Outdoors

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 Spoonbiling is good and getting better. The river is coming up at just the right time. There’s a group here from Texas and Oklahoma that’s been meeting here for 20 or 30 years. They just snagged three in the past hour that averaged about 50 lbs.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants everyone to discover the fun of fishing.  To give people of all disabilities a chance to try angling, MDC will host a Fishing for People with Disabilities program Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. – noon at Lake 15 on the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 They are still catching spoonbills. They are not as plentiful as they once were. Boat fishing is best. Bank fishing is tough. They are catching spoonbills in the Taberville area and up by the railroad bridge. I’m still selling crappie minnows. We are open from 8

Fishing is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get … and often you’d just as soon it was different than what you ended up with. That’s what happened to me this past week. On a day that I figgered I would catch the farr out of ‘em— I

Nature Boost! There’s something special about being still and listening to nature. You may get to see squirrels crunching through the leaves, birds calling from branches or insects looking for food. This fascinating journey can make you curious about the natural world and may even support your mental health. Have you ever felt more relaxed

Recently I wrote about floating the Roubidoux River as boy, working as a fishing guide for newspaper editor Lane Davis. Lane liked to fish that river because he felt it received less fishing pressure and might have more fish, if not bigger ones. I always wondered, what the Roubidoux River was named after. The French

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 Spoonbillers are still catching fish between here and the railroad bridge. Those that go up river seem to be coming back with one or two fish. They are buying crappie minnows so they are catching crappie somewhere. You’d have to find a place out of the

Good turkey populations begin with good turkey habitat. Landowners wanting to learn how they can improve turkey habitat on their property should sign up for the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) turkey habitat workshop on March 29. This free program will be from 9 a.m.-noon on a privately owned farm in Howell County 10 miles

I like fishing big reservoirs in March. Fifty-five years ago, I fished Beaver Lake with an uncle on a cold windy day using a lure called a spider, just a big spinner bait of that time. For three hours I didn’t catch a single bass, but about ten in the morning, only a hundred yards

Does the cold weather, snow and ice have you feeling down? Beat the winter blues by visiting a Missouri state park or historic site in the St. Louis area for fun-filled activities: • March 27 at 10 a.m. – Toddler Thursday at Mastodon State Historic Site. Join the team at Mastodon State Historic Site for