Outdoors

Trotlines are productive, and they are enjoyable this time of year when the heat makes nighttime activity more acceptable. But trotlines are hard work, and they are dangerous. It has been said that trotlining isn’t “sporting.” I can agree with that if you are after a small catfish. Trotlines set in shallow, flat lake coves

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The river is still about a foot low. You have to go down to the Sac-Osage to find moving water. The weather is hot but I’m still selling bait for flatheads and blue cats. We are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Closed

By Emma Becker, Missouri News Network New changes are coming to Missouri hunting regulations, with a focus on keeping infection rates low and simplifying regulations for hunters. Starting this year, hunters will be asked to do mandatory sampling for chronic wasting disease in deer, with the requirement cycling among counties every four years. This year,

It was a nice little cove with clear water, and it looked to be a good place to fish a topwater lure, late in the evening as the hot sun dipped below the horizon. There was a nice little rock cliff not far away, some timber sticking up out of the water nearby, and no

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The river is about a foot low. We are part of Truman Lake so when we are not flooding, the TV report on lake levels is good for us here at Taberville. We are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and

When I was a boy we had a fellow back home in the hills that had two big teeth that stuck out in front. His big front teeth didn’t bother him much as he did just fine with the local ladies on account of his outgoing personality and gentle ways offset the fact that he

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 I am selling gold fish, big carp and bullheads. The last I sold went to The Lake Of The Ozarks. They are also going to Stockton, Pomme de Terre, Truman and the Osage River which is a foot low below pool.. You have to

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources would like to thank Missouri voters for their continued support of the Parks, Soils and Water Sales Tax. “We are very honored Missouri voters demonstrated their confidence in the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to protect their state parks, historic sites, water quality and soil resources,” said Kurt Schaefer,

Today I love to watch both gray and fox squirrels from my porch, and there is one tree just a ways from my office where baby gray squirrels are born every year. They emerge from the hole in the early spring and are so small they look a little like chipmunks. They venture forth, and

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 There’s nobody fishing. It’s too hot. The river is a little bit low. I’m selling some bait but they are fishing at Osceola or Truman or some where else. You have to at least go to Sac River to find moving water. We are