For my Fellow Iceaphobes – The Prelude
Though I'm a bass angler, primarily smallmouth bass from any water of any size that flows, I tend to read more about trout and trout fishing. This is mainly because…
I’m in a Book!
A few years ago I guided a guy and his wife out on a creek. He was on a quest to catch fish on a fly rod from all 50…
Christmas Shopping
A couple of years ago I was playing around with a bunch of fish pictures I had laying around. Then I combined them into what I thought were interesting designs…
They say that Jesus could walk on water
They say that Jesus could walk on water. All my life I've had people get right up in my face and ask, "What? You think you walk on water?" To…
Wrong Place
I couldn't sleep last night. The usual things... money, not enough of it; work, or lack of it, goes with the lack of money thing; kids, granted they live with…
End of the Season. Maybe.
The beginning of November, the weather was still unusually balmy. Was out a couple of days earlier and caught a 19 inch smallmouth. I knew there was something from that day that told me what I should go do. So, where did I leave off. Oh yeah.
Ramble with Gortowski
Just about every week for the past 10 years I have sent fishing reports on the Fox River here in Illinois to Dale Bowman, outdoor writer for the Chicago Sun…
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…