Sidelined. Benched for much of the season. Those weren’t the orthopedic surgeon’s exact words, but that’s what he was saying. “But Doc, you don’t understand, I have a cow elk tag.” I was pleading for understanding, but finding none.
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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Whenever you travel somewhere to fish for the first time, it is always a good idea to get intel from one of the locals. Of course, you never know how good that information is until you hit the water and put it to the test.
Like many of yours, my 2015 big-game hunt ended with a stop by the taxidermist’s shop, where we left them in charge of creating a piece of artwork that will serve as a memoir of a hunting experience we look forward to reliving the rest of our lives.
Everyone who fishes the lower Colorado River seems to have an opinion on striped bass. Some call them everything but a quality sportfish, while others sing their praises as a fighter and a food source. And there seems to be little middle ground.
Each year during the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST) Show, industry buyers and members of the outdoor media from around the world get a first-hand look at many of the newest products bound for the sportfishing marketplace. These products, appropriately enough, are displayed in the New Products Showcase.
Though the days of fall may still seem distant, hunting season is fast approaching, and for some of you that will include journeying to other states, or perhaps another country. Such adventures often involve airline travel, which poses some unique challenges for those who will have firearms or bows and arrows in tow.
The bottom line is be careful with fire and anything that might cause a fire as you celebrate our independence. The desert and mountains of the Southwest are like a pile of tinder awaiting a source of ignition.
The crush of humanity can make it hard to “get away from it all” at campgrounds, fishing spots and hiking trails. It’s important for outdoor enthusiasts to be respectful of their neighbors.
Mike O’Donnell won the Nevada Striper Club’s monthly fishing tournament at Lake Mead with a fish that measured 42 7/8 inches long, had a girth of 24½ inches and weighed in at 30 pounds, 13 ounces.
Find food sources and cover and you will stand a good chance of catching a fish or two. A recent trip to Eagle Lake Reservoir in Lincoln County, this group caught five species of fish.
Lack of playgrounds and shoreline access kept Lakes Mead and Mohave off the list of America’s top 100 family fishing and boating spots as compiled by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation.
Tube baits are simply that, a plastic tube that is open at the back and closed at the front. Surrounding the opening in the tube is a fringe that resembles tentacles and adds extra motion to the bait when it is in the water. They first showed up on the bass fishing scene in about 1980.
A tip from state fisheries biologist Mark Beckstrand saves the day for a soggy fisherman at Echo Canyon Reservoir.
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.
Father and son didn’t catch anything at Willow Beach south of the Hoover Dam. But the trip was still worth it for the uninterrupted conversation and a sighting of desert bighorn sheep at sunset.
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