by Brent Frazee | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Brent Frazee It was another stifling day in the Ozarks. The temperature steadily climbed toward the upper 90s, and the humidity made it seem even worse. A bad time to go fishing, right? Not in Dennis Whiteside’s eyes. To him, these were near-perfect...
by Brent Frazee | Aug 1, 2017 | Fishing
So when is a paddleboard a fishing boat? When it’s made by a Florida company called Bote. Like many innovations, the Rover was designed out of necessity. The developers liked to paddleboard, but they also liked to fish. So they set out to invent paddleboards stable...
by Brent Frazee | Jul 24, 2017 | Fishing
HAYWARD, Wis. – I’m writing this report from the belly of a beast. Yes, I feel a bit like Jonah must have after he was swallowed by a whale. I’m standing in the stomach of a muskie that measures one-half city block long and towers 4 ½ stories high. It’s not real, of...
by Brent Frazee | Jul 17, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri
We’ll call this one “alternatives to staying in the air conditioning.” Yeah, it’s almost too hot to bear. But there are still ways to beat the heat and enjoy the Great Outdoors. Here are a few of my picks: COLD WATER, HOT FISHING: Lake Taneycomo in Branson, Mo., is a...
by Brent Frazee | Jun 18, 2017 | Fishing, Outdoors
On Father’s Day, I often drift back to the summer when my dad took me on my first fishing adventure. I was just a little guy, but my dad decided I was old enough to accompany him to Canada. So off we went to Lake Despair, a secluded body of water in Ontario. For a...
by Brent Frazee | Jun 4, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas
Kyle Alsop, 23, might seems a little young to say he is benefiting from a lifetime of competing in bass tournaments. But then again… “I was 3 when I fished in my first tournament,” said Alsop, who lives in Overland Park. “I fished with my dad in the Rogers Little...
by Brent Frazee | May 31, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas
When Phil Taunton started the CPR (Catch, Photo and Release) program to promote getting kids involved in fishing, he wasn’t expecting its appeal to stretch much further than the Emporia, Kan. area where he lives. But look at it now. That program that Taunton launched...
by Brent Frazee | May 21, 2017 | Hunting, Kansas
Jim Dickson think he has come up with the perfect slogan for a bumper sticker for his hunting vehicle. “Hooked on turkeys, not on drugs.” “I am a turkey-hunting addict,” said Dickson, 74, who lives in Ruston, La. Dickson estimates he has hunted wild turkeys for 45...
by Brent Frazee | May 14, 2017 | Fishing, General
My mom wasn’t much of a fisherman. To be honest, she wasn’t a fisherman at all. Oh, she loved lake life. She loved being at our cottage in Wisconsin with her family. She loved touring the lake on our pontoon boat, the late-night card games and just sitting out on the...
by Brent Frazee | May 12, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas
I just found another reason to love the Kansas Flint Hills. Before I traveled to Council Grove for an Outdoor Writers of Kansas conference, I already had a long list: the endless prairies, the deer and turkeys, the breathtaking sunrises and sunsets, the friendly,...
