Great Outdoors Stories

Fitzpatrick Recalls the Classic

Waukon-The Bassmaster Classic opens this Thursday at Lay Lake near Birmingham, Alabama. One year ago, Waukon's Terry Fitzpatrick was in the 51 member field and he has great memories of the experience,... Read more »

Fisheree Fights FOP

Victor-Ninety six anglers answered the call last Saturday. They gathered at Hansen's pond near Victor for the third annual Kyle McWilliams Fisheree. The fishing tournament is the brainchild of Dick and... Read more »

Stripers Through the Ice

Pleasant Creek-Our recent cold snap made for safe conditions and good fishing at Pleaseant Creek, at least for the threesome we tagged along with the other day. Nick and Chris Cappussi and Dan Baty have... Read more »

XC Skiers Embrace Cold & Snow

Decorah-A 13 inch snow followed by frigid temperatures is being embraced by cross country skiers in the Decorah area. Marc and Jayme Folkedahl and Gunnar Schwarz hit the trails at Van Peenen Park every... Read more »

Bassin' on Borrowed Time

Guttenberg-Terry Milks of Robins remembers many Thanksgiving weekends when he was already looking down a hole in the ice. Last Saturday he and Dan Bliss from Marion were casting for largemouth on a Mississippi... Read more »

High Winds Cause BWCA Delay

Sawbill, MN-Our canoe trip to the Boundary Waters during the last week of September did not go as scripted. High winds on Sunday and Monday kept us and other paddlers huddled up like Everest climbers waiting... Read more »

Bassin the Big River with Fitzpatrick

Lansing-As the water temps go down, the bass fishing normally heats up on the Mississippi. Terry Fitzpatrick says the largemouth really turn on when the water hits 55 degrees. It certainly wasn't 55... Read more »

Familiar Face Fishes the Big River

Marquette-Chuck Marshall used to know the Mississippi like the back of his hand. That was in the early 90's when he fished it regularly and hosted a show with us on TV9 called "Gone Fishing." Marshall,... Read more »

Finding Mississippi Largemouth

Dubuque-Dan Duclos of Dubuque tried a top surface frog lure in the lily pads, tube jigs on the rocks but in the end, it was the trusty white jig that attracted the largemouth bass in the pool above the... Read more »

Chasing Cats at Red Rock

Lake Red Rock-Mike Ryan of Tiffin and Elmer Beckler of Oxford know the Coralville Reservoir like the backs of their hands. Now they are getting to know Lake Red Rock and liking what they see. One week... Read more »

Iowa County Dog Trials

Iowa County-Some great dogs were on display this weekend at the hunt tests conducted by the Eastern Iowa Hunting Retriever Association. Gary Reid of Cedar Rapids had his four year old yellow lab, Kinsey... Read more »

Downtown Fishing

Iowa City-Bill Liston of Iowa City doesn't go fishing every day, but if they fish are biting he might spend all day. One of his favorites spots is the Iowa River below the Burlington Street dam in Iowa... Read more »

Surf's Up!

Palo-Fishermen may not like our recent run of windy days, but folks who like to sail are thriving. One is Bob Parrish of Marion. For 20 years he has been an avid wind surfer and he had his board at Pleasant... Read more »

Nice Day, Nice Bass

Linn County-Darrin Isaacson of Cedar Rapids had a hunch when he was fishing a farm pond last Friday. He thought the big bass would be at the windy end of the pond where the water was shallower and warmer.... Read more »

Taxidermists Show Their Stuff

Marshalltown-From bears to bucks, coyotes to cranes, the Iowa Taxidermists' annual show had a little bit for everyone. There were also beautiful mounts of turkeys, walleyes and bobcats. A huge tiger... Read more »

Quarry Crappies

Cedar Rapids-The under water camera didn't lie. Travis Mueller of Swisher knew he was over fish after drilling four holes in his favorite quarry. Travis was after crappies, but the camera also showed... Read more »

Brands Brothers vs Pheasants

Iowa City-Iowa wrestling coaches Tom and Terry Brands love the great outdoors, but have trouble this time of year finding time to get away for the wrestling room. Last Saturday morning they joined Steve... Read more »

Bobcats in Iowa

Cedar Rapids-At first Dave Nichols of Cedar Rapids wasn't sure what was moving in the brush near his deer stand in Van Buren county. He grabbed his camera and then realized a bobcat was making his way... Read more »

Remembering the Big One!

Wapsie River-In a few weeks it should be hanging on Charlie Ratliff's wall. We are talking about the mount of the 14 pound walleye the Paris angler caught in the Maquoketa River in November of 2007. Charlie... Read more »

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