Match the Hatch
If you say match the hatch to a trout angler, they'll immediately go sit alongside a stream or lake to observe the bugs that are rising from the water. Then…
Note to Self, Always Carry a Stringer
I wish I could know in advance that I would catch a couple of decent sized catfish even though I was pursuing smallmouth bass. These cats came from a creek…
It’s Lunch Time My Friend 7.7.11
It's one of those days you're feeling a little lazy, don't feel like putting up with crowds on the street or in whatever food joints near work. You'll be sitting…
The Walleye Ate all of the Smallmouth
My first 3 years of college were spent studying architecture. At the end of the third year I decided I had enough. For the next 3 years I went to…
Go, Get Out, Go Fishing
When I'm anxious and agitated I pace. What's running around in my head is pretty much undefined and in the long term, irrelevant. Something is bugging me. If I can't…
Catch and Release a 190 Pound Dumbass Fish
The lure choice was excellent. It was a 6 inch piece of plastic that, well, looked like a real worm. Right down to the color. Imagine that. Only this worm…
Many Rivers to Cross
As I write this, massive violent looking storms have been tracking north to south over Lake Michigan for at least the last 18 hours. I hear they've been raking the…
Waterdog Journal on ChicagoNow
After a month of false starts and delays, the New and Improved ChicagoNow is up and running. And I'm part of it. Waterdog Journal on ChicagoNow SO, you ask, what…
Closer to the City, They’d try to Kill Them Off
There's a massive bug hatch drifting around my neighborhood this morning. The morning sun streaks right down the middle of the street in front of my house and the bugs…