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It'll get steadily better from here on out

It certainly wasn’t like last weekend’s active fish feeding in current, but it wasn’t terrible, like the last few weeks prior to that, either. The flood conditions following all the snow and snow melt the last 4 days had the water temps down a bit, and had the lethargic fish milling around in spots out of the direct current flow.    View the entire post — It’ll get steadily better from here on out


Hey weather guys — WTF?

With this storm that’s been skirting around us for the past few days and is projected to sit squarely atop us until tomorrow morning, I’ve been watching the weather forecasts very closely — hoping against hope that I’d have a good window of the kind of conditions I need to get the boat out of the yard and fish tomorrow and Sunday.    View the entire post — Hey weather guys — WTF?


Congratulations to KVD

Today, Kevin VanDam won his 3rd BASSMasters Classic.

He won it in dominating fashion, surging from 2 oz back to a 5 pound margin of victory on the last day of competition. It was a strange tournament, in that the top 5 anglers all did basically the same thing (threw lipless crankbaits) in the same [...]


Two big drops on an otherwise excellent day

The fishing wasn’t quite as hot as it was yesterday, but Jim & I still managed to get 87 fish between us.

Jim got one about 29″, I had one over 30.    View the entire post — Two big drops on an otherwise excellent day


Best bite since December.

Steve & I took advantage of the first warm weekend day in just about forever, and got out on the Housy. The weathermen were talking about a lot of wind, but to be honest, it never really got all that windy.

And finally, the fish started biting again.    View the entire post — Best bite since December.


Makin' do.

Sometimes it’s amazing what passes for a repair.

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Schoolies? Not so much.

With the milder temperatures over the past few days, I was somewhat shocked this morning to find the Housy skimmed over from just about the Derby ramp south. Sure, it was only skim ice, mostly 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick, and didn’t present an obstacle to our search for fish. But it did severely limit where we were able to get our lures in the water for the first few hours.    View the entire post — Schoolies? Not so much.


I'm sorry, but this is just wrong.

This is a matter of paranoia driven stupidity.

And in related news…


Funny/odd/ironic fishing pics

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I'm guessing he doesn't have a license

I'm guessing he doesn't have a license

   View the entire post — Funny/odd/ironic fishing pics


This has nothing whatsoever to do with fishing, but...

This is the most fascinating thing I’ve seen on the internet in a long while…

These are all models

A lot of the scenes are so realistic that the only thing that gives them away is the lack of litter. The ’50s were clean, but not that clean. That and the lack of people in the scenes. Wait [...]


Brutal. Just brutal.

Steve, Dave & I went out in my boat this morning. It was 11 degrees when I left the house this morning at 7:20. And breezy. Yesterday’s surprisingly ice-free river was no longer ice free. Today’s surprise was just how much ice can form overnight on moving, brackish water.
Again, we had no problem finding fish. But [...]


Determination

It’s been frigid for the past few weeks. Last weekend, I didn’t even fish. Coming into today, I was determined to give it a shot no matter how uncomfortable it was.    View the entire post — Determination