2009-06-29_mississippiriver
Today Chad and I were host to master anglers Andy Geving and Andy Nordquist. Geving holds the current world record for Golden Redhorse of which he caught out of the Root River a few years ago. We set out to our backwaters current for several species, Shortnose and Longnose Gar and Sauger. Nordquist [...]
2009-06-28_MississippiRiver
Chad and I set out to tangle with some Gar today. We knew where they were and now we just needed to get them to attached to our lines for long enough to put them in a net. We headed out to our backwaters current armed with hookless rope lures and caught several Longnose [...]
2009-06-26_MississippiRiver, That Dang Stick…
That Dang Stick…. I was able to get my chores done early in the week which afforded me the time to get my canoe in the water. I wanted to handle a Gar while in my canoe. Kinky, I know. I tied a few rope flies onto 1/2-ounce jig heads, loaded the boat, and [...]
2009-06-23_MississippiRiver
Today I began my hunt for Hexagenia Limbata mayflies on the Mississippi River. I have reports that the hatch has begun in the northern reaches of the river nearer to Brainerd. Mayfly hatches typically begin upstream and hatch in succession down the river like falling dominos. I have a control site at Prairie [...]
2009-06-22_That dang stick….
The sturgeon are still jumping however there were less today in the sweltering heat. Chad talked me into getting on the water at Bass Camp with his success in landing a Sturgeon in the morning. We cooked through six dozen nightcrawlers in a few short hours. I got skunked. Chad caught the Channel Cat, in [...]
2009-06-14_MoneyCreek
I have a bike that I can ride to the creek instead of driving my car. Today I chose to take it up over the freeway ridge and down into the valley on the south side of it in order to hit a section of creek that is rarely fished. The drive took me 45 [...]
2006 Image archives completed
I have completed the migration of the complete 2006 image archives. This collection bears over 8,000 images related to fishing and adventuring. They are one of the most comprehensive documentary archives relating to Minnesota’s Driftless geological area in the southeast. Enjoy! Click here to go to the archive.
2009-06-08_That Dang Stick…
I received my order of do-it your self plugs. This is what I am filling my box with myself. They are nothing special, just lures. Chad and I trolled for Pike unsuccessfully. We moved to a wing dam where I caught this Largemouth.
2009-06-01_MoneyCreek
I got out to scout a bit today finding a creek that had no paths on the edges of the water and no other anglers about.
2009-05-30_PickwickCreek
Stino and I decided to get out while we could and we didn’t tell our girlfriends. We opted for the 10 – minute drive to Pickwick Creek to get the fishing in before it gets dug up by Trout Unlimited. The creek is slated to get “habitat improvement” for the introduced exotic Brown Trout. [...]
2009-05-28_MississippiRiver, That Dang Stick…
That Dang stick. Chad Wenzel and I headed to Bass Camp on the Whitman Dam on the Mississippi River to chase fish. We were not after anything specific save the rewards of trying to catch fish. We blew a tire on the boat trailer on Highway 61 on our way to the boat [...]
2009-05-23_SouthBranchWhitewaterRiver
We met on the side of the road where the gravel starts. We headed down the trail into the valley. The road was bumpy however in great shape. The only concern was if it rain would we be able to get out. The sky was overcast. Linda and I decided to walk downstream while [...]
2009-05-22_SouthBranchWhitewaterRiver
I had planned to meet my friends Linda and Lisa at Elba this evening for an evening of Brown Trout angling on the South Branch Whitewater River. We accessed at Lloyd’s Pasture and worked our way upstream from the camper park. There were not a lot of bugs flying around however the Browns were busy [...]
2009-01-04_WhitewaterRiverSystem
Another day, another creek, another frozen guide. I called Justin at 10.30am because I noticed that he had been scouring my website for information. I figured that he would be around at that point and ready to go fish in the sun. The high was forecasted to be 28 degrees and it was 9 degrees [...]
