Fall Creeks and Dink Fish
I have no clue why I didn't wander to this creek in September or October, especially with the outstanding weather we had all fall. Those are the months where a…
Fishing by Accident
In the summer of my 40th year I stepped up to the edge of a river, cast a lure into it and reeled it back. I had never fished a…
I went for a walk along the Fox River on Sunday…
I went for a walk along the Fox River on Sunday with the hopes of catching the last of the fall colors on a beautifully warm sunny day. My hopes…
I went for a walk in the Fox River on Saturday…
I went for a walk in the Fox River on Saturday with the hopes of catching some fish, preferably smallmouth bass, but it's the first week of November so anything…
On a Hunting Note …
To me the true squirrel season started November 1st. We had a killing frost, which puts down pretty much all the bugs and kills off a lot of the fleas,…
… and the skies were black with waterfowl.
Shooting time for waterfowl is a half hour before sunrise. The predawn sky was peppered with the silhouettes of numerous flocks of ducks and geese. Still too far for a…
Fox River Crap Plant Fishing
Was hoping to get more written down about Tuesday's fishing, but it's a jumble of thoughts and random words it seems. Same with what I wanted to do with Saturday's…
Can you hunt along the Fox River in downtown Batavia?
When I want to get away and fish a river, and those rare times hunt a river, that is more natural and wild looking . . . I go to…
A Few Days on the Fox
There was that itch again. That itch that insists to be scratched. It doesn't matter that in the back of your head the admonition of your mother echoes loudly. "Quit…