If you’re thinking I need to get my butt out fishing because the blog has been way too quiet – I agree! But that yard sale, spring clean up and overall catching up on a lot of things after that wonderful trip to Wisconsin set me back a little. Furthermore, May is not a great … Read more
This is simply a reminder that Granny and I are having a yard sale. We originally scheduled it for Saturday May 15 but the weather for Saturday looks sketchy – so we will be set up today at 11 AM and the same tomorrow and then we’ll do our best to pull it off on … Read more
Granny won’t drive my stick shift 1991 Explorer so I punched out a lot of miles on this Wisconsin trip. 3,285 to be exact. Yesterday we left Iron River, WI at 5 AM sharp and 850 miles later we pulled into a campsite within view of Devils Tower in Wyoming. Two beers in my Yeti … Read more
It was hard not to hop in the rowboat this morning and fish Howie’s lake with Granny. Especially when we had the Northwoods magic sunrise going on. Sunrises don’t get much better than this. But we had a plan to chase Great Lakes steelhead on another of Howie’s favorite rivers. Today is our last … Read more
Granny and I had our usual early morning coffee outside the cabin here in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Then we launched the rowboat and I rowed around our lake putting Granny on numerous little largemouth bass and a few saucer size bluegills. It was a really good time until the north wind kicked up and … Read more
Howie tossed a carrot last night at dinner. We had an invite to go trolling out of Bayfield, Wisconsin through the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. The invite came from another Northland College graduate that settled in this area, Brad Nagel. I remembered Brad but haven’t talked with him since graduation in 1987. We were … Read more
Not long ago if I woke up on the shores of a gorgeous lake I’d grab my rod and go. But things change as you get older. These days my approach to everything is slower and more thoughtful. One of my favorite things now is an early morning cup of coffee with Granny sitting outside … Read more