Month October 2009

The Poplar Lake Monster

[In honor of Halloween, I thought you might like to hear about a story among our family of a legend on the Gunflint Trail.] Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a young fisherman who caught his…

Review: Fitovers Sunglasses

When I was a teenager, I always wore those black ray-ban like sunglasses, but the cheap versions because I always misplaced them. I could never understand my peers who bought $200 brand names. In college, I discovered I needed prescription…

Not A Single Nibble

Date: 10/4/2009 Time: 1:45pm-4:45pm Body of water: Lake Owasso Location: Shoreview, MN Weather Conditions: overcast I was coming home from an errand run Saturday afternoon when I saw my fishing buddy, Mark, on the phone in his driveway. He had…