April 2022 • Nebraskaland 61
Knox County Farm Pond Catch, 1973.
These bass were caught during the summer of 1973 on my uncle
Donald Barta's property. My uncle is on the right in the picture
holding my new Lab, Zeke. My soon to be brother-in-law, Barry Routh
from South Dakota, is on the left, and I am in the middle. At that
time, we lived in Omaha and I was employed by the City of Omaha
Fire Department. We were never disappointed fishing at these farm
ponds.
– Erik Palle, Spearfish, South Dakota
Upland Hunting Near Burchard, 1966.
This picture was taken in the fall of 1966 near
Burchard. Pictured left to right: Walt Pleiss, Ron Lahm
(me) and Jerry Anderson. We hunted in this area quite
often. Birds were plentiful, and we would usually go
home with our limit, especially quail.
– Ron Lahm, Omaha
Gavins Point, June 1970.
John Steinman and Jon Fisher (me) grew
up in Falls City. We enjoyed the outdoors,
especially hunting and fishing. Fishing
was done in the Nemaha River. We often
went to Gavins Point Dam and fished on
the Nebraska side of the river. We always
camped and made "standard" dough
balls and "strawberry" dough balls and
caught lots of carp and, once in a while,
catfish. We always enjoyed this trip on the
Missouri River.
I still enjoy the outdoors and have
received Nebraskaland Magazine for over 50
years.
– Jon Fisher, Hot Springs, South Dakota
