Kansas Blog

Looking for a Fight at Milford Lake

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

While working at a marina in college, I pulled out dead minnows from our live tanks and threw them off the dock every day. Usually, I'd watch the minnows float away to see carp and crappies come up to snatch an easy meal. One slow morning, a big fish appeared out of nowhere, grabbed a minnow, and was gone in a flash. I ran up to the marina to grab a hook and line. I dangled another dead minnow just off the dock and before I knew it, my line snapped by that same lightning-fast strike.

Southeast Kansas Strip Mines, An Outdoorsman's Paradise

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Southeast Kansas is home to some of the most secluded, yet compelling, fishing opportunities in all of Kansas. Known as the Mined Land Wildlife ...

A Guide to Kansas Catfish: Pink Princess Poles to Noodling

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:00:00 GMT

One of the first fish I ever caught was a small channel cat out of a creek not far from our farmhouse. I remember reeling it up over the edge of the ...

Win a women's weekend in the Kansas outdoors

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Dust off the map, break out the fishing pole, and slip on your boots. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is gearing up for its annual “Becoming an Outdoors-Woman” weekend, and you ...

Kansas Hunters Enjoy Variety

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT

I've never been much of a specialist. My dedication to pastimes has always been seasonal. When I was a boy playing sports, I loved to play football -- until it was basketball season. Then I loved ...

Fish Kansas!

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

I started fishing in Kansas on a private farm pond in the Red Hills grasslands. Most Kansas anglers fish on private farm ponds, at least some of the time. There are more than 100,000 ponds tucked ...

Milford Lake's All-season Fishing

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

It was November 27 and it was cold; a perfect morning for pheasant or duck hunting, and as much as I love to hunt birds, you would have assumed I was visiting Geary County to do just that. But I ...