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.
In The Outdoors
Freelance writer Doug Nielsen is a conservation educator for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. His “In the Outdoors” column, published Thursday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NDOW. Any opinions he states in his column are his own.
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Local favorite Tim Klinger, of Boulder City, knew he had some ground to make up in order to give himself a chance at winning the three-day event that began Feb. 28.
Al Morris of Payson Utah is a three-time winner of the World Coyote Calling Championship.
Hunters from across the west gathered last week at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the 2019 Western Hunting Conservation Expo.
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.
A quiet simplicity can be found with a handful of friends or family members gathered round a campfire in a remote corner of Nevada, on the bank of a favorite fishing hole or at their local shooting range.
In the 20 years Kids Clays has been in existence, the foundation has raised almost $20 million. And it has done so by providing recreational shooters with an opportunity to test their skills against other shotgun enthusiasts.
Walking the miles of aisles lined by the exhibits comprising the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show is always an interesting learning experience.
Your first step toward purchasing a gun safe should take you to a retailer where safes are a specialty and not a sideline. You want a place where the sales staff speaks the language of safes and will take the time to interpret it for you.
The cold winter storm that brought high winds and rain to Southern Nevada recently could be just what waterfowl hunters needed going into the final weeks of the 2018-19 hunting season.
Firearms have long been part of America’s gift giving tradition, and no doubt many of you either received or made a gift of a firearm as part of your holiday celebrations. The question now is, “what are you going to do with it?”
While members of Congress and President Donald Trump continue to battle over the federal budget, visitors to the country’s national parks and recreation areas can expect to find limited services and maybe some closures.
If you are looking for that last-minute holiday gift for the outdoor enthusiasts in your life but don’t want to mess with shipping, you might want to consider something that can be downloaded from the internet or app store.
Whether you are interested in catching a double-digit striped bass or spending a relaxing day exploring one of Southern Nevada’s reservoirs, don’t let the holiday season pass without taking a trip to Lake Mead or Lake Mohave.
For some of us, buying Christmas gifts can be a rather arduous task. Not because we don’t care about our loved ones and friends, but because holiday shopping is a lot like driving on the expressway during rush hour.
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