2009-07-03_RootRiver
I shook the stick earlier this week by finally catching a Longnose Gar. I have had the stick before and am aware that once its gone good things can happen. With that I have never caught a Sturgeon. It has been something of my imagination for nearly 20 seasons. Today I set out to conquer [...]
2009-06-30_ProjectGetOutdoors
Every Tuesday I volunteer at Winona’s Maplewood Townhomes. It is called Project Get Outdoors and we cater to all youths. Today was my program day and we were set to go fishing in the backwaters. Many of my kids had never fished before. We started with how to cast and bait a hook and [...]
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 [...]
2009-06-19_That dang stick….
The Mississippi River sturgeon are active. They are busy porpoising and breaking drum anglers lines. Thankfully, they take the time to give me the fin when they break. Being sturgeon, they like to jump, these particular sturgeon jump like porpoise when a standing wave rolls from the dam gates over them. I counted [...]
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.
2009-06-05_StCroixRiver
We had planned to fish Mille Lacs today however the forecast appeared to be undesireable for the day trip north fishing a lake of that size. We instead opted for the St. Croix as we knew it was going to rain all day. Dad arrived at Jim’s house at 8am. he had news [...]
2004 Image archives completed
I have completed the migration of the complete 2004 image archives. This collection bears 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.
2005 Image archives completed
I have completed the migration of the complete 2005 image archives. This collection bears nearly 18,000 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.
2009-05-28_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 [...]