Nancy, Jim and Isaac joined the Millers on a trip in to the boundary waters in early June. Before heading in for a five-day/four-night stay, we headed almost a half mile underground as we toured the Soudan Mine, a now defunct iron mine in Soudan MN. Although the history of the mine is very... [Read More]
Peter Barker invited me up to DCC the last weekend of May to fish the peak of the smallmouth spawn. The big girls were on the nests in high numbers defending their beds with abandon. Long story short, Pete and I landed nine bass over 5 pounds and many more in the 4 pound range.
We sight... [Read More]
Jim and I had the opportunity to run the new St. Claire Mission Half Marathon as part of the first La Crosse Fitness Festival May 2-3. The new course took us over the Cass Stree Bridge and through south La Crosse. Jim took off with Don Mayer who went the whole marathon distance and I ran with... [Read More]
Ended up winning two bass tournaments last week off of a pre-spawn smallie spot that my friend Ray knows about. On Wednesday night Ray and I fished the Tri-county club tournament on Pool 7. We had to beat another guy to the spot by passing him on the inside about a mile before the spot. Once we... [Read More]
I finally got off the gobbler snide on tax day with a 23.4 pound gobbler. The handsome tom was sporting a 9-inch beard and 1-inch spurs when he made the mistake of coming to close to James Brown. Will Hutchens told me the birds were coming out by the pond every evening and working their way down... [Read More]