Things Will Straighten Out There are four dreaded words no hunter or fisherman ever wants to hear. They bring no solace and they don’t make everything o.k. They aren’t meant to be a slam by the speaker and every single one of us who has fished enough hours, made enough hunting trips, fished another lake, and hunted another state for…
A Messenger Message I’m Glad I Responded To! That Messenger Message came to me on February 21st, 2017. I recognized the name, how couldn’t I, I had spent some of the most fun years of my life across the Kolstoe Hall hallway from him at Valley City State University: Ryan Nichols! That Message and the conversation that ensued led to…
Start With THE Most Important Item First There are things in life that are primary and there are things in life that are secondary. My kids are primary, my clothes are secondary. The Vikings beating the Lions is secondary, The Vikings browbeating the Packers into a heap is primary!! Decoys, shells, calls, blinds: All Secondary! Primary is our Guns! Without…
What’s Left?? Well, not much really. In a nutshell, Devils Lake is Walleye, Perch, Pike, White Bass, and Crappies. Technically speaking there are a few Tiger Muskies left from a little stocking years ago and the odd Sucker here and there. That rounds out every fish that swims in the Big Devil. There will be reports that surface from time to…
Call It My Sales Pitch To You, The Average Devils Lake Fisherman! I never consider DLFR as a business, EVER. It just never dawned on me to think of it that way. To me, Hunting and Fishing, my two passions in life, are a WAY of life. Confucius said: Choose a job you love and you will never have to…
