Archive for August, 2009

2009-08-30_TroutRunCreek

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Today Justin and I set out to catch some fish. he had never fished Trout Run before so I took him to a spot where, more times than not, I traditionally caught large native Creek Chubs. This section of stream went under the knife a few years back. In the process of “habitat restoration” it [...]


2009-08-23_BackcountryCreek

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Today the hunt to handle George is in its eighth month.  I have nothing to report save for I did not see this extraordinarily large in stream Brown Trout today.  The grass in the pool that she lives is thick and I hope that she was in there instead of facing a trophy hunters fate. [...]


2009-08-23_MississippiRiver


2009-08-17_MississippiRiver


Trash Fish

A Silver Redhorse from Minnesota's World Class Root River

The dominate human dimensions of angling culture as a nation describes Gar, Bowfin, Buffalo, Drum, Redhorse, and Suckers, amongst several other species as trash fish. This group is composed or predominately native species. Angling for these species is largely unregulated compared to sport species and an “angler” can net, shoot, or spear huge limits of [...]


2009-08-13_Cicada


2009-08-08_MississippiRiver


2009-08-07_mississippiriver