Lawrence women form trout guiding group at Missouri park
In the 1970s Leta and Dick Ehrman of Lawrence enjoyed summers canoeing Niangua River from Bennett Spring to Lake of the Ozarks. After Dick’s 1989 death Leta shared trout lore with friends, leading to 1993 formation of a Lawrence women’s angling group guided by Ehrman and including Ruthanne Lacey Betsy Lessenden and Lorraine Hammer for spring trips and more.
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Leta
Dick Ehrman
Lawrence
Missouri
Niangua
Bennett Spring State Park
Lake of the Ozarks
Bennett Spring
Ozark
Leta Ehrman
Ehrmans
Sedalia
Louisburg
Ozarks
Ehrman
Ruthanne Lacey
Betsy Lessenden
Lorraine Hammer
Autumn Trout Pilgrimages at Bennett Spring
Ehrman and fellow Lawrence women pursue three day trout outings at Bennett Spring enjoying spring dogwood and plum blossoms and fall crimson leaves. They fish ultralight gear with Warden’s Tail lures and share the trips for friendship and camaraderie amid a male dominated sport. Ehrman plans additional May forays with her son from Chapel Hill North Carolina.
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Bennett Spring
Ehrman
Lebanon
Chapel Hill
N.C
Perry-Frank Steelin and Jerry Hurst win Crappie Busters first
Perry Lake on June 10 sees Perry-Frank Steelin and Jerry Hurst take $318 top prize with a 5.71 pound winning catch. In second place Dan Moison and Tina Moison of Topeka with 5.40 pounds. third to Mike Weibel and Neal Tyler also from Topeka at 5.34 pounds. A 1.5 pound crappie by Matt Montgomery and Doug Montgomery leads the largest fish, while Shawn Edwinson and Michelle Jump post the second biggest. A total of 95 crappies weighing 53.95 pounds were caught by 16 teams. Shawn Saathoff and Gary Day finish second at the Jackpot Buddy Bass tourney at Cedar Bluff Lake.
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Perry
Frank Steelin
Jerry Hurst
Kansas City
Perry Lake
Dan Moison
Tina Moison
Topeka
Mike Weibel
Neal Tyler
Matt Montgomery
Grain Valley
Doug Montgomery
Blue Springs
Shawn Edwinson
Michelle Jump
Lawrence
Shawn Saathoff
Gary Day
Cedar Bluff Lake
Kansas migratory bird season dates and limits listed
The notice outlines seasons for Teal Sora Virginia Snipe Woodcock and Canada goose with bag limits ranging from 3 to 25 and possession limits from 6 to 25. Shooting hours for all early migratory seasons are half an hour before sunrise to sunset.
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Sora
Virginia
High Plains
U.S
Low Plains
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS
Southcentral
Kansas
Hunter Education Courses Offer Home Study Option
Kansas will offer an alternative hunter education delivery for late summer and fall. The program combines a six to eight hour home study, a field day, pre-qualification test, instructor training, field training, live fire, and a final written test. The Valley Falls field day near Lawrence is Aug 25. KDWP can be contacted at 620 672-5911 for details.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Valley Falls
KDWP
Kansas deer hunting options expand with new permits
Pratt Kansas deer hunters gain more options for the 2001 season. New procedures include mailed applications to last year’s firearm permit applicants and a broader set of permits and tags. White tailed Either Sex permits available anytime, early muzzleloader season use allowed with proper equipment, and a one antlered plus up to five antlerless permits per hunter. A preference point system for Any Deer permit draws is introduced.
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Pratt
Kansas
Karen Beard
KDWP
Beard
Coleman Lights 100 Years Faithful to Camping Standard
Wichita firm marks a century of Coleman lineage as Americans embrace outdoor travel. W. C. Coleman, inspired by a bright lantern in Alabama, built a world leading camp light with Efficient Lamps fueling sales from Kingfisher Oklahoma.
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Kingfisher
Ohio
Coleman
Coleman Company, Inc
Okla
America
W.C. Coleman
Alabama
Goleman
Oklahoma Territory
Law
Coleman Lantern Founder Built Outdoor Gear Empire
The story traces W C Coleman from his early lamp sales failures in the Kingfisher area to launching a lighting service with a no light no pay guarantee. It covers his patent for Efficient Lamps, expansion to Wichita, the 300 candlepower outdoor lantern, growth to 50,000 lamps yearly by 1920, and his sons Shel don and Clarence shaping WWI innovations. It also notes the GI Pocket Stove, North Africa service, Sheldon Coleman’s presidency from 1951, RAM X canoe, and the 1988 peak at 15 million products annually.
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Kingfisher
Coleman
Las Vegas
San Diego
Wichita
Kan
mid-America
W.C. Coleman
Sheldon
Clarence
U.S
North Africa
Coleman Company
Sheldon Coleman
Sheldon Coleman Sr
Fishing Report Highlights From Clinton Perry Douglas And More
Latest updates show Clinton Lake at 78 degrees and 2.9 feet above normal with murky water. Channel catfish are good on crawdads minnows livers stinkbait and worms, caught off clay points and mudflats and in feeder streams during inflow. Perry Lake at 75 degrees and 17 feet above normal with 1.5 more feet expected, logs near New Slough Creek ramp. channel catfish fair, white bass and white crappie fair on windy points and bottom minnows, summer pattern emerging. Douglas State Lake bluegill fair on nightcrawlers near feeders, carp fair on corn, channel catfish good on livers around feeders, nightcrawlers in inflow. Leavenworth State Lake bluegill fair on crickets and nightcrawlers around feeders and rocky areas. channel catfish good on bee jay livers and nightcrawlers around feeders and spillway. upper lake numbers boosted by rains. Lonestar Lake channel catfish good on prepared baits and chicken livers off points and in caves. nightcrawlers in inflow.
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Clinton Lake
Perry Lake
Douglas State Lake
Leavenworth State Lake
Lonestar Lake
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