Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 7-9pm
Body of water: Poplar Lake
Location: Gunflint Trail
Weather Conditions: clear
That last evening, we decided to fish our favorite fishing hole. It’s in a shallow bay that gets to only about 1 ft deep, but has a hole 4-5 ft deep. There always seems to be fish there.
When we got there, there we [...]
Date: 5/24/2009
Time: 2-4pm
Body of water: Poplar Lake
Location: Gunflint Trail
Weather Conditions: sunny
Ken and I went out with my 8 year old daughter in the middle of the afternoon on our last day. We tried a stretch Ken’s dad called Dark Arm Bay. Dark Arm Bay is known for Northern Pike because it gets very [...]
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Size: 13″
Lure used: white pearl super fluke
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Size: 13″
Lure used: white pearl super fluke
Date: 5/23/2009
Time: 7-10pm
Body of water: Poplar Lake
Location: Gunflint Trail, 30 mi North of Grand Marais, MN
Weather Conditions: calm and clear
In the evening, Ken and I went down to an area we call “Walleye alley.” [...]
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Size: 13″
Lure used: white pearl super fluke
Date: 5/23/2009
Time: 1-4pm
Body of water: West Bearskin Lake
Location: Gunflint Trail, 30 mi North of Grand Marais, MN
Weather Conditions: sunny
My father-in-law, Ken, and I decided to head to a nearby lake to try for some smallmouth and lake trout. A few summers ago, we were [...]
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Size: 14″
Lure used: white pearl super fluke
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Size: 13″
Lure used: white pearl super fluke
Date: 5/22/2009
Time: 8-9pm
Body of water: Poplar Lake
Location: Gunflint Trail, 30 mi North of Grand Marais, MN
Weather Conditions: calm and clear
We arrived at my in-law’s cabin at about 7pm Friday night. It was getting dark [...]
Species: Muskie
Size: 40.5″
Lure used: sucker with quick strike rig
Date: 10/18/2008
Time: 10am-2pm
Body of water: Lost Land Lake
Location: Hayward, WI
Weather Conditions: overcast and windy
I thought I would start this blog with the biggest fish of my life. It was in Mid-October last year. My buddy, Dan, had been up in Hayward most of [...]
