Fished in Lake Superior with the boys on Monday in order to try new places. Did not find any new ones, so we fished for a short time on one of my “spots” and caught 4 lake trout. Two of them came in together as a double header, one on a deep sea (meat pole […]

Wednesday, we took a sightseeing ride out to Manitou Island Lighthouse and Gull Rock Lighthouse with a couple from Maryland. After this trip, they were going to Ontonagon to see the Fourteen Mile Point Lighthouse, then to Grand Marais, MN to make a circle around Isle Royale to see Rock of Ages Lighthouse, Passage Island […]

We got a later start today, casting off at 9 am with 3 good guys from MN that also chartered last summer. I think they are “hooked” on lake trout fishing, since that was what we caught last year and they wanted to go after the same this time. The day was just awesome, flat […]

Yesterday I took out 3, a dad Art and his 2 teenage boys on Lake Superior for some lake trout fishing. Stannard Rock was on our minds, and we considered it, but I did not have enough fuel in the tanks to comfortably make the trip. Had Calvin along as the first mate and we […]

Friday morning, Calvin and I got up at 6.30 to push off with a party of 5 on the Fishin’ Mission at 8 am. The plan was to set lines near the irons and troll in shallow water for a short time before heading out to the Bear Bluff area. The forecast was calling for […]

Yesterday, my boys and I did a little pre-fishing on Lac La Belle and caught a few crappie, several perch and a couple rock bass. Bugs (no-seums) were bad and Bruce, my 6 year old was getting eaten up bad so we went back to the cottage early. Cooked up one of the crappie for […]

Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, our family took a ride to Agate Falls and Bond Falls down in Ontonagan county in the Ottawa National Forest. Calvin and Brucey, 2 of my sons with “fishing” in their blood and I fished the flowage and the river for most of the time that our family spent there. Our day […]

  One October day last fall, I had a hard time finding a fishing partner since it was a work day for most and it was raining. I called a few business owners, and close friends, but they were all busy making money. Others that I thought could take off, either did not want to […]