Granny’s favorite line in mid to late October is, “This is my last day. Its getting too cold”. But it’s never true. No doubt, Granny reduces her time on the water but she still finds herself on a few more trips right into the first couple weeks of November. Though it was a brisk 34° … Read more
I’ve managed to put a muskellunge in the boat five days in a row. Five musky fishing days that is. Today, I grabbed visiting buddy Paul Cavanaugh again with hopes of going six for six. A large task being we didn’t make our first cast until almost noon and Paul doesn’t fly fish often. Furthermore, … Read more
You can fish Lake Superior in November but you better be damn sure the gales of November don’t come early. Me, Howie, Granny and our good college friend Paul Cavanaugh, paid serious attention to the forecast and decided it was safe for an Apostle Island journey out of Bayfield. I was badly distracted by a … Read more
My buddy Howie who has lived in Iron River, Wisconsin up near Lake Superior for many years has been tempting me to come up and join him on his local rivers in October to harvest coho salmon during their fall run. Last year Granny bought a smoker and the few Superior brown trout, splake and … Read more
I’m fishing hard this week trying to squeeze in every last cast before it gets too cold here in Northern Wisconsin. Today I musky fished with Josh Hulbert and an old Jackson Hole friend, Shannon McCormick. On my last four musky days with friends we’ve managed exactly one musky per trip. This may not sound … Read more
One of the biggest projects I’ve been working on this month is preparing a custom PowerPoint presentation for Twin Cities TU Annual Fundraiser, “Octoberfish”. I travelled to Eden Prairie, MN early this afternoon and delivered my talk tonight. I’m happy to say the event went off with flying colors not only my speech but it … Read more
In 2007 I met Jonathan Boulton from South Africa. I was working for African Angler hosting anglers for Nile perch and tigerfish on Lake Nasser of the mighty Nile River in the boonies of Egypt. Jonathan, a hardcore angler, shared similar passions including an eagerness to travel and fish the planets most far-out places. The … Read more
I rowed my boys Howie and Numzie down a river today. If my friends are fishing hard and making at least the occasional competitive cast, I’ll row all day long and that’s what I did. It was the coldest fishing day of the year. When we pushed off my phone read 24° and the rod … Read more
It was a bitter cold one this morning when I headed out to meet up with friends Bob, Josh, Brandon and Levi for a two boat float. The temperature was 34° and it was drizzly and rainy. I was expecting to see the first flurries of the year here in northern Wisconsin as I was … Read more
It was a chilly one when Josh Hulbert picked me up. It was cloudy and still dark at 7:30 am. It seemed a storm was brewing. I used to hate this time of year for the cold dark mornings, but now that I live in Wisconsin, I don’t mind them so much because this is … Read more
It has been a fabulous three days celebrating a big-time birthday this week. I don’t have time to elaborate but I caught my usual birthday fish. Like last year, it was a smallie. It’s a little guy for Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior dock tour but this one stole the fly from a larger one … Read more
My mom and sister Becky rolled into town yesterday right on schedule. As planned, today I took Becky fishing with hopes she could stick her first muskellunge. While she once fly fished a lot, almost taking the trout bum route that I took many years ago, she took the all-American route instead and got married, … Read more