Fishing with Turkey's

Pete was still around today, so we went fishing around 4PM. First we hit Bulldog at Holy Family and got nothing. Pete then suggested we try Erskine and so we went there. I didn't realize the Erskine public access is actually worth fishing. It has some nice pads right out from shore and there is quite a bit of area to fish. Anyway while we were fishing some domesticated turkeys came along and

Kelly J Don's Dock

Pete is still here for one more night. We got out of the house at about a quarter to 8 and headed right to Don's. When we arrived Don was out on his dock per usual. He had been getting a few gills. I started out with a Crawtube, but quickly switched to a Repo Man. There was very little wind and a slight ripple on the water. Don got 2 more nice gills. I switched to a bluegill color Lucky

Fishing with Pete & Gordy at Camp Lebanon

Pete talked me into heading out to fish with Gordy (from the Fishers of Men Fishing Club Twin Cities) today. I think we arrived at Cedar Lake in SW Morrison County a little after 4PM. The lake has fairly clear water water and it was sunny. We fished shallow in some reeds where I got this 13" largie on a big sexy color Mad Maxx frog.
We then fished up shallow along the South shore in the shade

Night on Don's Dock with Don & Pete

Went over to Don's after 7PM last night. I stuck first blood with a pike, that I thought we were giving to Don, so I put it up in his yard. Turns out Don, didn't want it, so Pete took it. Will it get cleaned or not? That is the question. Don caught a few gills and Pete got skunked. There was a nice sunset with rays coming through the clouds.

Pete's New Dog Josie

Pete was hunting way up in Northern MN, I forget where, when he went to an animal shelter on a whim. At the shelter was this yellow lab that the shelter workers were very high on. The dog was picked up as a stray and had been in the shelter for about a month. Pete checked the dog out and decided to adopt it. The shelter named the dog Joseie and it seemed to know it's name, so Pete didn't rename

Platte Pike with Pete

Today Pete and I got out around 3PM until about 8PM. Conditions were partly cloudy with a 5 to 12MPH West wind. Was windier earlier than later. Forgot the camera.First we drifted off the weeds down past Jenny's. I got 2 small pike on a blue/white Strike King Burner Spinnerbait.Then we went to the East shore of the Big Island and fished from the middle corner around to the West shoreline most

Tonight on Platte with Pete

Tonight Pete and I got out for about an hours worth of fishing in the boat. I got the only fish with the "Viking" Snagproof Frog about 4 feet to the side of the end of a dock in open water. I got this fish when we were fishing close to our lake place.We closed the night fishing on the East side of the big island. Pete missed a couple of hits.I did get a chance to throw my new lime Yellow Magic

Pete Fish

Here is Pete with a couple of bass that he caught last Friday and Saturday. The first one is off the shore at Jenny's. He caught that one and missed a strike. That is a River2Sea Bully Wa Frog.The second fish was obviously caught out in the boat. We were fishing the North end of the big Island on Platte right before a thunderstorm moved in. That night Pete caught 3 bass and 1 pike and all I

Annual Mississippi Trip w/Pete & Greg Jones of Mid-West Outdoors

July 30, 2010Pete is friends with Greg Jones who is an editor and sometime TV personality with Mid-West Outdoors Magazine and Mid-West Outdoors TV. This is the third year in a row where Pete and I went fishing with Greg to help him pre-fish for the St. Stephens Lions Smallmouth Tournament. Last year I got to go out two different times. Greg is an expert in navigating this particular stretch of

1 Topwater Mille Lacs Smallie

Tonight Pete and I headed to Eddy's Jetty around 7PM. Conditions were calm and overcast which you would think would make for perfect topwater conditions. As it was I got this 15" on a gold Berkley Frenzy Popper and that was the only bite either of us got on anything.

Last Night Don's Dock Dogfish & My Experiment

Pete and I went to fish at Don W's after the days thunderstorms had moved through. My mission was simple. Try to catch a few fish on the Northland Tackle Jungle Jig Loc Jig. I had just bought these jigs at Reeds, to see how they would work with bass tubes.The first fish of the night was this dogfish caught by DonA little while later I felt a fish pick up the tube and set the hook into a 11

Eddy's Launch With Pete

Today Pete and I went out on the Eddy's Morning Fishing Launch. The original launch we were scheduled to be on was from 8AM-Noon, but Eddy's was over run with people wanting to go out and called in a 2nd Captain to go out from 8:30AM-12:30PM. Pete and I jumped on that ship hoping there would be less people and when all was said and done there were maybe 4 or 5 less people on this 2nd launch.

BP Fishing Report with Pictures from last night.

June Night Don's Dock... Over at Bass Pundit's Fishing Log Blog.

Mille Lacs Eddy's Jetty Tonight with Pete

Originally I was going to go out in the boat pike fishing on Platte tonight, but at 6:30PM Pete called and wanted to meet me at Mille Lacs. I thought the wind was blowing out of the SW, so I was willing to give it a try.This is what I saw when I got to Eddy's Jetty at 8PMGreat for smallmouth fishing, not so great for walleyes. Before Pete got there at 9PM I had a couple of quick mini-bites from

Eddy's Launch with Dad & Pete/ Don's Dock Evening

Yesterday Pete found out that Eddy's is offering a good deal 7 days a week on their morning fishing launch trips; Cost is just $20 per person, normal launch price is $35. Pete and I made reservations and Dad decided he wanted to come along as well. It turned out the 2 others that were supposed to go on the launch didn't show, so it was just us 3 and the captain.We started out corking over

Mille Lacs Morning w/Pete/ Platte with Pete Evening

I think Pete and I not getting out until 9AM probably cost us because by the time we got to Mille Lacs there was little wind and it was blowing out of the SW thus making the Eddy's Jetty protected water. It was warm with an occasional breeze picking up and it was overcast most of the time, but fishing was slow. Pete messed around with a few perch in the harbor while I fished quite a bit farther

Mille Lacs Tonight

Pete is now back from Guard Training. We decided to head to Mille Lacs because conditions were supposed to be right to get fish off Eddy's Jetty. Unfortunately due to Pete and I taking a nap we were not on our way until right around 8PM. It would have been nice to be on the Jetty at 7PM because conditions were indeed good.While Pete was running an errand my bobber went down, but I missed it.

Don's Dockage

(Don W. catches a sunfish)Tonight Pete was over for the evening and we decided to go fishing at about 7PM. Originally I was going to take us to the Rock Dock and GOMH, but Pete suggested we check in with Don W. and see if we could fish off his dock.Don was home and was generous enough to allow us to fish his dock. He has been catching lots of sunfish, perch, bass, and pike along with a few

DNF

Instead of being out of here by 5PM like he said he was going to, Pete spent all day putzing and didn't get out of here until a quarter to 9PM.

Two In a Row!

(Pete working his hot hole.)Yes it's true. I went out ice fishing for a 2nd day in a row and I actually caught a few fish today.Pete and I got out around 3:30PM today and we found our friend Don W. out in the sunfish spot. Don had been there since 1PM and had 4 sunnies in his bucket. We basically set up shop in the same general area as yesterday (at least Pete thought it was) and we didn't even