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My First REALLY BIG Fish

Species: Northern Pike Size: 36″ Lure used: Coca-cola colored (and branded) rattlin’ Rapala Date: Summer, 2002 Time: approx. 11am – 3pm Body of water: secret lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: [don’t remember] I had been going up to Ken’s…

Learn Something New Every Day

Date: 8/8/2009 Time: 2-5pm Body of water: Bald Eagle Lake Location: White Bear Lake, MN Weather Conditions: rain in the morning, afternoon sun, rain again after 4pm I ran into Mark on the way out to look at the Hobie…

Mayfly Hatch

Species: Smallmouth Bass Size: 21″ Lure used: 6″ grape lizard Date: 6/30/2007 Time: sunset Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: [don’t remember] This is the story of how I caught my largest smallmouth bass. Ken and…

Frustrations Abound

Date: 7/30/2009 Time: 6:00-9:00pm Body of water: Orchard Lake Location: Burnsville, MN Weather Conditions: Scattered clouds, light rain, wind from the West, thunderhead went by before getting on the lake Matt and I went out last week and had a…

“Fish of a Lifetime”

Now that I’ve written about my fishing stories of my week up in Northern Minnesota, I wanted to tell you about a fish tale from my friend and colleague, Harley. Harley has also been going to the Gunflint Trail area…

One More Outing Pays Off

Species: Smallmouth bass Size: 15″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Species: Northern Pike Size: 18″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Species: Northern Pike Size: 27″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Date: 7/26/2009 Time: 5:30-7:00am Body of water:…

Last Hurrah

Species: Northern Pike Size: 21″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Species: Smallmouth bass Size: 14″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Date: 7/25/2009 Time: 8:30-10:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: windy with storm clouds…

Mission Accomplished

Date: 7/24/2009 Time: 2:00-3:30pm Body of water: Bearskin Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: strong wind from West, some clouds Ken has an uncle that has a cabin on Bearskin Lake nearby. They have a lot of smallmouth bass there…

Mission Accepted

Date: 7/24/2009 Time: 9:30-11:30am Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: overcast and windy at first, but cleared out Ken and I got a pass from working on the raised walkway to fulfill The Mission. We first…