Outdoors

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

The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) Southeast Regional office is buying seeds this summer and fall from public landowners for a variety of tree and shrub species around the region. Prices are by the pound of fruit. The timing of seed maturity varies. MDC reminds the public to wait and allow seeds to reach maturity

The crawdad, or crayfish, is an unusual creature, always looking back where he has been, and going where his isn’t looking. Quite often where he has been appears quite safe and there looms a bass or walleye or catfish where he is going and he winds up not going as far as he thought he

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 They are still catching blue cats and flat heads. There’s not very many people fishing. The river is a little bit low. We are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday. Caplinger Woods by Stephanie Finch 417/276-3838 It’s pretty dead

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The boat ramp is open. The river is down. Fish are biting. Two campers were here three days. They set two trotlines with a variety of baits. They caught their limits of blue cats every day. I didn’t weigh their fish but their biggest one