Show 816: Be a hero for a day to help conservation. Wisconsin writer follows in Gordon MacQuarries footsteps. Seven miles added to Adams County ATV trail system. Jeff finds a pile of shed antlers. Dan strikes out on first-period turkeys.
Summary: Exclusive to podcast and FM 100.5 ESPN broadcast: McFarland, Wisconsin fishing guide Ron Barefield reports cold, high water has slowed fishing action, as ice comes off the Madison chain. Area rivers are also high, making them unfishable and dangerous. One bright spot is Lake Wisconsin, where small walleyes and saugers are biting. (<a href="http://www.dsbait.com" target="_blank">www.dsbait.com</a>) Field & Stream executive editor Mike Toth talks about the magazines Heroes of Conservation and Hero for a Day programs and details ten field days planned for this year, including one with the Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation at Camp Hackett in Phillips, Wisconsin on April 27. (<a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/hero-for-a-day" target="_blank">http://www.fieldandstream.com/hero-for-a-day</a>, <a href="http://www.wwiaf.org/calendar.php" target="_blank">http://www.wwiaf.org/calendar.php</a>) Wisconsin author Kevin Searock talks about his new book, Troutsmith: an Anglers Tales and Travels, a collection of thoughtful essays on fishing, fly tying, and travel to great trout-fishing destinations. (<a href="http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5140.htm" target="_blank">http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5140.htm</a>) Fred Nickel, director of parks, recreation and trails for Adams County, Wisconsin, reports walleyes are biting below the dams at Castle Rock and Petenwell flowages and announces county ATV trails will open May 18. (<a href="http://www.adamscountyparkswi.com" target="_blank">www.adamscountyparkswi.com</a>) Our spring/summer giveaway is a fishing, lodging, meals and tackle package on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage in Mercer, Wisconsin, worth more than $1,300: three nights lodging for two at Anglers Paradise, dinner at Gateway Lodge, lunch at Subway of Mercer, guided fishing for walleyes with Doc Sabec and muskies with Bobby Orr, $30 in Mercer Loon Dollars and a Shimano Convergence walleye rod and Symetre reel. To enter, log onto <a href="http://www.mercercc.com" target="_blank">www.mercercc.com</a>, click on Enter to Win, and look for the Dan Small Outdoors Radio giveaway.
