2004 Original Guide Rate Page
In 2004 I started my guide service. At that time it was Yellow Dog Adventures. I aptly named my service after my dog. Hatch is a Yellow Lab. Soon thereafter a more organized guide service registered the name Yellow Dog Fly Fishing Adventures and I changed mine to SershenBros. Below is the original guide service [...]
2004-08-01_RushCreek
The trip was keyed in after getting lost hiking down the gulch the week before. Naomi and I decided that we MUST return to this creek and hike it from Wunderlichs to Enterprise. A six mile hike, no worries, Yeah? hahaa. We got together last night in order to mentally convince our selves that we [...]
2004-06-04_WinonaCounty
I decided to get out and blow off some stress today. Fishing is truly my medicine. I had a call late thursday night, it was the kind you hate to get, “Dad is in the hospital, he had emergency surgery earlier today, there were complications, he is back in surgery again.” Man, my favorite guy [...]
2004-06-01_GarvinBrook
Craig and I got on the water today at about 4:30. The LH were coming off. I got one right away. 10″ on a dry. Craig was next up, took a 10″ on the pirate stick. Moved up to drop pool and got another 14″. hatch slowed at this point and and switched over to [...]
2004-05-29_GarvinBrookSouthBranchWhitewater
I ran into a pink squirrel hatch on always clear creek (garvin) this morning, picked up 4 in a half hour, all about 14 inches. Water temps were a cool 52 so I head to, dare I say, chocolate creek, SBWW., in search of warmer water and light hendricksons. My timing was perfect, 58 degrees, [...]
2004-05-17_MudLake
The carp are spawning. I still managed 3 fish. 2 carp 24 inches, 1 taken on carp candy one on a marabou corn fly, 1 21 in river redhorse on carp candy – she was beat with a large festering wound, I am surprised she even took, maybe an eagle bite, I thought it was [...]
2004-05-16_MudLake
I did not find any cloopers, or fish for that matter, where I expected to find cloopers. I moved to check out a new spot on mud lake. TONS of carp everywhere with a very silty bottom that marks feeding fish. I managed one about 28 inches on the carp killer (tan nymph variant). She [...]
2004-05-12_SnakePitCreek
We got over an inch of rain. It mudded up my creek. Still managed to see a few ghosts. Craig and I each hooked and lost one. I landed one, 27″, foul hooked though…the sershen snag streak continues. thanks for the rain!
2004-05-10_SnakePitCreek
Day 3 of chumming in the same spot produced 6 fish. 21,22, 23(2), 24, 30. All taken on an orange squirrel and a 4wt. I took 4 fish on one fly and then stuck the fly in my hat! I fished for 2 hours and at the end of the day I started to cast [...]
2004-05-09_SnakePitCreek
I got skunked today, but the clear skies and high winds made the fishing really tough, the fish could see me too easy, I couldn;t cast where I wanted to , and the fly did not have enough weight to get down fast enough to the sucker mouths. the winds were 20+mph. I tried a [...]
2004-05-08_SnakePitCreek
I got out in search of new carp water today. I found them holding in pre-spawn run numbers near the confluence of the Lake that Pleasant Valley Creek drains into and then channels across highway 61 into mud lake before going into the Mississippi. After chumming about 1 can of sweet corn the fish moved [...]
2004-05-05_Winona
Fish were suspended in front of culvert. Casted the carp fly and caught a dozen sunfish that were hand sized. The was a large school of sunfish holding on the other side of the culvert. Found fish tailing near wood recyclers, nothing took. Water very Murky. Wood ticks a problem.
2004-05-01_WhitewaterRootRiver
Quincy Bridge – Middle Branch Whitewater. We started the morning bright and early fishing for rainbows in the lunker structure. Dad took one about 10 inches on a crawler. Ran into a conservation officer, he told us to fish below Elba. Lots of other fishermen coming through. The spring beauties and rues started to carpet [...]
2004-04-28_MainBranchSouthBranchWhitewater
Fished the main branch and got on around 1. The caddis were off on beaver were I entered. Not too many fish on the WW keyed n the hatch yet. The dog didn;t care for them either, I guess he prefers mayflies. Hlf hour later the hatch was going full bore and the rising started. [...]
2004-04-26_SnakePitCreek
Only saw one carp breeching. No feeders or tailers. Cottonwood seeds are dropping, dumped 3 cans of chum near arrow.
2004-04-25_SnakePitCreek
This was a carp scouting mission. I found many carp tailing and feeding in the channel. I also found spawing carpsuckers. Fish were not eager to take flies. Chumming may help. There were many dead shad everywhere and I noticed cream midge flying and there was a mayfly spinner fall.
2004-04-24_GoldenValley
Fishing with the Urban Carp Project aka Tony 4-24-04 Golden Valley, MN Fish taken on #10 crane fly larva. As for Tony’s fish???? I dont really know what he was using, but this guy knows his carp!! Tony – 1/1, HDS – 1/3. First fish broke the 5x tippet, second one in photo, and taken [...]
2004-04-23_MiddleBranchWhitewater
First off still beat to hell. Secondly water temps are hovering at 60 degrees from cold spring down stream to Beaver Creek. The caddis are FLURRYING, size 16 dark body , gray colored wings. The denser swarms were at cold spring, quicy was light, MB at beaver was moderate, Beaver at first bridge was heavy. [...]
2004-04-13_SouthBranchWhitewater
Lots of crane flies coming off. I did not fish today, I was training Hatch. [
2004-04-10_CrookedCreek
Time 11:00AM-4:30PM Air temp 46 degrees farenheit Water temp 54 degrees farenheit BWO(Baetis) -30+/per, sz. 18-24++. wing casing developed, fourth instars Dark Hendrickson – 5/per, 4th instar with wing pads. March Brown(stenonema vicarium)- 4/per, sz. 12-16 Riffle Beetles – 2/per, sz. 18 Golden Stones – 1/per, sz. 16 Conditions – Water: clear and low Weather: [...]
2004-04-04_DuscheeCreek
The black midge were swarming today! 11:45AM-2:30PM Air temp 58 degrees farenheit Water temp 47 degrees farenheit No Aquatic sample taken. Midge hatch peaked from 1pm – 2pm. Fish came off dries at 2pm. Brown Midge size 26+. Fished a black skunk. 9 fish taken. 6 rainbows, 2 browns, 1 white sucker. Biggest fish 14″ [...]
2004-04-02_CoolridgeCreek
The midge were swarming today! I only made a quick stop here. There was a heavy midge hatch around 11:00AM. The larvae and pupa on the rocks at tails of runs were in the hundreds. No air/water temp taken.
2004-04-03_RushCreek
Came here to throw streamers. Bob got 1 brown and lost many others on an olive sershen skunk. 20-30mph headwinds. BWO – 20+ per, 3+/per with wing pads. water was clear and low. Partly cloudy skies.
2004-04-02_TroutRunCreek
The black midge were swarming today! Time 2:00 PM Air temp 58 degrees farenheit Water temp 46 degrees farenheit Bucksnort – Midge hatching – fished keyed on hatch. Dark Hendrickson Nymphs – 20+/per, sz. 16-18 BWO(Baetis) -15+/per, sz. 18-24++. wing casing developed, fourth instars Upstream Tube Caddis – 5+/per. Scuds – 10/per, sz. 14-16, pale [...]