Great Lakes Angler

On the way up to Milwaukee today I had under an hour to shoot at a stream.  I chose Oak Creek.  I ran through the woods with my gear to a spot I thought might be holding fish.  I hooked up on the first drift with a smaller female.  She spit the hook at me after half a minute or so.  I hiked east toward the lake for a while and was only able to spook a handfull of fish.  I hiked back upstream above where I started and located a quiet male holding in some deeper current.  After a few drifts I hooked up with him on a peach yarn fly.  Continue reading

I got out to the normal spot on the seawall this morning and set up shop on my favorite point above the perch and began fishing. I got a good strong hit right away and pulled up a fighter of a rockbass. Back he went. I fished the next 40 minutes or so without so much as a tap. I then moved further down the wall and picked up one right away. The guys near me got some in their baskets as well. Continue reading

From TV:6 Fox U.P.

DNR drops trees to attract trout.

By Brad Soroka Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 3:56 p.m. SCOTT LAKE — The Brule River was once known as a blue ribbon trout stream. Recent logging practices along its banks, however, have taken away the trout’s natural habitats. Continue reading

Great news for some habitat restoration in Milwaukee!

While it is in good intention that this beautiful fly was tied… It just puts a smile on my face for some reason. Oh America.

Here it is, stumbled across it this evening looking at classic Salmon fly patterns, not sure how this worked into the mix.

This may not sound like bad news, but domesticated farm raised salmon escaping and mixing with the gene pool is never a good thing.

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In the ocean off of Fort Lauderdale earlier, a 750 pound shark was caught and dragged back to be weighed on a scale at a marina.

Seems a shame to drag something like that across the ocean to kill it.