Entries for March 2013

Last Tuesday I could do no wrong.  As soon as I pulled up on the first spot I nailed three chunker smallmouth on my first four casts.

The greatest challenge to steelhead fishing can be summed up in one word:  torque.  Ladies and gentlemen, if you’ve never heard the scream of a fly reel as your backing is stripped to nothing, you have a river of happiness in front of you.

For those fortunate anglers that live in areas where Mother Nature is less harsh during the winter months, their boats and lines never stay dry throughout the year, but for anglers like myself up in Minnesota, I have an “off-season.”

One of the great bones of contention (pun intended) in freshwater fish consumption is whether Northern Pike should be eaten or used as garden fertilizer.  In Iowa and Missouri, where Northern Pike are scarce, fishermen tend to prize the meat.  I’ve heard Iowans declare that pike is better than walleye!

While I can't take all of the blog readers to my favorite winter spot, I can provide you a preview of the DVD I recently produced.  The how-to video details presentation specifics on baits like paddle tail grubs, hair jigs, suspending jerkbaits, downsized tubes, slow rolled spinnerbaits and finesse jigs.  It also provides a step by step method to find the best winter habitat on your local flow.