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 [...]
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.
2009-05-28_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 [...]
2009-05-26_MississippiRiver, That Dang Stick….
Chad and I hit the backwaters wing dams in search of Walleyes. Chad found them to be hitting green twister tails where the shiners were visible, I caught nothing.
Fall…
Pay back is a fish for me at this point in my life. I am buried deep into primary research that consists of things that I love. In August I instructed university students in fly fishing history, ethics, and casting. I have traveled to Lake Superior’s North Shore seeking Pink Salmon and Longnose Suckers. I [...]
2008-08-07_MississippiRiver
Tonight Mikey and I sat at the Levee in a spot other than our usual spot because a half a dozen people had our spot. the word must’ve got out that there are fish there. I wonder if they were disappointed to only catch Drum and Redhorse. Mikey an I would’ve loved to catch something [...]
2008-08-05_MississippiRiver
Mikey and I have fished everyday since last Friday. We met up with the Wenzel’s and fished a wing dam off of the main channel near Fountain City. We caught Drum, Catfish, and Walleye here. We fished the mouth of Garvin Brook in 20 feet of water. We anchored on an eddy of poo and [...]
2008-08-04_MississippiRiver
Mikey and I decided over dinner that it would be a good idea to drive to the levy, put in the canoe, and float downstream to the St. Charles boat landing where we would carry the 90-pound boat and all of our gear back to my house six blocks away. We caught Drum off the [...]
2008-08-03_MississippiRiver
We launched at Verchota Landing in the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge at Minnesota City and headed to Straight Slough. We caught heaps of Sunnies and ran out of crawlers which required us to run to the Fountain City Kwik Trip to get more.
2008-07-27_MississippiRiver
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.
2008-07-24_MississippiRiver
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 [...]
2008-07-23_CrookedCreek
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 [...]
2008-07-12_MississippiRiver
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 [...]
2008_07_11_MississippiRiver
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 [...]
2008-07-01_OleMiss
The berries are here too. Hatch and I found a bagful at Prairie Island Park. We are lucky the no one else is picking here. Old Hatch headed straight to the River to cool off as I spent time picking berries. The day was hot and there were a few mosquitos about.
2008-06-24_MississippiRiver
The water is still high and the fishing is awesome! We went out in Brad and Vanessa’s boat tonight and did well enough to have a dinner of fresh fish with Walleye and Catfish as the main course.