20-inches on a #20
I first stepped foot in this creek in 2004. The creek has undergone significant natural change throughout the past nine seasons however the fact that this creek still bears runs of large Brown Trout is apparent. I started my morning with another 60-mile one and a half hour commute to the creek. I picked up [...]
The Opener – Jan 1, 2012.
A Minnesota Winter Rainbow. Jan 1 has turned into a tradition. I have spent the last four openers angling with my friend Justin. In 2009 we began with a death hike through the bluff side in eastern Fillmore County. Since then we have had a spot that we frequent that is out of the wind. [...]
2012
The 2012 Minnesota Trout angling season begins tomorrow. It will mark the 9th season in a row that I have fished for trout on Jan 1. Although tomorrow’s conditions will be expectedly challenging i suspect that I will be able to successfully locate and angle willing trout. A winter weather advisory has been issued for [...]
Starker goes fishing
Starker is just 18 months old however his competence being outdoors is advanced. Today we decided to go fishing in temperatures that neared 50 degrees. Starker did get to get his hands on his first German Brown Trout in Winona County.
January’s Winter Hatches
Few people consider 21 degrees an ideal time to hunt for bugs deep within a valley in southeast Minnesota. See what you are missing here.
2011-01-09_PossumCreekWinonaCounty
Today I set out to fish a section of creek that I never fished in the winter. With my list of winter creeks that I have fished being longer than my list of creeks I haven’t fished it was easy to deduce where I would end up today. The forecasted air temps lead me to [...]
2011 Stream Trout Winter Opener
My angling season officially began Jan 1, 2011, as has been my tradition for eight seasons. I have learned numerous new winter angling skills in the last eight seasons which compliment my 22 previous winter trout seasons. These skills have afforded me the pleasure of successfully and comfortably angling for stream trout in freezing temperatures. [...]
2010-07-11_BrownsandBows
To those of you who are avid trout anglers and thought that this was an all trout post: The names Browns and Bows don’t just refer to two of the three species of fish that are the predominate exotic biomass in southeast Minnesota’s Driftless Areacreeks. Shawn and I had fun catching sturgeon in the shade [...]
Winter Creek Rainbows; how to video.
This is the first episode for the 2010 season of On The Water. Filmed entirely in southeast Minnesota. January brings ice and snow to Minnesota however the few of us that are smart enough to know where to go to fish trout in the dead of winter typically have a successful time. This video shows [...]
2009-08-30_TroutRunCreek
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
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. [...]
2009-07-02_CrookedCreek
On the hunt for mayflies today I found none at the usual spot at the Brownsville lookout. Since I was in the neighborhood I decided to hit the lower section of Crooked Creek for trout. I was stopped by the landowner, who was on top of his tractor, and asked if I was gonna float [...]
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.
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.
2009-06-01_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. [...]
2009-05-23_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 [...]