Fishing

Nebraska Outdoor Calendar

Event Series Community Fishing Event: Kearney

Community Fishing Event: Kearney

Fort Kearny State Recreation Area 1020 V Road, Kearney, NE

Sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, events will be held at venues across the state. Look for the Family Fishing Trailer, where loaner rods and reels, bait and fishing instruction are available free to participants. This is the perfect opportunity for people of all ages who have never been fishing or haven’t fished […]

Event Series Hooked for Life: McCook

Hooked for Life: McCook

Sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, events will be held at venues across the state. Look for the Family Fishing Trailer, where loaner rods and reels, bait and fishing instruction are available free to participants. This is the perfect opportunity for people of all ages who have never been fishing or haven’t fished […]

Community Fishing Event: North Platte

Iron Horse Lake - North Platte North Platte, NE

Sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, events will be held at venues across the state. Look for the Family Fishing Trailer, where loaner rods and reels, bait and fishing instruction are available free to participants. This is the perfect opportunity for people of all ages who have never been fishing or haven’t fished […]

Event Series Hooked for Life: McCook

Hooked for Life: McCook

Sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, events will be held at venues across the state. Look for the Family Fishing Trailer, where loaner rods and reels, bait and fishing instruction are available free to participants. This is the perfect opportunity for people of all ages who have never been fishing or haven’t fished […]

Cornhusker Fly Fisher Tie-in

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

Join the Cornhusker Fly Fishing club in the Schramm Education Center lobby to learn how to tie a fly. Observe them in action as they demonstrate their craft and skill, then try your hand at making a fly to take home. They will provide equipment and materials and answer questions about fly tying and fly […]

Create Your Own Fishing Fly at Schramm Education Center

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

Join us at Schramm Education Center to create your own fishing fly! Cornhusker Fly Fishers will create fancy flies for fishing. Watch them or join them as they teach you how to make a feathered fly.  

Fly Rod Building for Beginners

Turpin Outdoor Education Center - Lincoln 4703 N 44th St, Lincoln, NE

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, in cooperation with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing and the Cornhusker Fly Fishing Club, is sponsoring a fly rod building class for beginners this winter. The class will be held consecutively on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Central time, starting Jan. 10 and running through mid-February, at the Turpin Outdoor […]

Discover Ice Fishing: Norfolk *On-Ice and Classroom Event Cancelled*

Skyview Lake - Norfolk Norfolk, NE

Learn the basics of ice fishing or pick up a few new tips from experienced anglers at four Discover Ice-Fishing clinics in January. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Youth Fishing Program will host three on-ice and one classroom events. Cancelled: On Saturday, January 13, the Nebraska Fish and Game Association will host a Classroom […]

Fly-Tying Workshop at Schramm Education Center

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

Join the Cornhusker Fly Fishers for a “Tie-in” and observe them as they demonstrate their craft and then try your hand at making a fly to take home. Materials provided by the club.

CANCELLED. Discover Ice Fishing: Lincoln

Holmes Lake - Lincoln Lincoln, NE

Learn the basics of ice fishing or pick up a few new tips from experienced anglers at four Discover Ice-Fishing clinics in January. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Youth Fishing Program will host three on-ice and one classroom events. The Discover Ice Fishing Clinic at Holmes Lake has been cancelled due to the dangers […]

Discover Ice Fishing: Omaha

Flanagan Lake 168th and Fort St, Omaha, Nebraska

Learn the basics of ice fishing or pick up a few new tips from experienced anglers at four Discover Ice-Fishing clinics in January. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Youth Fishing Program will host three on-ice and one classroom events. On Saturday, January 13, the Nebraska Fish and Game Association will host a Classroom Clinic […]

Science of…Gar (Virtual Event)

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Nebraska is home to around 100 species of fish, one of the oddest-looking fish are the gar. Nebraska is home to two species of gar- the Shortnose Gar, and the Longnose Gar. They are the only surviving members of the Ginglymodi, a clade of fish that first appeared over 240 million years ago in the […]

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