Richard Levesque scored a new Vermont state record walleye when he caught a 14 ½ lb walleye through ice! He landed it on February 10th on Lake Champlain using a tip-up and golden shiner. Can you imagine pulling out that monster out of a 6″ diameter hole?
The picture above doesn’t look much like [...]
So I got started on my 2010 goals early. I got a call from Mark yesterday afternoon. He, Rob, and Steve were headed out fishing. I wasn’t able to join them right away, but found them on the ice at about 4:30.
Steve had bought a nice 6 man shelter over Christmas (the [...]
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 [...]
Last time we were on the ice, Mark talked about the best bite being the hour around sunrise and sunset. We talked about the next time going out at 2:30pm and staying til after dark. We got our chance last night. My brother is in town for Christmas, so he and another [...]
The scene opens with a view of the lake. A dock is in the foreground, a full moon shining brightly in the night sky. The reflection of the moon paints a path to the dock, empty except for a bench made for two. The sound of a crackling fire can be heard [...]
[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 very first walleye in Poplar Lake. He was very excited, but he caught it late [...]
Ken was up at his cabin from Aug 4 to Aug 11. He had some friends up through Aug 9 and he came back with a fishing report.
His friend, Eric, caught an 18″ walleye on the channel on the North side of Young’s Island on a small shad rap or fat rap. He [...]
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 [...]
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 once or twice a year for over 20 years. Someday when we’re up there at [...]
