Dan Small Outdoors Radio

Exclusive to podcast and FM 100.5 ESPN broadcast: McFarland guide Ron Barefield reports good bass and muskie action on the Madison Chain. UW-Extension entomologist Phil Pelletteri offers advice on dealing with this year's bumper crop of mosquitoes, black flies and ticks. (http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/diaglab/entodiag.html) Blogger, police officer and NRA-certified firearms instructor Sara Ahrens dishes on teaching women to shoot handguns and gives a thumbs down to new Illinois concealed carry law. (http://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2013/06/sara-ahrens-offbeat-a-weekend-with-women-in-the-outdoors/) Captain Dan Welsch reports good mixed-bag action for Lake Michigan trout and big king salmon off Sheboygan. (www.dumperdan.com) 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 Angler's 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 www.mercercc.com, click on Enter to Win, and look for the Dan Small Outdoors Radio giveaway.

Exclusive to podcast and FM 100.5 ESPN broadcast: Pure Fishing pro-staffer Duffy Kopf reports good panfish and bass action on the Madison Chain and talks about the Wisconsin Youth Muskie Championship Sat. June 15 on Lake Waubesa. (http://www.capitalcitymuskiesinc.org/pages/2013-wisc-youth-muskie-championship-22113.php) Joe Duff provides an update on Operation Migrations efforts to restore wild whooping cranes and announces a crowdfunding effort to purchase three new ultralight aircraft. (http://www.operationmigration.org, http://www.operationmigration.org) Blogger and trout nut Len Harris reports on his efforts to find the mythical Brigadoon Creek. (http://lenharris.blogspot.com/) Lee Young reports the results of last weekends Wisconsin Carp Fishing Championship at Two Rivers. (https://www.facebook.com/WisconsinCarpChampionship?fref=ts) 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 www.mercercc.com, click on Enter to Win, and look for the Dan Small Outdoors Radio giveaway.

Exclusive to podcast and FM 100.5 ESPN broadcast: Gene Dellinger, proprietor of D&S Bait, Tackle & Archery, reports good panfish and bass action on the Madison chain. (www.dsbait.com) Wisconsin DNR warden Todd Schaller shares some tips for safe boating and announces plans for Operation Drywater, June 28-30. (http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/boat/, http://www.operationdrywater.org/) Captain Dan Welsch, proprietor of Dumper Dans Sportfishing Charters, reports trout and salmon action is hot now off Sheboygan. (www.dumperdan.com) Captain Zach Burgess, proprietor of Why Knot Charters, talks about walleye fishing on the bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan salmon action off Algoma. (http://www.whyknotcharters.com/) 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 www.mercercc.com, click on Enter to Win, and look for the Dan Small Outdoors Radio giveaway.

Exclusive to podcast and FM 100.5 ESPN broadcast: McFarland guide Ron Barefield reports great bass and walleye action on the Madison chain. Wisconsin DNR Deer Trustee Report coordinator Eric Lobner invites listeners to the Deer Trustee Report update meeting June 8 in Stevens Point. (http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/trustee.html) Muskie guide Bobby Orr reports good muskie action opening weekend in the Mercer area. (www.mercercc.com, www.orrsoutdoors.weebly.com) Mark LaBarbera, founder of the Outdoor Heritage Education Council and editor of Hunters magazine, announces a $5,000 Safari Club International grant to the Badgerland SCI chapter to support the NASP in Wisconsin schools. (www.scibadgerland.com, www.safariclub.org) 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 www.mercercc.com, click on Enter to Win, and look for the Dan Small Outdoors Radio giveaway.

Exclusive to podcast and FM 100.5 ESPN broadcast: Pure Fishing pro-staffer Duffy Kopf tells how he won last Saturdays CCMI Madison Lakes Championship and reports good panfish action on the Madison chain and walleye and sauger action on Lake Wisconsin. Ruffed Grouse Society president/CEO John Eichinger announces a new program to train professional foresters to work with private landowners to manage their woodland property. (www.ruffedgrousesociety.org) Burlington ChocolateFest marketing director Linda Fellenz previews events at this weekends festival. (www.chocolatefest.com) Sheboygan charter captain Dan Welsch reports Lake Michigan fishing is just getting started, with some nice browns and lakers taken. (www.dumperdan.com) 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 www.mercercc.com, click on Enter to Win, and look for the Dan Small Outdoors Radio giveaway.