Outdoors

Stockton Lake Championship this weekend

Division 126 of the American Bass Anglers AFT will hold the Stockton Lake Championship tournament June 24-25. Anglers must qualify for this event by fishing a minimum of four 1-day tournaments in any AFT Division. The event will begin Saturday, June 24, at Old State Park where registration, sign-in and partner draw will take place.

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Fishing Report for June 22

Taberville Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm The only thing I know some people were catching what they called blue cats at Schell Monday on nightcrawlers. ElDo Report by Ruth Foreman R&R Sporting & Tackle They caught quite a few catfish up at Schell Monday in the river on worms. They said the river

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Fishing report for June 15

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm The fishing is good. The catch is slow. They’ve caught a few good fish. Don’t get me wrong. One of the guys caught one Monday that weighed 30 lbs. But they are not setting a new world record, either. I’ve got three people who have been rod

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Summer Covey headquarters newsletter

The Summer issue of the Covey Headquarters Newsletter is now available. Go to  the following link to view it – https://mdc.mo.gov/wildlife/attracting-wildlife/covey-headquarters-newsletter. In this issue: • Diverse grassland habitat • May rain event impacts quail • Sericea lespedeza control and much more.

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A Far-Away World

You might not expect a naturalist, an outdoorsman and a lover of the good old days like me to brag on television. It is a two-headed creature, one head the ugly epitome of evil and the other a beautiful invention showing us the creation of God that my ancestors could never see nor comprehend from

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Fornelli wins Stockton tournament

Lucas Fornelli of Mound City, KS, launched Saturday with high hopes of catching a limit of bass, as he always does. He did not reach the 5-fish limit, but bagged three bass that went 14.51 lbs on the scales, winning this American Bass Anglers D126 tournament. His weight was anchored by Big Bass of the

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Fishing report for June 6

ElDo Report by Ruth Foreman R&R Sporting & Tackle Fishing is OK. They are still catching catfish out of the Osage baiting with shad and perch. All different sizes. They are still catching crappie down at Caplinger on minnows and jigs. A lot of little ones, but an occasional big one.  You have to be

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Why Is It Cooler in the Woods?

Today I am going to write about putting together four words not usually associated with each other… ‘global warming’ and ‘common sense’. Those who go around saying that climate change is a farce show their ignorance. Certainly it is happening and you can see it if you take your head out of the sand. BUT…

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Modern Technology and Old Tractors

I hear there will be a city in Toronto called “Technology City” where the latest in technological advancement will be built into every home and business. Mankind has come a long way since Plymouth Rock and Boonesborough, but folks, I mean it when I say that I think Boonesborough probably had happier people than that

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Fishing report for June 1

Taberville Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm The Osage River has gone down a lot and I think that has kinda hurt the catfishing because it doesn’t have much current. Everybody is hoping that with the rain we are supposed to get all this week it will put a little bit more current in

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