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Trophy white bass caught at Lake Shawnee’s heated dock on minnows

12/12/2018

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Josh Rouse holds up a 16-inch white bass caught at Lake Shawnee.

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I’ve done a lot of fishing in my lifetime, but I’d never caught a true trophy-class fish.

Until this week, that is.

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Keep an eye out for this invasive tick species when hunting, fishing

12/4/2018

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Longhorned tick, nymph and adult female, top view. Photo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Ticks are always a concern when going into the woods or duck marshes for hunting, but a species of tick not natively found in the continental United States has shown up in nine different states, causing alarm from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Youth, women’s pheasant hunt set for Dec. 8 at Waconda Lake

11/30/2018

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Waconda Lake in Mitchell County will host the 2018 Youth and Women’s Pheasant Hunt on Dec. 8, which is open to women and youths ages 11-16.

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Admission free to 27 Kansas state parks on Black Friday as part of #OptOutside initiative

11/23/2018

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The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will again participate this year in #OptOutside, a program that takes place Nov. 23 during Black Friday to get people into the outdoors instead of in crowded stores or on their couches.

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Monster elk shot in northeast Kansas comes up just shy of state record

11/11/2018

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An elk shot two months ago in Jefferson County came up just shy of the state record.

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Former politician Garrett Love now focused on pheasant, quail hunting preserve in western Kansas

11/5/2018

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Garrett Love, right, runs Western Kansas Pheasant Hunts from his family farm near Montezuma. Submitted photo.

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With November upon us, many area hunters are getting ready for that traditional trek down Interstate 70 for the opening weekend of upland bird season.

Western Kansas, with its rolling prairies and acre upon acre of farmland, offers ideal pheasant and quail habitat that makes for some of the best upland bird conditions in the country.

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How to catch stocked rainbow trout

10/29/2018

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A crowd watches as Lake Shawnee is stocked with 7,000 pounds of rainbow trout. Photos by Josh Rouse.

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Bluebird skies and abundant sun helped heat the waters of Lake Shawnee to 59 degrees Saturday, a warm welcome to the approximately 7,000 pounds of rainbow trout stocked by Crystal Lake Fisheries, of Ava, Mo.

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Lake Shawnee in Topeka to stock rainbow trout at noon Oct. 27

10/16/2018

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Trout season opens Nov. 1 in Kansas, meaning several community lakes will be stocking fish over the coming weeks.

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Shawnee State Fishing Lake, 3 other impoundments to undergo gizzard shad kill to boost bass population

10/9/2018

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Shawnee State Fishing Lake at sunset. Photo by Josh Rouse

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The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will conduct partial fishery renovations on four small impoundments this winter — including Shawnee County’s Shawnee State Fishing Lake.

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Schooling smallmouth bass make for entertaining fall fishing trip

10/1/2018

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Josh Rouse holds up one of his five smallmouth bass caught during a recent fishing trip to Lake Shawnee. Photos by Josh Rouse

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Once the kids are back in school and the hunting seasons begin, many anglers forego the lakes and ponds for the woods or marshes.

However, some of the best fishing takes place during the early fall for a variety of species, from black bass and catfish to crappie and walleye.

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Trophy white bass caught at Lake Shawnee’s heated dock on minnows

Keep an eye out for this invasive tick species when hunting, fishing

Youth, women’s pheasant hunt set for Dec. 8 at Waconda Lake

Admission free to 27 Kansas state parks on Black Friday as part of #OptOutside initiative

Monster elk shot in northeast Kansas comes up just shy of state record

Former politician Garrett Love now focused on pheasant, quail hunting preserve in western Kansas

How to catch stocked rainbow trout

Lake Shawnee in Topeka to stock rainbow trout at noon Oct. 27

Shawnee State Fishing Lake, 3 other impoundments to undergo gizzard shad kill to boost bass population

Schooling smallmouth bass make for entertaining fall fishing trip

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