Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

LITTLE ROCK – It’s been many years in the making, but the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today announced that it had reached an agreement to purchase one of the largest private parcels of land along the Buffalo National River.…[more]

After reviewing mounting evidence that catfishing regulations are too liberal, the Missouri Department of Conservation has voted to end a two-year experiment with handfishing. Fisheries biologists say that carefully selected fishing regulations could increase the number of large catfish available…[more]

In his classic book My Health is Better in November, Havilah Babcock wrote, “It is always disillusioning to weigh your fish and measure your golf drives. Smart men estimate them.” Babcock had a deep understanding of outdoor pursuits and human…[more]

JEFFERSON CITY-Rex Martensen wasn’t thinking of tick-borne disease when he skinned a raccoon after a hunt on Christmas Day in 2005. He wasn’t thinking of the raccoon when he got sick. He thinks of both now, every time he works…[more]

One of the many jewels in the Harrison, Arkansas area is the famed Crooked Creek.  Beginning its journey south of Harrison near the Boone and Newton County lines, Crooked Creek lives up to its name making endless twists and turns…[more]

Missouri’s many large reservoirs have always been tremendous fishing spots. However, finding concentrations of fish in vast expanses of water can be tough until you discover some reliable spots. The Missouri Department of Conservation has a shortcut to help anglers…[more]

Paddlefish season opens March 15 and runs through April 30. The Missouri Department of Conservation has stocked more than 500,000 paddlefish in Lake of the Ozarks, Truman Reservoir and Table Rock Lake in the past 15 years, creating an abundant…[more]

Before you toss out the rest of those Canadian nightcrawlers you bought to catch those fish that weren’t biting, you might want to consider this: non-native earthworms are causing headaches around the world.

That’s right. The lowly, local…[more]

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) recently issued the 2007 Fish Consumption Advisory, an annual report summarizing fish species that should be avoided or eaten in limited quantities due to concerns about environmental contaminants.  The advisory provides…[more]

Sometimes it’s good to know that things can go wrong with the pros, too:

Bill Dance Gets in Trouble