by Brent Frazee | Nov 9, 2017 | Hunting, Missouri
The cool weather couldn’t have arrived at a better time for Missouri’s deer hunters. The firearms season opens Saturday, and the drop in temperatures has whitetails on the move. In fact, some bow hunters are reporting that rutting activity has increased dramatically...
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 | May 2, 2017 | Fishing, Missouri, Ozarks
My heart aches for many of my friends in the Ozarks tonight. They thought they had witnessed Mother Nature at her worst in 2015, when devastating flooding cut a wide swath and stopped recreation in its tracks. But this might be worse. After a weekend in which the...
by Brent Frazee | Mar 15, 2017 | Fishing, Missouri, Ozarks
The quest to catch one of the biggest fish in Missouri’s waters will resume March 15. That’s when the paddlefish-snagging season opens. Thousands of fishermen will take to Lake of the Ozarks, Truman Lake and Table Rock Lake and their tributaries with a...
by Brent Frazee | Mar 13, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri, Uncategorized
Wipers are the test-tube babies of the fish world in Missouri and Kansas. A cross between a white bass and a striper, they are products of the laboratory. They are not native to our waters and populations are reliant on how many fish are stocked in each body of water....
by Brent Frazee | Mar 9, 2017 | Fishing, Kansas, Missouri
If your goal is to catch a big stringer of white bass, this is your time of the year. In March and early April, the fish school up and head up tributaries of major reservoirs to spawn. And the fishing can be outstanding. That run already has started at some Ozarks...
