds we had a couple weeks ago killed us. Nothing “eats” ice like wind. The ice can withstand some days of warm temperatures, can even withstand some rain and snow-melt. …
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Ice fishing. Tis’ the season for it. I sure enjoy ice fishing but admittedly I don’t do much of it. I don’t quite have all the equipment needed for it. So, I guess you would consider me an amateur ice angler. Nevertheless, when there’s an invitation to go with seasoned veterans of the hard water fishing lifestyle for a day, you can bet that I will jump at the opportunity. Such was the case a couple years ago in January …
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Quick blog post today, not a lot of time, but let me make some comments: First, some of you will be interested in this little news update: Access to Hudson Lake has been reopened. Hudson Lake in Cherry County reopened to ice fishing. Hudson Lake, which is about 24 miles southwest of Valentine, is available for public recreation through the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Open Fields and Waters Program. Hudson Lake is open to ice fishing until March 1, …
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