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July 5th Fishing

Robert and his father Pat fished with us in the morning. They awoke before the birds in order to drive all they way from Iron River, MI, a 3 hour drive with no coffee. It seems that nobody stays open 24 hours anymore. Anyway, it was worth their trip as they caught 7 fish including […]

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Evening outing in Bete Grise

Fished in the evening with Walt and Lynn and 3 of their kids and caught 2 kings and 2 lake trout in just an hour and 1/2. It was just before dark in about 30 to 50 feet deep. Lots of bait fish showing up too. See the “Gallery” for more photos. Going out with […]

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Lac La Belle fishing for Pike, Crappy and Small nmouth

Went fishing a little later this morning and feels like sleeping in. Pushed off at 8 am with a couple from lower Michigan and their college son who is attending Michigan Tech. They wanted to fish Lac La Belle, then take a short ride on the “Big” lake just for the experience. The fishing was […]

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Thursday Fishing with Son Calvin

Here is the old (small) boat behind Calvin and I… Had a hard time waking the boys this morning, but Calvin finally got up and Stanley slept in. As we were motoring out to the fishing area,(just 1/4 mile out of the irons) I noticed a scum line in the water with a 2.5 degree […]

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Wednesday with an Ohio Family

Another day of FLAT water and 2 species of fish. FAmily of 5 from Ohio, Dan and Angie G. with 13 and 6 year old girls and 4 year old boy caught a steelhead, shown plus 4 lakers. My camera went dead, so I;ll have to rely on them to send me photos to post. […]

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Deep Sea Trolling for Lake Trout in Bete Grise

Spent all day on the water yesterday. The morning was enjoyed by my crew, a nice man and his new wife along with her mother from the East Coast. They managed to sqeeze the day in their schedule even though they only had a short stay here for a wedding. The mother did not fish […]

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3 Johns and Family, King Salmon, Coho Salmon and Lakers

last Saturday, we had a good time on the lake with 6 happy customers… a mom and dad with their 2 treenage kids and the kids grandma and grandpa… 3 generations and all the males named John! I guess that makes it easy to remember names, huh? One would thing so, but I still can’t […]

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Ned and Rick – Good Day of Fishing for Lake Trout

Had a great time with Ted and Rick from the Appleton WI area as we fished with them last Saturday. They went home with 6 nice filets and shared the oher 6 with us…a tota of 6 fish… one coho and 5 lakers. Fished again on Tuesday this week and caught 8 lakers, 2 coho […]

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Recent fishing for lake trout, salmon and steelhead in Lake Superior

Last Saturday, we had a good time fishing on Lake Superior with 6 happy customers… a mom and dad with their 2 treenage kids and the kids grandma and grandpa… 3 generations and all the males named John! I guess that makes it easy to remember names, huh? One would thing so, but I still […]

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Jeff and Daughter Jessica 5 Fish

Fished today with these two very nice people, Jeff and Jessica, a father and daughter. I was surprised by a couple of things… One was that we caught a laker only 20 feet below the surface on a planer board with a clip weight. Also got surprised by a nice 5 lb king salmon. Only […]

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