Recent fatal hunting accident in Colorado highlights the need to be sure of one’s target and what lies beyond it before pulling the trigger.
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Lake Mead and Lake Mohave, two of America’s largest recreational waterways, are less than an hour’s drive away.
The Utah DWR expended $250,000 to rescue the Panguitch Lake trout fishery from the notorious Utah Chub in May 2006 only to recently see the Chub return.
Lake Mead reservoir is still one of America’s largest recreational waterways. Available species include catfish, crappie, bluegill, sunfish and three species of bass.
Lake Mead is a challenging place to catch fish and will test the most experienced angler. Not that there aren’t any fish in the reservoir; there are plenty of them. There also is a lot of water. The key is learning to fish it.
If you are among those anglers who have recently joined us or thinking of making the move to Southern Nevada, rest assured there is plenty of fishing opportunity within a reasonable distance of the Las Vegas Valley.
For hunters who want to pursue big game in Nevada, the second week of June can bring joy and disappointment. Joy to those who learn they drew a coveted big game tag and disappointment to those who didn’t.
For most of us, hunkering down in a duck blind with wind-blown rain kissing the side of your face doesn’t sound like much fun, but for serious duck hunters, that and cloud cover is just what they want.
Amateurs were randomly paired with one of the pros as a co-angler, but each angler fished for his own five-fish bag. Pros competed against pros and amateurs against amateurs.
With the arrival of the West Nile virus to the U.S., and most recently the threat posed by the Zika virus, it is important for those who spend time outdoors to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites.
In recent weeks, several readers have asked for a progress report on construction of the new water intake system at the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery. Based on what I have learned, there is a chance that anglers could get trout plants in time for Christmas.
The shotgun bucked against my shoulder and the clay target disappeared in cloud of orange and black dust. At that moment, a smile came to my face. Not because the shot was something spectacular — it wasn’t — but because it was the first clay target I have broken since having shoulder surgery in July.
Hunters have submitted applications for big game tags. Now it’s up to state commissioners to set the quotas, which they’ll do Saturday in Reno. Southern Nevada residents can participate by teleconference from the UNLV campus.
In December 2013, anglers who fish along the lower Colorado River system were surprised to learn the U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service had decided to halt the rearing of rainbow trout at the Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery.
The 2013 waterfowl season got off to a good start with local hunters bagging limits of resident birds and some early migrants, but the action slowed quickly as those birds moved out and balmy temperatures lingered over Southern Nevada. This has waterfowl hunters hoping that a weather front will come in from the northwest and begin pushing a few ducks and geese our way.
