Sixth grade school teacher Mary, and her hubby, limestone quarry foreman Larry, from Missouri, spent some time here in the Houghton and Chassell area for their 25th wedding anniversary. Yesterday, they drove almost an hour to get to Lac La Belle for some trolling on Bete Grise for lake trout. Larry does a lot of […]
Coho Near a Scum Line in Bete Grise
Singer, boys hockey player and dancer (yes, all 3 in one 11 year old girl) Taryn, landed a coho salmon and her brother, grandpa, cousin and uncles all caught lake trout on the Fishin’ Mission yesterday. After we pulled lines to go in and motored a short distance, there was a very long and pronounced […]
Latest on Trolling in the Keweenaw for lake trout
Grocery store owner, Jim, and his wife ICU Nurse, Beth, came all the way from their cottage in Watersmeet on Thursday night to fish on Friday for Lake Trout. They had a nice overnight stay at the Lac La Belle Resort. Jim had wanted to fish on Lake Superior for a while and finally googled […]
Latest Trolling Report from Bete Grise
On Sunday we went to the Confo picnic… here are the boys after gorging themselves on Mt Dew: On Monday I took out a family from Lansing… mom Gail, dad Brad (I finally got his name right with the rhyme) and son Scott along with daughter, photographer and lighthouse keeper Abby. The priority was to […]
Tournament Fishing and Evening Fishing for Bass and Lake Trout.
Boy, I’ve been running like crazy, but enjoying almost every minute of it… all except when I have to deal with the monopoly, lack of service, burocracy, policy laden, “act like they don’t need or want our business” type of outfit post office… enough said, I won’t go into the details here! Anyway, my boys […]
Fishing, Fishing and more Fishing
Monday, deckhand, Stanley and I, took out a nice family of 4 from Florida, dad Eric the entrepreneur, mom colleen, the president of the Pampering Plumber and two teenage kids. After a little confusion about licences and where to find my boat, we got a later-than-usual start and fished for a short time at one […]
Long over due blog – Fishing for Lake Trout, Walleye, Pike, Crappie and Small MouthBass
I can’t believe I have not posted since the 4th of July! I’ve fished every day since then and have charters scheduled for the next 3 days! What fun! Son Calvin, Terri and I fished Lac La Belle on Thursday afternoon, the day after the 4th and we ended up with 3 different species of […]
Lac La Belle Smallies and Lake Superior Fishing – Up-date
Late Monday morning we left the dock aboard the Fishin’ Mission with combine operator Don, wife Harriet, probate worker Lisa and two curious boys, ages 7 and 10. Garret and Dillion looked a little sleepy (from taking motions sickness pills) as we headed East out of the irons of Bete Grise, to the green can, […]
Fishing Lac la Belle for Small Mouth Bass and Northern Pike
Two of my fishing buddies, sons Calvin and Stanley, coaxed me out onto to the lake yesterday for a little inland lake fishing. Usually it’s me doing the coaxing to get SOMEBODY to go, so when they suggested we go fishing, truthfully, I needed no coaxing… I was “in” in a heartbeat. We pushed off […]
Thursday and Saturday Trolling on Lake Superior
Thursday daughter Darlene and Rosie came fishing with me so that Darz could “learn the ropes” to see if she can cut the mustard as a deckhand. We spent two hours trolling for lake trout and teaching them how to set lines, hook a fish and net the fish. we did’nt get into any fish […]