Statewide fishing derby underway
The Inaugural Great Kansas Fishing Derby is underway.
Ben Jedlicka, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Tourism Game Warden, says an angler’s prized catch may actually be worth a prize this summer. In an attempt to get more people out and fishing the KDWPT, Kansas Wildscape Foundation, the Bass Pro-Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, as well as many other local retailers, have created a statewide fishing derby. At least 500 specifically tagged fish will be located across 37 different Kansas waterbodies.
“And those tagged fish will have prizes associated with them, mostly gift cards because we don’t know who is getting the prizes,” Jedlicka says.
Outdoor safety advice; Tuttle Creek offers archery
The weather is warming up, the birds are singing, and the ice is melting.
Ben Jedlicka, Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism Game Warden, says with the recent warm spell, the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds are melting. He says it is not the time to partake in activity on the ice such as ice fishing.
“The ice conditions are not good now,” Jedlicka says. “We have had the warmup and it kind of turns honeycomb or it starts to melt from the bottom and to the top both, and it is treacherous. So, stay off the ice now.”