Like most outdoorsman, I love the fall. I cherish every minute of October and these days I prefer relishing it in Wisconsin. But I’ve been gone a lot lately and it’s been building inside me that I’m missing out on my favorite time at home. Last night, the minute Granny got out of work we … Read more
August 12-14 There’s a lot of good pics and stories from a three day float trip we finished up today, however this blog will be short. I spent so much time on last weeks Labrador blogs that my back hurts and my eyes are tired from sitting at the computer for hours. This being said, … Read more
The earliest we’ve floated our favorite river here in the north of Wisconsin is July 12. While fishing wasn’t by any means incredible last July it was a good day. The question we’ve had is, “What about late June?”. Today we found out. Granny and I loaded our Outcast Striker Raft last night. We … Read more
Every once in a while, a fishing plan goes awry. My usual Wisconsin fishing buddy, Bob Butler, came by the house to fetch me with his fairly new Lund to get on one of the big lakes here in the Hayward area to target some pike. As I was loading up my gear, he went … Read more
I’ve fished a ton in 2025, however only a couple days fishing here in Northern Wisconsin. Both WI jaunts were on Lake Superior. Today it was time to get serious, so Granny and I broke out our boat, the blue bathtub, to get it warmed up for the season. This meant a trip to a … Read more
2024 will go down as one of my best local water fishing seasons since I was a youngster in Jackson Hole. Two years ago everything here in Wisconsin was new. I got my butt handed to me most outings but love new water and the challenges that come with. Last year the results improved greatly … Read more
I’m continuing to hit the northern Wisconsin water hard this October and today I was right back out there with Bob. There’s a serious heatwave going on. While I didn’t think to get a pic during the heat of the day, this gives you an idea. I took this photo at 4 PM and it … Read more
I skimmed through my blogs of past October 18th birthdays. It’s a fact, I always go fishing and today was no different. After the big float yesterday Granny and I visited a couple backwoods Wisconsin bars then parked the Ruby Van in a nice spot for dinner and a good night’s sleep. When we got … Read more
September 17 & 18 There was nothing hardcore about these last two days of fishing. Granny and I weren’t sure what to do with our days off so based on a forecast of back to back 80° days, we opted to do and overnight float trip. It was about swimming, camping, eating and relaxing. It’s … Read more
I met Dave Gellatly at the Great Waters Fly Fishing Show in Minneapolis back in March. I saw a guy towing a drift boat with Wisconsin plates pull into the parking lot. I went right over and it turns out Dave is from my old stomping grounds of Ashland right on Chequamegon Bay in Lake … Read more
Bob and I planned on doing something big today but unfortunately truck trouble for Bob grounded us. Well, not exactly grounded because Bob lives on a small lake. Instead of not fishing, I zipped over his place around 8 AM and we launched his lake boat with my Exploder. This was by no … Read more
Some days there just isn’t much to write about. Today with Josh and Tanner was that day. It didn’t matter that we left the house at 6 AM and weren’t home until 6:30 PM. It didn’t matter that we floated eight river miles and had two flies in the water the entire way. The issue, … Read more