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…
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…