Night Time, Cold Water, Fox River Walleye
It's that time of year when anglers that are still out angling on the Fox River have turned there attention to Ol' Marble-eye. That's right, it's walleye time. The air…
Funny How? Funny Like a Clown?
Well, I thought it was a little amusing anyway. No, not the picture. Nine months out of the year my car has everything in it that I could possibly need…
Up a Creek, Again
The plan for the day was to go out to Marseilles State Fish and Wildlife Area to do some squirrel hunting. Only I had forgot that it was closed on…
How to Fish… (A Work in Progress)
The purpose of this post is twofold: 1. I'm hoping fishing noobs stop by, click on a link they're interested in and learn everything they need to know to fish…
Fishing the Fox in the Wind and the Rain
You got the river, a relatively thin strip of shoreline, a bike path, sometimes a guard rail and the road. It goes on like this for a couple of miles,…
Up a Creek
For the second straight year, Field & Stream has partnered with Trout Unlimited on tours of America’s Best Wild Places. The Best Wild Places is a joint project and offers…
Some Days aren’t all that Exciting
This is a bastardized version of what I sent to Dale Bowman as a final follow up for his Wednesday fishing reports. Not much to say, not much to look…
I’m just about out of Words
That happens whenever I have to concentrate on finding work in a job market that chooses to ignore men over 50. Plenty of minimum wage offerings out there, up to…
Illinois Fall Catchable Trout Program or Fishing in Hell
I posted this back in April for the Spring Illinois Catchable Trout Program. With the Fall Illinois Catchable Trout Program starting on October 15th, thought I would run it again.…