SOME MOOSE BACK INTO THINGS…

SOME MOOSE BACK INTO THINGS…

April’s few decent days of weather hardly seemed to mesh with work, and so because of this fishing nearly stalled right out. Just a couple trips Stateside would be it for the month, and as it happened, the rainbow fishing which would have normally been great...
2013 CLOSED TO FISHING.

2013 CLOSED TO FISHING.

Leaving it all here!!! With plenty of pictures and decidedly a few less words than usual, this should recap 2013’s days on the water chasing after any and all goals and, the great fish that were caught. A multitude of species and angling styles to experience,...
AUTUMN RUSH!

AUTUMN RUSH!

A rush through autumn this year? Absolutely yes. From onset the winds have blown harder than I can remember, and sunny days have come few. Warm summer waters plummeted to freeze within a snapping instant and the grass which lingered green turned snow-covered white at...
MY BIG BAD BEST MOOSKIE!

MY BIG BAD BEST MOOSKIE!

On the actual day autumn arrived I was at home cleaning out the boat and sorting fishing gear after a long tour west for trout. The pike, laker and speckie boxes got set aside for other tackle that would begin my bass, walleye and muskie season. Planning ahead for...
A FIFTY GAR SALUTE!

A FIFTY GAR SALUTE!

A Warship would fire its cannons harmlessly out to sea, until all ammunition was spent, to show that it was disarmed, signifying the lack of hostile intent. This naval custom quite adapted, “A Fifty Gar Salute,” chronicles the beginning to end of...
SPRING WOES & WHOAS!

SPRING WOES & WHOAS!

Never met my mother’s father, the man who passed on his bum chin. In fact, other than a faded picture in memory and some sentimental genetics, sitting here today I can’t even think what his name is. A soldier in WWII he left this earth 20 plus years before...