Nebraska Fishing News

Council Bluffs, Iowa - Featuring the best filmmakers in the industry, the Fly Fishing Film Tour will make stops in over 50 cities across the U.S. this year. For the first time, one of those stops includes Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, June 18.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - Youth and parents are invited to attend a youth fishing clinic at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2 at the Valentine State Fish Hatchery. The first 100 youth will receive free rods and reels.

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Larvae of the destructive quagga mussel, a species similar to the zebra mussel, recently have been discovered in several Colorado waters, including Julesburg Reservoir. Zebra mussels have been discovered in northeast Nebraska on sites along the Missouri River and at an Offutt Air Force Base lake.

SIDNEY, Nebraska - Terry Fitzpatrick, fishing department lead in the Cabela's store in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, turned in an impressive showing in the 2009 Bassmaster Classic, February 20-22 on the Red River near Shreveport-Bossier City, La.

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Scientists and Fisheries Biologists with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (UNL) and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will begin a five-year study to understand the locations of anglers throughout the year and their possible influence on fish populations.

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Classes are now forming for 14- to 17-year-olds who must successfully complete a boating safety course before operating a boat or personal watercraft in the state.

Here are the latest additions to the growing list of Boating Education classes scheduled across the state. For information regarding classes, contact your local Nebraska Game and Parks Commission office or check on the Boating page at OutdoorNebraska.org. Additional information will be posted as it is received, so check back often to learn about new classes forming in your area.

LINCOLN, Nebraska - All length limits on fish have been temporarily rescinded on two lakes in southeast Nebraska by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The change is in effect for Big Indian Reservoir in Gage County from Feb. 7, 2009-May, 1, 2010 and Iron Horse Trail Reservoir in Pawnee County from Feb. 7-Sept. 30, 2009.

Lincoln, Nebraska – Nebraska’s hunters and fishermen can continue to look to the Nebraska Legislative Sportsmen’s Forum as the ‘sportsmen’s voice’ in the State Legislature. This session, the Forum introduced important legislation including an Apprentice Hunting License.

Bainbridge Island, Washington - The top names in Fly Fishing have joined forces together to put togther a world-class fly fishing outfit as a fundraiser for Trout Unlimited-Alaska to help with their efforts protecting the Bristol Bay watershed.

21st Annual Limestone/Independence Day Celebration
Kid’s Fishing Contest
June 28, 2008

First… Jerry, Susan, Jacque and myself thank you for all the help you’ve generously given us in the past! Both us and the kids really appreciate it! Being able to receive a small prize, even if they didn’t catch a fish, means so much to the kids!