If you’re even remotely into bass fishing, you know that Manabu Kurita of Japan caught a largemouth bass in July that was widely believed to be a new world record.
The results were made official late last week and he was given a tie with the world record set 77 years ago. Field and Stream [...]
Welcome to 2010!
The beginning of each year brings New Year’s resolutions. I’m not much for resolutions as they tend to become broken promises. However, goals are more realistic and give you something to strive for. Here are mine for 2010:
Fish 40 days out of the year (28 in 2009)
Have patience to try [...]
Thanx to my diligence in using FishSwami this year, I have a summary of my fishing excursions for 2009. Here are the results:
Days Fished: 28
Fish Caught: 29
Locations Fished: 7
Patterns Fished: 6
Most fish caught in one day: 3 on June 14th
Northern Pike: 10
Smallmouth Bass: 9
Largemouth Bass: 7
Walleye: 1
Muskie: 0
These probably aren’t very impressive numbers to [...]
A few weeks ago, I got an email from my brother, who is also an avid angler. It was about the time I wrote the Fitovers sunglass review and he remarked that I was really getting desperate for things to blog about. He said I needed to go fishing more.
Of course, [...]
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 put a hole in the lower unit of his boat a few weeks ago and I wanted to see [...]
Date: 9/24/2009
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Body of water: Marion Lake
Location: Lakeville, MN
Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy
I hadn’t been fishing since the neighborhood outing MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. It was driving me crazy. Yes, I went fishing in North Carolina, but it just wasn’t the same. Too unfamiliar. I finally got to go fishing tonight.
My [...]
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 Mirage Pro Angler (I REALLY want one of those now). He said he tried to call me at about [...]
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 frustrating run. We went out to Orchard Lake and fished toward the reeds in the middle of the lake. [...]
Date: 7/1/2009
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Body of water: Lake Owasso
Location: Shoreview, MN
Weather Conditions: scattered clouds
My old colleague that had introduced me to the super fluke actually lives in Orchard Lake where I fished last week and after our outing, we stopped in to say hi (he also knew the two colleagues I fished with). While talking to [...]
Species: Largemouth Bass
Size: ~17″
Lure used: white pearl super fluke with split shot
Date: 6/24/2009
Time: 7pm-9:00pm
Body of water: Orchard Lake
Location: Lakeville, MN
Weather Conditions: rain in the early afternoon, scattered clouds while fishing
My colleague John and I have a mutual former colleague by the name of Matt. Matt’s been bugging us to go fishing the [...]
