River Currents Those of you, who regularly read my column, River Currents, know that I’ve lived on the Lower Wisconsin River for over 25 years. Everyday when I wake up, I’m looking [...]
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Local Column River Currents Fishing the Wisconsin River in High Water by Gary A. Engberg 6-10-2013
Posted on 10 June 2013.
Posted in Bluegills, Boats, Camping and Hiking, Canoeing, Equipment, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Gear, Guiding, Habitat, Lower Wisconsin Riverway, Muskies, My Local Column, Panfish, Perch, Photos, Tactic, Tips and Techniques, Walleye, Websites, Wisconsin River0 Comments
Local Column River Currents Turkey Hunting in Wisconsin, a Great Success Story by Gary A. Engberg 4-8-2013
Posted on 08 April 2013.
This past weekend, the 2013 Wisconsin spring turkey season officially opened with the Youth Turkey Hunt on Saturday and Sunday, April 6th and 7th. Wisconsin has come a long way since the first spring turkey hunt in 1983 when there were only three hunting periods of 5 days each. The number of hunting days [...]
Posted in Birds, Conservation, Equipment, Gear, Guns, Habitat, Hunting, My Local Column, Outdoor and DNR Legislation, Photos, Tactic, Tips and Techniques, Turkeys, Websites, WI DNR, Wildlife, Youth Programs0 Comments
Local Column River Currents What a Difference a Year Makes 3-25-2013
Posted on 25 March 2013.
The last decade Wisconsin and most of the Upper Midwest has seen a gradual warming trend each winter. Call it what you want global warming or climate change, but the winter temperatures and amount of snow has moderated and for the most part gotten warmer. Figures and statistics will show you that there have [...]
Posted in Birds, Birdwatching, Bluegills, Conservation, Deer, Ducks, Eagles, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Geese, Guiding, Habitat, Ice Fishing, Lower Wisconsin Riverway, Mississippi River, My Local Column, Outdoor Events, Panfish, River Fishing, Sauger, Turkeys, Waterfowl, Websites, Wildlife, Wisconsin River0 Comments
Local Column River Currents What a Difference a Year Can Make 3-18-2013
Posted on 18 March 2013.
Last year at this time, I was almost finished tapping my maple trees and well into making the finished product, maple syrup. The weather was considerably warmer with temperatures in the 40’s during the day and cooling off into the 20’s at night. It was my first spring of making maple syrup on [...]
Posted in Conservation, Ducks, Equipment, Fishing, Gear, Habitat, My Local Column, River Fishing, Sauger, Walleye, Websites0 Comments
Deleted Email by Mistake 3-15-2013
Posted on 15 March 2013.
I was sent an email yesterday from a reader who asked if I did freelance articles. I do, but by mistake the email was deleted and I have no way of getting it back. If you sent me this email, please send me another one because I’d like to take to you about my writing. [...]
Posted in Conservation, Fishing, Habitat, Hunting, My Local Column, NPAA, OWAA, Photos, Radio Shows, Uncategorized, Websites, Weekly Reports, Wildlife0 Comments
Posted on 02 March 2013.
On Wisconsin Outdoors OnWisconsinOutdoors.com IN PRINT Find the March-April 2013 print issue in-stores starting March 1 March/April issue available online now! Why is season six the best time to tag a boss Tom? Why shouldn’t you hang up the call when the turkey woods quiets down in mid-day? What calls do the experts say works [...]
Posted in Bass, Bluegills, Conservation, Deer, DNR News, Fishing, Guiding, Habitat, Hunting, Largemouth Bass, Magazines, Mississippi River, Muskies, My Local Column, New Products, Panfish, River Fishing, Salmon, Smallmouth Bass, Tactic, Tips and Techniques, Tips, Trout, Walleye, Websites, WI DNR, Wildlife, Youth Programs0 Comments
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Posted on 04 February 2013.
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Posted in Bass, Big Game, Birds, Birdwatching, Conservation, Deer, Eagles, Equipment, Fishing, Game Birds, Gear, Habitat, Hunting, Largemouth Bass, Magazines, My Local Column, New Products, Northern Pike, Photography, Predator Hunting, Smallmouth Bass0 Comments
Kids Ice Fishing Day 1-7-2013
Posted on 07 January 2013.
It’s that time of the year for kid’s ice fishing derbies and local ice fishing jamborees throughout the state of Wisconsin. There’s good and solid ice in most locations that has been slowly building up the last few weeks. Let’s just hope that this normal winter weather continues, so that ice anglers can continue [...]
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Outdoor Horizons Radio Back on New Station WOZN the Zone 1-5-2013
Posted on 05 January 2013.
Outdoor Horizons Radio with co-hosts Tony Puccio and Gary Engberg is back on the air after the parent company, Midwest Family Broadcasting, completed their network format change. Tony and I missed giving you the best in the outdoors every week as we have done for 14 years. Our new station call letters are WOZN (the [...]
Posted in Bass, Bears, Big Game, Birdwatching, Bluegills, Bow Hunting, Camping and Hiking, Canoeing, Catfish, Charters, Chidren's Events, Conservation, Cooking, Crappies, Deer, DNR News, Dogs, Doves, Ducks, Eagles, Fishing, Fishing Clubs, Fishing Reports, Fishing Tournaments, FLOW, Fly Fishing, Game Birds, Geese, Great Lakes Fishing, Guiding, Habitat, Hunting, Ice Fishing, Interviews, Kids & Conservation, Largemouth Bass, Midwest Outdoors, Mississippi River, Muskies, My Local Column, New Products, Northern Pike, NPAA, Outdoor Horizons Radio, OWAA, Panfish, Perch, Pheasant, Photography, Podcasts and Videos, Radio Shows, River Fishing, Ruffed Grouse, Salmon, Sauger, Seminars, Shooting Sports, Smallmouth Bass, Sturgeon, Tips, Walleye, Waterfowl, Websites, Weekly Reports, WI DNR, Wildlife, Wisconsin River, Wisconsin State Journal, Wolves, Youth Programs0 Comments
Local Column River Currents Lake Mendota Smallmouth 6-25-2012
Posted on 25 June 2012.
Lake Mendota Smallmouth The Madison Chain of Lakes has very good fishing for most species of gamefish including; walleye, muskie, northern pike, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, channel catfish, and most panfish species. The “Chain†consists of: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, Lake Kegonsa, and Lake Wingra. All of these waters have large [...]
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