La Cygne Lake a premier holiday bass hotspot in Kansas
La Cygne Reservoir in Linn County draws holiday anglers with warm water, clear conditions and abundant largemouth bass. The 2600 acre lake near Lawrence offers big catches like a 10.41 pound bass and hosts thriving offshore haunts for wipers white bass and crappie from June to September.
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la Cygne
Kansas
Linn County
Lawrence
Tom Alsop
Alan Geiss
la Cygne Lake
Summer reading list out outdoors theme picks readers
Dallas readers are offered a summer reading list featuring The Outdoor Adventure Handbook by Hugh McManners at 12.95 paperback and 16.95 hardcover, Purple Heaven and Other Stories by John Madison Culler at 21.95, Coyote by Wyman Meinzer at 37.50, Glory Days of Baja by Larry Stanton at 21.95, and A Breed Apart by Safari Press at 18. The selections cover outdoor skills, wildlife photography, and hunting dog lore with notes on authors and publishers.
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Dallas
Hugh McManners
DK Publishing
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Purple Heaven
John Madison Culler
John Culler & Sons
Culler
Outdoor Life’ Magazine
Sporting Classics
Southeastern United States
Wyman Meinzer
Texas Tech University Press
Southwest
Meinzer
Texas
Baja
Larry Stanton
California
Mexico
Ara
Stanton
University of Texas
Houston
South
Safari Press & Countrysport, Inc
Michael McIntosh
Kansas anglers set multiple state records this spring and early summer
Kansas fishermen report six potential or confirmed state records by early June. Dustin Ritter of Hoisington caught a 15 to 16 pound walleye at Wilson Reservoir in April, with Robert Jellison of Lyons weighing a 5.69 pound smallmouth at the same Wilson date. Lonnie Jane of Humboldt leads pending records with an 87.75 pound paddlefish from Neosho River on May 18, while Robert Sandberg of North Platte and Craig Athon of Topeka each landed saugeye and sauger at Sebelius and Melvern reservoirs in late May and early June. Missouri dove seasons will run Sept. 1–Oct. 30 and Sept. 7–Sept. 15 if federal approval comes. dove and teal limits are 15 and 30 respectively. Mike Hess of Baldwin placed sixth in the Grand Lake Pro-Am Bass Tournament in Oklahoma, with a 17.85 pound bass and $850 prize.
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Kansas
Pratt
Dustin Ritter
Hoisington
Wilson Reservoir
Wilson
Robert Jellison
Lyons
Lonnie Jane
Humboldt
Neeshover
Robert Sandberg
North Platte
Neb
Sebelius Reservoir
Craig Athon
Topeka
Melvern Reservoir
Jefferson City
Missouri
Manitou Cave Explorer Tour Strives in Narrow Dark Passage
Colorado Springs reports on Cave of the Winds offering an Explorer's Tour through Manitou Cavea rare, guided, narrowly lit crawl across a half mile of rubble strewn passages. The tour, criticized as strenuous and claustrophobic, is the state’s only escorted cave exploration, with safety and history notes tied to the Williams Canyon system and prior closures.
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Colorado Springs
Manitou Cave
Hell
Gail Biedrowski
Colorado
Biedrowski
Cave of the Winds
Williams Canyon
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Wolf Creek Lake
Sam Rayburn
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Fournai
Ned Kehde
Missouri Dove
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Mike Hess
Baldwin
Grand Lake
Oklahoma
Hess
Mus
Ricwarp Alden
King Features Syndicate
Eees
Yuy Champfro Usac
Rawlings
Mizuno
Easton
Geaston
Loubville
Skee
Sun
Flambeau
Shimano “Tx
Hank Passa
Jer Stik
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