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…
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…
Hectic Schedules, Summer Doldrums and Fishing Ennui
I think I first noticed something was up in the first week of May when Quill Gordon ended a post without placing a fly on the water. Opening Day! It…
Fox River Creeks
In the 15 years I've been fishing the Fox River and it's creeks, I can't recall a time when they've both behaved the way they have for the past few…
The Summer Solstice Tried to Kill Me – Part Three – The End
...The island was covered in trees and the grass was over 3 feet tall. I tried moving through the grass fast only to start tripping on all the logs and…
The Summer Solstice Tried to Kill Me – Part Two
...All week the weather forecast was beginning to sound a lot like The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Every day there had been a call for severe storms. Damaging winds, torrential…