Winter rabbit hunt yields no game and cold patience
John Lawrence Hanson recounts a Sunday rabbit hunting morning without snow or luck. Five lines vary as he recalls using family shotguns, the cold delaying trigger work, a failed shot, and a second sweep by the Cedar River fields yielding only skeletal deer and bunkers. Hanson teaches at Linn-Mar High School and sits on Marion’s Tree Board.
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Cedar River
John Lawrence Hanson
Linn-Mar High School
Marion Tree Board
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Belize Winter Fly Casting Adventure on Permit Quest
A Wednesday morning in Belize with Eloy Gonzalez guiding a fly fishing trip, battling 30 mph winds for permit, bonefish, and tarpon. The narrator recalls past failings off Marquesas and finally lands a bonefish after patient exploration through mangroves and glassy indigo waters.
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Ambergris Cave
Belize
Stillwater Dome
Stillwater
Minn
Bob Nasby
St. Paul
Marquesas Islands
Key West
Fla
Bud Grant
Tony Andersen
Marqueses
Bud
Caribbean
Eloy Gonzalez
Eloy
Iowa fishing report highlights ice conditions and trout stocking
The Iowa DNR report notes 12 inch ice across Nashua areas with few anglers, bluegill fair, a 12-pound walleye reported, and trout stocking set to begin April 1 with brook trout slow and brown rainbow good. Ice depths vary by location with dangers noted on main channels and several pools showing good pike and bluegill activity.
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Nashua
la Porte City
Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Manchester Hatchery
Lynxville
Marquette Bridge
Bussey Lake
Guttenberg
Norwegian Lake
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Lawrence Hanson
Fishing Report
Iowa Dnr
Decorah
Manchester
Lake Macbride
Mississippi River
Lansing
Lansing Village Creek
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