It wasn’t too many years ago that we had very good pheasant numbers in Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa as we had some tremendous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields.
Whether we’re ready for it or not, winter isn’t far away, and it’s time to start thinking about getting your boat ready to store for the winter.
Fall will be here before you know it when things will begin to change in the lakes, when they turn over, where the water in the lake actually turns over, with the water from the bottom comes up, and top water going to the bottom.
It’s the time of the year, the Dog Days of Summer where spending time on the water is very inviting, it’s also a time of year where the threat of spreading zebra mussels is high.
The seasons that archers in South Dakota and Nebraska have been waiting for have finally, the Archery Season has arrived or will open shortly.
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, hunters throughout the upper Midwest will be out in the crop fields and set up around stock dams when they open the 2020 Mourning Dove hunting season.
It won’t be long before fall arrives on the 22nd of September, wit hour archery deer, grouse and dove season opening up in the same month.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Dove hunting season begins soon and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has some reminders for hunters, as well as recommendations for areas to hunt.
Some of the best fisherman I know haven’t become the exceptional anglers, by fishing only one approach, one method, as they’re diversified, with they’re fishing arsenal, their tackle bags and rods geared for numerous species and numerous presentations.
Some of the best fisherman I know haven’t become the exceptional anglers, by fishing only one approach, one method, as they’re diversified, with they’re fishing arsenal, their tackle bags and rods geared for numerous species and numerous presentations.
When I was a kid, growing up a block away from the Big Sioux River in Watertown, S.D., each spring, there was always the spring carp and buffalo runs which brought hundreds of these rough fish up river to spawn.
There are a lot of anglers that believe that in order to get into some big fish, they have to fish big water, like Oahe, Lake of the Woods, Waubay Lake and Lake McConaughy,
We were fishing below Gavin’s Point Dam, with a very slow and subtle bite taking place, in order to detect a bite, I needed to watch my line, keeping an eye on it to note any change where it entered the water.
As the weeds, make their way closer and onto the top of the water, fishing can be a nightmare, as you’re always pulling weeds from your baits or snagged up.
Fish are cold blooded, which means there body temperature is directly related to the water temperature, if water temperatures are cold, the fish are lethargic, not moving around much and needing less food to survive.
Time goes by so quickly it’s hard to understand the numerous things that are happening in our country today, things that didn’t seem to happen as I and other Baby Boomers were growing up.
On a recent trip to one of my favorite fishing holes, it was easy to see that the bluegill were getting ready to spawn as all along the shoreline, as I could see the small circular depressions, numerous panfish, bluegill nests.
S.D. Anglers, Boaters Can Expect To See Watercraft Inspection & Decontamination Stations
Coming in all sizes, in several places up to 600 hundred pounds, these hard fighting monsters of the deep are the bottom feeding catfish.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Youth from all across the state were winners in the 2020 Nebraska Fish Art Contest, which brings together youth, art and aquatic conservation.
You’ve seen them on television; read about them in magazines and watched them on the internet, what are they, they’re bass.
The Memorial weekend is the official summer opener, when most folks feel summer has arrived; time to head out to launch the sailboat or pontoon, with the heat of summer is just around the corner.
It seems as if everything is happening later this year, than in years past, with some outdoorsmen and women wondering when things will begin to appear.
Now that the weathers warming up, with temperatures on the rise, we’ll soon be besieged by thousands of biting insects, these bites can be annoying and itchy as well as creating major health issues for you and me.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is holding one of the traditional rites of spring, the Open House and Free Fishing Weekend, May 15-17.
Springtime is when Mother Nature’s Garden starts to grow and mature, unlike the gardens we put in Mother Nature doesn’t see the need to plant her garden in nice neat rows like we do.
The terrain of the area I’d hunted turkeys in for years had changed, as the location the turkeys had used for their roost, was now bare except for a several trees along the lane.
I’m hooked on fishing, and once I catch a couple of fish on a certain rig, indicating what they’re biting on, I’ll use whatever it takes to put them in the boat.
In the upper Midwest, we’re blessed with an abundance of fishable waters containing numerous species of fish.
This last week or so has been decent enough that anglers where stacked up below the dams of the Missouri.
PIERRE — The Game, Fish and Parks Commission rejected a proposal to establish 500 nonresident, special buck licenses for East River at their March meeting.
Spring, arrives the 19th of this month, it’s the time that anglers like myself have been waiting for “not so” patiently.
Rainbow Trout Stockings Scheduled This Spring
Several years back, my cameraman and I were putting the birds to roost the night before our hunt, along the White River in South Central South Dakota and with the sun going down, the gobbles I was getting using my shock calls sure seemed to be on the other side of the river.
Off in the distance, the call of hundreds if not thousands of noisy Snow geese could be heard as they migrated through north eastern South Dakota, as they made their way north to their breeding grounds.
Fish Houses Must Be Removed By March 1
PIERRE — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) reminds ice anglers that all fish houses, shelters and other structures must be removed from the ice by midnight on Saturday, Feb. 29. Fish houses, shelters and other structures may be used after this date, but must be removed from the ice…
In the upper Midwest, we see quite a few migrations going through our states, they include, the spring waterfowl migration where thousands of ducks and geese make their way north to their breeding grounds.
Tips For Safe, Successful Late-Season Ice Fishing
In the last sixty years or so, I’ve spent a lot of time in the outdoors enjoying my time spent fishing and hunting.
When we’re doing seminars and in store promotions, one of the most often asked questions asked, deal with what type of rod should an angler use.
YBA Fundraiser Feb. 8
This column pertains to, how, I as a youth got into the outdoors and about mentoring, introducing others to the Outdoors, as the Outdoors is “Open 24-hours a day.”
Outdoor Recreation Projects Funded
Through my binoculars, I could see something didn’t look right and that the deer didn’t look healthy, as it stood there along the fence line, it was nothing but skin and bones with its ribs showing as it was stumbling around, I wasn’t sure, but my first guess was that it was suffering from C…
Applications Now Being Taken For Wind Cave Elk Depredation
With this warmer weather we’ve been having and before the freeze up, if you want to get into some excellent fishing, you best be ready as these mild temperatures won’t last long and soon winter will be on its way, bringing snow and the winter winds.
S.D. State Park Fees Increase Jan. 1
Winter has just arrived and even though it’s a ways off, I’m ready for spring and the warmer weather, giving me an opportunity to get outside.
S.D. Joins Other States In Promoting New Year’s Day Hikes
As we head into Christmas and the New Years, the pheasant hunting is going to be different from what it was during the early season. Most of those young, foolish roosters have been bagged.
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