by Brent Frazee | Jan 25, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri
Chances are, not many of the students in this college course will fall asleep during lectures. Not if those students are crappie fishermen, anyway. The class is called Crappie University, a continuing education course at Johnson County Community College in Overland...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 30, 2016 | Fishing, Kansas
Thursday was the kind of day that sends a chill down the spine of a fair-weather fisherman. The temperature was in the high 30s and a strong northerly wind kicked up whitecaps on Hillsdale Lake. Brrr. But for Joe Bragg, this was perfect fishing weather. He’s a...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 12, 2016 | Fishing, General
In keeping with tradition, I’m going to provide some Christmas gift ideas for the fisherman on your list who has everything. During my time at The Kansas City Star, I followed two themes. I started by highlighting new products on the market. Then, I started featuring...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 10, 2016 | Fishing, Kansas
It hit like a bass, it fought like a bass, it even looked like a bass…well, if you’re a little nearsighted, like I am. Of course, it wasn’t. It was just a big pretender, a drum that gave my light-action rod and reel and 4-pound test line a test. This big girl hit a...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 23, 2016 | Fishing, Missouri, Ozarks
Short-sleeve weather on the golf course one day. Biting cold, blustery conditions on the water the next. No problem. Not for pro fisherman Marcus Sykora and his amateur partner, Matt Capstick. They shot birdies on the Old Kinderhook’s Tom Weiskopf-designed course at...
by Brent Frazee | Oct 26, 2016 | Fishing, Missouri
So, what do bass fishing and golf have in common? Not a lot if you’re Dion Hibdon, a nationally known pro bass fisherman. Except for a few days each fall at Lake of the Ozarks. That’s when pro bass fishermen team with golfers to compete in the Missouri Invitational...
