Outdoors

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Brian Rehmeier of Augusta became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he snagged a gizzard shad on Bigelow Creek in St. Charles County. The new “alternative method” record fish caught by Rehmeier on March 20 weighed 2 pounds, 10 ounces with a length of 17.9 inches.

American Bass Anglers, Division 126 will hold a qualifying tournament Saturday, April 13 on Stockton Lake launching out of Old State Park. Director Mike Dill will be at the ramp to take registration at 5 a.m. Mandatory briefing will begin at 6 a.m. followed by partner draw and boat position. Fishing hours will be 6:30-3.

According to preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), young turkey hunters harvested 2,540 turkeys during the 2019 spring youth season, April 6 and 7. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 61 turkeys harvested, Laclede with 56 and Texas with 52. Warm weather and sunny skies helped increase this year’s youth-weekend harvest over last

In my new book “Recollections of an Old-Fashioned Angler” I begin by writing about going trotlining on the river with my dad. I was only 6 or 7 years old and I sat there in the old wooden johnboat watching him run that line, which was lunging in his hands. Then I caught a glimpse

by Trish Yasger. MDC For Truman Lake, Lake of the Ozarks and the Osage River (below Bagnell Dam). The snagging season got off to a good start despite colder than normal water temperatures and high flows. Snaggers did really good opening day on Lake of the Ozarks, Truman Lake and the Osage River. Snagging slowed

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) thank the thousands of Missouri deer hunters who donated 259,414 pounds of venison to the state’s Share the Harvest program this past deer season, including 4,855 whole deer. Thank you also to the more than 100 participating meat processors throughout the state

Increasing angling opportunity and potentially improving conditions for other sportfish are the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) goals for Stockton Lake’s newest spotted bass regulation. This year, the minimum length limit for spotted bass on Stockton is 12 inches. This regulation went into effect March 1 and replaces the previous minimum length limit of 15

Spring turkey hunting involves a variety of skills. Knowing how to locate a gobbler, call him into shotgun range, handling firearms in a safe fashion, and knowing the regulations are all parts of a successful and safe hunt. Hunters can learn more about the fundamentals of this popular spring pastime at two free Missouri Department

Kansas angler, Scott Tassi, topped the leader board at the D126 American Bass Anglers tournament held on Stockton Lake March 16. Tassi weighed in a 5-fish limit that went 15.18 lbs on the scales anchored with Big Bass of the tournament, a largemouth bass that weighed 6.02 lbs. Robert Cowen took 2nd place with a

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Missouri’s endangered prairie-chickens have dwindled to dangerously low numbers despite decades of conservation efforts. A bird once sustained on vast open grasslands now only has relatively small islands of usable habitat for nesting, feeding, and protection from predators and weather. That’s not enough for prairie-chickens, and perhaps