Ice Fishing Readiness- What You Should Be Doing Now to Be Ready Few things in the outdoors get my heart pumping and turn me into a little kid again like a ‘christmas tree’ vexilar bottom eruption of Devils Lake Jumbo Perch in 35 feet of water. The hook set, reel in, unhook, rebait, drop as fast as you can sequence…
Report 20- Epic News- You Heard It Here First, Or Maybe Not!
New Location for One of This Weeks Troll Lines May Surprise Some, Thrill Others Fishing A pleasantly surprising and beneficial development opened up for us this last week. Boy, oh boy, was it the right decision to explore this possibility. Within 30 seconds of dropping the spinners down the fish were on it. Two releases and a limit of fat…
Report 19: The Excitement of Youth and Renewed Perspective
Late August Transitions and the Balance of Time This time of year as the days shorten, the hornets get riled and start looking for meat, making cleaning Canada geese an exercise in Russian Roulette, and temperatures start to swing, two things start to occur in my life. Number one, my chunks of free time start to get divided up into…
Report 18: The Wind Changes Everything, and Not For The Good All The Time!
I have expressed the importance on here about variables in fishing. Barometer Weather Water Temperature ETC To me these things are vital in our successes. Figuring our what the best strategy is due to the conditions can make or break a trip. Usually, we want wind, not a lot, but some. Wind gets things going usually when we are talking…
Report 17: Lightning! I hate Lightning, the fish think they’re getting their picture taken!!
There are not many things on the water that scare me, Big waves? Just take a careful hand and take your time. Rain? We have wet suits. Cold? Bundle up. Lightning on the other hand, I want no part of on the water. It is not something that I will play with. First sign of a flash or thunder and…