2009-05-09_RootRiver
About this time every year Eagle Cliff campground gets crowded with anglers. Some would describe them as Roughfishers, others as non-traditional anglers, but to us we are native species anglers. As a walleye or smallmouth bass is native to some parts of our state redhorse and suckers have a wider native range. The Roughfish round-up [...]
2009-05-08_RoughfishRoundup
About this time every year Eagle Cliff campground gets crowded with anglers. Some would describe them as Roughfishers, others as non-traditional anglers, but to us we are native species anglers. As a walleye or smallmouth bass is native to some parts of our state redhorse and suckers have a wider native range. The Roughfish round-up [...]
2009-05-03_StCroixRiver
The St. Croix border water Walleye opener happens a week before the rest of the state opens for the species. Dad and I had the itch to get on some Walleye. Even though I can fish Walleye year round on the Mississippi River in Winona we decided that a metro area angling day would suit [...]
2009-04-28_HoustonCounty
Conditions: Sunny, 65 degrees, light breeze. I accessed the creek at a bridge on a gravel road that shoots east off the highway. My intensions were to scout the creek downstream to the confluence with the river. This hike is about three quarters of a mile. I know the upper section of this creek intimately. [...]
2009-04-27_RootRiver
The world record Golden Redhorse was caught in the Root River in 2007 by Andy Geving. In this video I target Golden Redhorse with crawlers in a plunge pool. Golden Redhorse are often incorrectly identified by anglers. Most anglers accept them as carp. In southeast Minnesota most call them suckers. Only a keen few can [...]
2009-04-25_RootRiver
A master angler catches fish for mental health reasons. Typically the larger the fish the more mental health one gains. This time of the year in SE Minnesota’s Root River an angler can catch 40 fish over two pounds in one day. Of course this angler must be able. This video shows a few tricks [...]
2009-04-24_RootRiver
Each spring brings neat things to SE Minnesota. There are the hatching mayflies, flying caddis, blooming wildflowers, slurping trout and the annual run of Redhorse on the Root River. Watch this video and see what Minnesota’s World Class Root River has to offer anglers in late April.
Pronghorn Productions TV
This episode ran last week in Madison. We filmed it in March. I fished with Len Harris on that day. it was a good day for a new creek where there were many, many, many, willing trout. Enjoy this video. Len’s website is http://lenharris.blogspot.com/ Pronghorn Productions TV can be found at http://www.pronghornproductions.net/ Thanks to Len [...]
2009-04-18_WinnebagoCreek
Today I planned on going fishing with Shell. She had tied her own fly rod and her own box of flies now she just needed to get a Brown on a fly. She has caught many fish on a fly rod before however just not a Brown.
2009-04-16_RootRiver
Today Mikey and I put the canoe in at Lanesboro and paddled down to the take out on HIghway 16. We were seeking redhorse and suckers however ended up with trout and bass. The water is extremely low and it required us to pull the canoe through several riffles.
2009-04-04_CrookedCreek
I found this creek while scouting with my father opening weekend in 2003. Mayflies were coming off. I had never experienced a mayfly hatch like this in a spring creek in 20 seasons of Trout angling. This was my second season of owning an actual trout fly rod. I had several seasons swinging flies in [...]
The mayflies are off.
here is a bit of video from Friday. 50 degrees and windy afforded me a creek to myself catching 64 trout in the afternoon.
2009-3-22_SpringCreekWeekend
The heat was on for air temps, we found 52 degree water, hatching mayflies, and willing trout. Where were you?!