We launched from Wildcat Landing because it is a nice landing with easy ins-and-outs, beyond that its free. We are beginning to think that this landing is called Wildcat because after the ride from the landing to the mouth of the Root River you typically feel like you would have been better off fighting a [...]
Jul 10, 2010 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Houston County, Rivers, The Root River | Tags: 2010, Fishing Links, Houston County, July, Minnesota, Mississippi River, mooneye, Root River, Sershen, SershenBros, shovelnose sturgeon | Leave A Comment »
Jul 23, 2009 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Rivers, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: 2009, Fish Fly, Fly Fishing, Heath Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mayflies, Mississippi River, Summer, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge | Leave A Comment »
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Jul 11, 2009 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Houston County, Rivers, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2009, Dry fly fishing, Fishing report, Gar, Heath Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mayflies, Minnesota, Mississippi River, shortnose gar, Video | Leave A Comment »
Jul 11, 2009 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Houston County, Rivers, The Mississippi River | Tags: Fishing report, Heath Sershen, July, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Winona County | Leave A Comment »
Jul 10, 2009 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Garvin Brook, Spring Creeks, Winona County | Tags: 2009, Fishing Links, Fishing report, Fly Fishing, Garvin Brook, Heath Sershen, July, Summer, Trout, Winona County | Leave A Comment »
Jul 07, 2009 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Rivers, The Mississippi River, Winona County | Tags: Fishing report, Heath Sershen, July, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Winona County | Leave A Comment »
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 [...]
Jul 03, 2009 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Houston County, Rivers, The Root River, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2009, feature, Fishing report, Heath Sershen, July, Root River, Summer | Leave A Comment »
Mikey and I got out to Levee Park to drown some crawlers and catch the sunset tonight. We have been catching Drum here and that is what we were after. I got one Shorthead Redhorse, caught a spectacular sunset, and watched a barge work its way upriver to the Port.
Jul 27, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2008, Heath D. Sershen, July, Levee Park, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Summer, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Winona | Leave A Comment »
I went out for more Hex action. The bugs never really came out however I managed a few White Bass on dries while fishing near the Brownsville lookout.
Jul 25, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2008, Brownsville, Fishing Links, Heath Sershen, Houston County, July, Minnesota, ole miss, White Bass | Leave A Comment »
Dad was in town today for some Catfish action. We launched at the St. Charles boat landing and cruised down to Trempeleau for some Mud Cats. Finding none we headed upriver to try for some backwater pike however we hit a wing dam and took out the prop. We ended up still driving just above [...]
Jul 24, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2008, Fishing Links, Heath D. Sershen, July, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Summer, Winona | Leave A Comment »
Shell and I made it out for some trout tonight and ended the evening with some mating mayflies and unhookable Gar. Shell caught a trout on a crawler. I caught a few on streamers. The biggest 18-inches. Shell found some Monarch Butterfly caterpillars on the Milkweed on the banks of the creek. Although I had [...]
Jul 23, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, Spring Creeks, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2008, Fishing Links, Gar, Heath Sershen, July, Mayflies, Minnesota, Mississippi River, outdoor, Spring Creek, Trout | Leave A Comment »
Little Bella sticks by us when we camp. She even ventured into the toilets when we showered.
Jul 18, 2008 | Categories: Outdoor Reports, The Root River | Tags: 2008, Camping, Fillmore County, Forestville, Heath D. Sershen, July, Minnesota, State Park, Summer, Winona | Leave A Comment »
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Jul 17, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River, Video | Tags: 2008, Big River, canoe, canoeing, Dry Fly, Fly Fishing, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mississippi River, outdoor, Summer | Leave A Comment »
Shell, Shan, Mikey and I all piled into Mikey’s battle van with two canoes on the roof and headed south. I have been tracking the mayflies for the better part of four years. We stopped for a few photos at the bootleggers caves in Brownsville for my friends at Clear Creek. We also scouted Wildcat [...]
Jul 12, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2008, Brownsville, Heath D. Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mayflies, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Summer | Leave A Comment »
I noticed the presence of the Hex this morning as I got back into my car after stopping at Kwik Trip to get a Kona Coffee and some cigarettes before work. For my lunch break I took a drive to the spillway to look for more mayflies. The mayflies hatched last night. I tied flies [...]
Jul 11, 2008 | Categories: Fishing Reports, Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2008, Heath D. Sershen, Hex, Hexagenia Limbata, July, Mayflies, Minnesota, Mississippi River, Summer, Winona | Leave A Comment »
Today I scouted a spot south and east of town in search of more Raspberries. I was treated with a bagful of berries, a Painted Turtle laying eggs, and a bunch of medicinal flowers blooming under a dead down tree.
Jul 09, 2008 | Categories: Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River | Tags: 2008, Heath D. Sershen, July, Minnesota, ole miss, outdoor, Summer, Winona | Leave A Comment »
Shell and I went to St. Mary’s University today to pick Raspberries. We found about a gallon of them. The best part about this hike and pick was that we were greeted by a young deer that stood only 15-feet away from us posing enough for me to take a few photos before it calmly [...]
Jul 08, 2008 | Categories: Outdoor Reports, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2008, Black Raspberry, Heath D. Sershen, July, Minnesota, Raspberry, St. Mary's University, Summer, Winona | Leave A Comment »
Back to Prairie Island to get more Raspberries. Today the mosquitos were incredibly bad. I found a young song bird hanging in some Buckthorn. She posed for me to take several shots. Shell was happy with her bag of Raspberries and so was I.
Jul 07, 2008 | Categories: Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2008, Black Raspberry, Heath D. Sershen, July, Minnesota, Prairie Island Park, Raspberry, Summer, Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge, Winona | Leave A Comment »
What a way to spend a weekend with some college buddies than to get a flotilla of canoes to go down the Root River? None. Today was day two. We were on the way out. We had a great night and great paddle yesterday while covering 15 miles of river. The crags were awesome and [...]
Jul 06, 2008 | Categories: Outdoor Reports, The Mississippi River, Winona, Minnesota. | Tags: 2008, canoeing, Heath D. Sershen, July, mike paul, Minnesota, outdoor, Summer | Leave A Comment »
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Jul 05, 2008 | Categories: Outdoor Reports, The Root River, Video | Tags: 2008, Big River, canoe, canoeing, Hex, July, outdoor, Root River, Summer | Leave A Comment »